(20013017,20,13,17,'A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.'),(20013018,20,13,18,'Poverty and shame `shall be to\' him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.'),(20013019,20,13,19,'The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.'),(20013020,20,13,20,'Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.'),(20013021,20,13,21,'Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.'),(20013022,20,13,22,'A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children\'s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.'),(20013023,20,13,23,'Much food `is in\' the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.'),(20013024,20,13,24,'He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.'),(20013025,20,13,25,'The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.'),(20014001,20,14,1,'Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.'),(20014002,20,14,2,'He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.'),(20014003,20,14,3,'In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for `his\' pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.'),(20014004,20,14,4,'Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.'),(20014005,20,14,5,'A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.'),(20014006,20,14,6,'A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and `findeth it\' not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.'),(20014007,20,14,7,'Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive `in him\' the lips of knowledge.'),(20014008,20,14,8,'The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.'),(20014009,20,14,9,'A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.'),(20014010,20,14,10,'The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.'),(20014011,20,14,11,'The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.'),(20014012,20,14,12,'There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.'),(20014013,20,14,13,'Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.'),(20014014,20,14,14,'The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man `shall be satisfied\' from himself.'),(20014015,20,14,15,'The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.'),(20014016,20,14,16,'A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.'),(20014017,20,14,17,'He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.'),(20014018,20,14,18,'The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.'),(20014019,20,14,19,'The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.'),(20014020,20,14,20,'The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.'),(20014021,20,14,21,'He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.'),(20014022,20,14,22,'Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth `shall be to\' them that devise good.'),(20014023,20,14,23,'In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips `tendeth\' only to penury.'),(20014024,20,14,24,'The crown of the wise is their riches; `But\' the folly of fools is `only\' folly.'),(20014025,20,14,25,'A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies `causeth\' deceit.'),(20014026,20,14,26,'In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.'),(20014027,20,14,27,'The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.'),(20014028,20,14,28,'In the multitude of people is the king\'s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.'),(20014029,20,14,29,'He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.'),(20014030,20,14,30,'A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.'),(20014031,20,14,31,'He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.'),(20014032,20,14,32,'The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.'),(20014033,20,14,33,'Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But `that which is\' in the inward part of fools is made known.'),(20014034,20,14,34,'Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.'),(20014035,20,14,35,'The king\'s favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will be `against\' him that causeth shame.'),(20015001,20,15,1,'A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.'),(20015002,20,15,2,'The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.'),(20015003,20,15,3,'The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.'),(20015004,20,15,4,'A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.'),(20015005,20,15,5,'A fool despiseth his father\'s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.'),(20015006,20,15,6,'In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.'),(20015007,20,15,7,'The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish `doeth\' not so.'),(20015008,20,15,8,'The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.'),(20015009,20,15,9,'The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.'),(20015010,20,15,10,'There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; `And\' he that hateth reproof shall die.'),(20015011,20,15,11,'Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!'),(20015012,20,15,12,'A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.'),(20015013,20,15,13,'A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.'),(20015014,20,15,14,'The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.'),(20015015,20,15,15,'All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart `hath\' a continual feast.'),(20015016,20,15,16,'Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.'),(20015017,20,15,17,'Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.'),(20015018,20,15,18,'A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.'),(20015019,20,15,19,'The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.'),(20015020,20,15,20,'A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.'),(20015021,20,15,21,'Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.'),(20015022,20,15,22,'Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.'),(20015023,20,15,23,'A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!'),(20015024,20,15,24,'To the wise the way of life `goeth\' upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.'),(20015025,20,15,25,'Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.'),(20015026,20,15,26,'Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words `are\' pure.'),(20015027,20,15,27,'He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.'),(20015028,20,15,28,'The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.'),(20015029,20,15,29,'Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.'),(20015030,20,15,30,'The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; `And\' good tidings make the bones fat.'),(20015031,20,15,31,'The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.'),(20015032,20,15,32,'He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.'),(20015033,20,15,33,'The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor `goeth\' humility.'),(20016001,20,16,1,'The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.'),(20016002,20,16,2,'All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.'),(20016003,20,16,3,'Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.'),(20016004,20,16,4,'Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.'),(20016005,20,16,5,'Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: `Though\' hand `join\' in hand, he shall not be unpunished.'),(20016006,20,16,6,'By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.'),(20016007,20,16,7,'When a man\'s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.'),(20016008,20,16,8,'Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.'),(20016009,20,16,9,'A man\'s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.'),(20016010,20,16,10,'A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.'),(20016011,20,16,11,'A just balance and scales are Jehovah\'s; All the weights of the bag are his work.'),(20016012,20,16,12,'It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.'),(20016013,20,16,13,'Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.'),(20016014,20,16,14,'The wrath of a king is `as\' messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.'),(20016015,20,16,15,'In the light of the king\'s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.'),(20016016,20,16,16,'How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.'),(20016017,20,16,17,'The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.'),(20016018,20,16,18,'Pride `goeth\' before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.'),(20016019,20,16,19,'Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.'),(20016020,20,16,20,'He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.'),(20016021,20,16,21,'The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.'),(20016022,20,16,22,'Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is `their\' folly.'),(20016023,20,16,23,'The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.'),(20016024,20,16,24,'Pleasant words are `as\' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.'),(20016025,20,16,25,'There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.'),(20016026,20,16,26,'The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him `thereto\'.'),(20016027,20,16,27,'A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.'),(20016028,20,16,28,'A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.'),(20016029,20,16,29,'A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.'),(20016030,20,16,30,'He that shutteth his eyes, `it is\' to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.'),(20016031,20,16,31,'The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.'),(20016032,20,16,32,'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.'),(20016033,20,16,33,'The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.'),(20017001,20,17,1,'Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.'),(20017002,20,17,2,'A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.'),(20017003,20,17,3,'The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.'),(20017004,20,17,4,'An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; `And\' a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.'),(20017005,20,17,5,'Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; `And\' he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.'),(20017006,20,17,6,'Children\'s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.'),(20017007,20,17,7,'Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.'),(20017008,20,17,8,'A bribe is `as\' a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.'),(20017009,20,17,9,'He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.'),(20017010,20,17,10,'A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.'),(20017011,20,17,11,'An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.'),(20017012,20,17,12,'Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.'),(20017013,20,17,13,'Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.'),(20017014,20,17,14,'The beginning of strife is `as\' when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.'),(20017015,20,17,15,'He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.'),(20017016,20,17,16,'Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?'),(20017017,20,17,17,'A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.'),(20017018,20,17,18,'A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.'),(20017019,20,17,19,'He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.'),(20017020,20,17,20,'He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.'),(20017021,20,17,21,'He that begetteth a fool `doeth it\' to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.'),(20017022,20,17,22,'A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.'),(20017023,20,17,23,'A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.'),(20017024,20,17,24,'Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.'),(20017025,20,17,25,'A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.'),(20017026,20,17,26,'Also to punish the righteous is not good, `Nor\' to smite the noble for `their\' uprightness.'),(20017027,20,17,27,'He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.'),(20017028,20,17,28,'Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is `esteemed as\' prudent.'),(20018001,20,18,1,'He that separateth himself seeketh `his own\' desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.'),(20018002,20,18,2,'A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.'),(20018003,20,18,3,'When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy `cometh\' reproach.'),(20018004,20,18,4,'The words of a man\'s mouth are `as\' deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is `as\' a flowing brook.'),(20018005,20,18,5,'To respect the person of the wicked is not good, `Nor\' to turn aside the righteous in judgment.'),(20018006,20,18,6,'A fool\'s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.'),(20018007,20,18,7,'A fool\'s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.'),(20018008,20,18,8,'The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.'),(20018009,20,18,9,'He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.'),(20018010,20,18,10,'The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.'),(20018011,20,18,11,'The rich man\'s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.'),(20018012,20,18,12,'Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor `goeth\' humility.'),(20018013,20,18,13,'He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.'),(20018014,20,18,14,'The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?'),(20018015,20,18,15,'The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.'),(20018016,20,18,16,'A man\'s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.'),(20018017,20,18,17,'He that pleadeth his cause first `seemeth\' just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.'),(20018018,20,18,18,'The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.'),(20018019,20,18,19,'A brother offended `is harder to be won\' than a strong city; And `such\' contentions are like the bars of a castle.'),(20018020,20,18,20,'A man\'s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.'),(20018021,20,18,21,'Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.'),(20018022,20,18,22,'Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.'),(20018023,20,18,23,'The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.'),(20018024,20,18,24,'He that maketh many friends `doeth it\' to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.'),(20019001,20,19,1,'Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.'),(20019002,20,19,2,'Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.'),(20019003,20,19,3,'The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.'),(20019004,20,19,4,'Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.'),(20019005,20,19,5,'A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.'),(20019006,20,19,6,'Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.'),(20019007,20,19,7,'All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth `them with\' words, `but\' they are gone.'),(20019008,20,19,8,'He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.'),(20019009,20,19,9,'A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.'),(20019010,20,19,10,'Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.'),(20019011,20,19,11,'The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.'),(20019012,20,19,12,'The king\'s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.'),(20019013,20,19,13,'A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.'),(20019014,20,19,14,'House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.'),(20019015,20,19,15,'Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.'),(20019016,20,19,16,'He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; `But\' he that is careless of his ways shall die.'),(20019017,20,19,17,'He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.'),(20019018,20,19,18,'Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.'),(20019019,20,19,19,'A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver `him\', thou must do it yet again.'),(20019020,20,19,20,'Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.'),(20019021,20,19,21,'There are many devices in a man\'s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.'),(20019022,20,19,22,'That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.'),(20019023,20,19,23,'The fear of Jehovah `tendeth\' to life; And he `that hath it\' shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.'),(20019024,20,19,24,'The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.'),(20019025,20,19,25,'Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, `and\' he will understand knowledge.'),(20019026,20,19,26,'He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.'),(20019027,20,19,27,'Cease, my son, to hear instruction `Only\' to err from the words of knowledge.'),(20019028,20,19,28,'A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.'),(20019029,20,19,29,'Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.'),(20020001,20,20,1,'Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.'),(20020002,20,20,2,'The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth `against\' his own life.'),(20020003,20,20,3,'It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.'),(20020004,20,20,4,'The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.'),(20020005,20,20,5,'Counsel in the heart of man is `like\' deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.'),(20020006,20,20,6,'Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?'),(20020007,20,20,7,'A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.'),(20020008,20,20,8,'A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.'),(20020009,20,20,9,'Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?'),(20020010,20,20,10,'Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.'),(20020011,20,20,11,'Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.'),(20020012,20,20,12,'The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.'),(20020013,20,20,13,'Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, `and\' thou shalt be satisfied with bread.'),(20020014,20,20,14,'It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.'),(20020015,20,20,15,'There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.'),(20020016,20,20,16,'Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety\' for foreigners.'),(20020017,20,20,17,'Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.'),(20020018,20,20,18,'Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.'),(20020019,20,20,19,'He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.'),(20020020,20,20,20,'Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.'),(20020021,20,20,21,'An inheritance `may be\' gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.'),(20020022,20,20,22,'Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.'),(20020023,20,20,23,'Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.'),(20020024,20,20,24,'A man\'s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?'),(20020025,20,20,25,'It is a snare to a man rashly to say, `It is\' holy, And after vows to make inquiry.'),(20020026,20,20,26,'A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the `threshing\' -wheel over them.'),(20020027,20,20,27,'The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.'),(20020028,20,20,28,'Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.'),(20020029,20,20,29,'The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.'),(20020030,20,20,30,'Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes `reach\' the innermost parts.'),(20021001,20,21,1,'The king\'s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.'),(20021002,20,21,2,'Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.'),(20021003,20,21,3,'To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.'),(20021004,20,21,4,'A high look, and a proud heart, `Even\' the lamp of the wicked, is sin.'),(20021005,20,21,5,'The thoughts of the diligent `tend\' only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty `hasteth\' only to want.'),(20021006,20,21,6,'The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.'),(20021007,20,21,7,'The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.'),(20021008,20,21,8,'The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.'),(20021009,20,21,9,'It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.'),(20021010,20,21,10,'The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.'),(20021011,20,21,11,'When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.'),(20021012,20,21,12,'The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, `How\' the wicked are overthrown to `their\' ruin.'),(20021013,20,21,13,'Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.'),(20021014,20,21,14,'A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.'),(20021015,20,21,15,'It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.'),(20021016,20,21,16,'The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.'),(20021017,20,21,17,'He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.'),(20021018,20,21,18,'The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous `cometh\' in the stead of the upright.'),(20021019,20,21,19,'It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.'),(20021020,20,21,20,'There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.'),(20021021,20,21,21,'He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.'),(20021022,20,21,22,'A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.'),(20021023,20,21,23,'Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.'),(20021024,20,21,24,'The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.'),(20021025,20,21,25,'The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.'),(20021026,20,21,26,'There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.'),(20021027,20,21,27,'The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!'),(20021028,20,21,28,'A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.'),(20021029,20,21,29,'A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.'),(20021030,20,21,30,'There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.'),(20021031,20,21,31,'The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.'),(20022001,20,22,1,'A `good\' name is rather to be chosen than great riches, `And\' loving favor rather than silver and gold.'),(20022002,20,22,2,'The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.'),(20022003,20,22,3,'A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.'),(20022004,20,22,4,'The reward of humility `and\' the fear of Jehovah `Is\' riches, and honor, and life.'),(20022005,20,22,5,'Thorns `and\' snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.'),(20022006,20,22,6,'Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.'),(20022007,20,22,7,'The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.'),(20022008,20,22,8,'He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.'),(20022009,20,22,9,'He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.'),(20022010,20,22,10,'Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.'),(20022011,20,22,11,'He that loveth pureness of heart, `For\' the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.'),(20022012,20,22,12,'The eyes of Jehovah preserve `him that hath\' knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.'),(20022013,20,22,13,'The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.'),(20022014,20,22,14,'The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.'),(20022015,20,22,15,'Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; `But\' the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.'),(20022016,20,22,16,'He that oppresseth the poor to increase his `gain\', `And\' he that giveth to the rich, `shall come\' only to want.'),(20022017,20,22,17,'Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.'),(20022018,20,22,18,'For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.'),(20022019,20,22,19,'That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made `them\' known to thee this day, even to thee.'),(20022020,20,22,20,'Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,'),(20022021,20,22,21,'To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?'),(20022022,20,22,22,'Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:'),(20022023,20,22,23,'For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.'),(20022024,20,22,24,'Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:'),(20022025,20,22,25,'Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.'),(20022026,20,22,26,'Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or\' of them that are sureties for debts.'),(20022027,20,22,27,'If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?'),(20022028,20,22,28,'Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.'),(20022029,20,22,29,'Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.'),(20023001,20,23,1,'When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;'),(20023002,20,23,2,'And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.'),(20023003,20,23,3,'Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.'),(20023004,20,23,4,'Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.'),(20023005,20,23,5,'Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For `riches\' certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.'),(20023006,20,23,6,'Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:'),(20023007,20,23,7,'For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.'),(20023008,20,23,8,'The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.'),(20023009,20,23,9,'Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.'),(20023010,20,23,10,'Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:'),(20023011,20,23,11,'For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.'),(20023012,20,23,12,'Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.'),(20023013,20,23,13,'Withhold not correction from the child; `For\' if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.'),(20023014,20,23,14,'Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.'),(20023015,20,23,15,'My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:'),(20023016,20,23,16,'Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.'),(20023017,20,23,17,'Let not thy heart envy sinners; But `be thou\' in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:'),(20023018,20,23,18,'For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.'),(20023019,20,23,19,'Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.'),(20023020,20,23,20,'Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:'),(20023021,20,23,21,'For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe `a man\' with rags.'),(20023022,20,23,22,'Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.'),(20023023,20,23,23,'Buy the truth, and sell it not; `Yea\', wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.'),(20023024,20,23,24,'The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.'),(20023025,20,23,25,'Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.'),(20023026,20,23,26,'My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.'),(20023027,20,23,27,'For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.'),(20023028,20,23,28,'Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.'),(20023029,20,23,29,'Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?'),(20023030,20,23,30,'They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.'),(20023031,20,23,31,'Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:'),(20023032,20,23,32,'At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.'),(20023033,20,23,33,'Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.'),(20023034,20,23,34,'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.'),(20023035,20,23,35,'They have stricken me, `shalt thou say\', and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'),(20024001,20,24,1,'Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:'),(20024002,20,24,2,'For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.'),(20024003,20,24,3,'Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;'),(20024004,20,24,4,'And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.'),(20024005,20,24,5,'A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might,'),(20024006,20,24,6,'For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.'),(20024007,20,24,7,'Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.'),(20024008,20,24,8,'He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.'),(20024009,20,24,9,'The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.'),(20024010,20,24,10,'If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.'),(20024011,20,24,11,'Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.'),(20024012,20,24,12,'If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?'),(20024013,20,24,13,'My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:'),(20024014,20,24,14,'So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.'),(20024015,20,24,15,'Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:'),(20024016,20,24,16,'For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.'),(20024017,20,24,17,'Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;'),(20024018,20,24,18,'Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.'),(20024019,20,24,19,'Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:'),(20024020,20,24,20,'For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.'),(20024021,20,24,21,'My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; `And\' company not with them that are given to change:'),(20024022,20,24,22,'For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?'),(20024023,20,24,23,'These also are `sayings\' of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.'),(20024024,20,24,24,'He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:'),(20024025,20,24,25,'But to them that rebuke `him\' shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.'),(20024026,20,24,26,'He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.'),(20024027,20,24,27,'Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.'),(20024028,20,24,28,'Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.'),(20024029,20,24,29,'Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.'),(20024030,20,24,30,'I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;'),(20024031,20,24,31,'And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.'),(20024032,20,24,32,'Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:'),(20024033,20,24,33,'`Yet\' a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;'),(20024034,20,24,34,'So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.'),(20025001,20,25,1,'These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.'),(20025002,20,25,2,'It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.'),(20025003,20,25,3,'As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.'),(20025004,20,25,4,'Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:'),(20025005,20,25,5,'Take away the wicked `from\' before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.'),(20025006,20,25,6,'Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:'),(20025007,20,25,7,'For better is it 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.'),(20025008,20,25,8,'Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest `thou know not\' what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.'),(20025009,20,25,9,'Debate thy cause with thy neighbor `himself\', And disclose not the secret of another;'),(20025010,20,25,10,'Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.'),(20025011,20,25,11,'A word fitly spoken Is `like\' apples of gold in network of silver.'),(20025012,20,25,12,'`As\' an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, `So is\' a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.'),(20025013,20,25,13,'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.'),(20025014,20,25,14,'`As\' clouds and wind without rain, `So is\' he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.'),(20025015,20,25,15,'By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.'),(20025016,20,25,16,'Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.'),(20025017,20,25,17,'Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor\'s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.'),(20025018,20,25,18,'A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.'),(20025019,20,25,19,'Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is `like\' a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.'),(20025020,20,25,20,'`As\' one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, `and as\' vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.'),(20025021,20,25,21,'If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:'),(20025022,20,25,22,'For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.'),(20025023,20,25,23,'The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.'),(20025024,20,25,24,'It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.'),(20025025,20,25,25,'`As\' cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.'),(20025026,20,25,26,'`As\' a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, `So is\' a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.'),(20025027,20,25,27,'It is not good to eat much honey: So `for men\' to search out their own glory is grievous.'),(20025028,20,25,28,'He whose spirit is without restraint Is `like\' a city that is broken down and without walls.'),(20026001,20,26,1,'As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.'),(20026002,20,26,2,'As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.'),(20026003,20,26,3,'A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.'),(20026004,20,26,4,'Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.'),(20026005,20,26,5,'Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.'),(20026006,20,26,6,'He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off `his own\' feet, `and\' drinketh in damage.'),(20026007,20,26,7,'The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.'),(20026008,20,26,8,'As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.'),(20026009,20,26,9,'`As\' a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.'),(20026010,20,26,10,'`As\' an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.'),(20026011,20,26,11,'As a dog that returneth to his vomit, `So is\' a fool that repeateth his folly.'),(20026012,20,26,12,'Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.'),(20026013,20,26,13,'The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.'),(20026014,20,26,14,'`As\' the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.'),(20026015,20,26,15,'The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.'),(20026016,20,26,16,'The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.'),(20026017,20,26,17,'He that passeth by, `and\' vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is `like\' one that taketh a dog by the ears.'),(20026018,20,26,18,'As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,'),(20026019,20,26,19,'So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?'),(20026020,20,26,20,'For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.'),(20026021,20,26,21,'`As\' coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.'),(20026022,20,26,22,'The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.'),(20026023,20,26,23,'Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are `like\' an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.'),(20026024,20,26,24,'He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:'),(20026025,20,26,25,'When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:'),(20026026,20,26,26,'Though `his\' hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.'),(20026027,20,26,27,'Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.'),(20026028,20,26,28,'A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.'),(20027001,20,27,1,'Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.'),(20027002,20,27,2,'Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.'),(20027003,20,27,3,'A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool\'s vexation is heavier than they both.'),(20027004,20,27,4,'Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?'),(20027005,20,27,5,'Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.'),(20027006,20,27,6,'Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.'),(20027007,20,27,7,'The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.'),(20027008,20,27,8,'As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.'),(20027009,20,27,9,'Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man\'s friend `that cometh\' of hearty counsel.'),(20027010,20,27,10,'Thine own friend, and thy father\'s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother\'s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.'),(20027011,20,27,11,'My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.'),(20027012,20,27,12,'A prudent man seeth the evil, `and\' hideth himself; `But\' the simple pass on, `and\' suffer for it.'),(20027013,20,27,13,'Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety\' for a foreign woman.'),(20027014,20,27,14,'He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.'),(20027015,20,27,15,'A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:'),(20027016,20,27,16,'He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.'),(20027017,20,27,17,'Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.'),(20027018,20,27,18,'Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.'),(20027019,20,27,19,'As in water face `answereth\' to face, So the heart of man to man.'),(20027020,20,27,20,'Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.'),(20027021,20,27,21,'The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is `tried\' by his praise.'),(20027022,20,27,22,'Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.'),(20027023,20,27,23,'Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, `And\' look well to thy herds:'),(20027024,20,27,24,'For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?'),(20027025,20,27,25,'The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.'),(20027026,20,27,26,'The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;'),(20027027,20,27,27,'And `there will be\' goats\' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.'),(20028001,20,28,1,'The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.'),(20028002,20,28,2,'For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding `and\' knowledge the state `thereof\' shall be prolonged.'),(20028003,20,28,3,'A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is `like\' a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.'),(20028004,20,28,4,'They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.'),(20028005,20,28,5,'Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.'),(20028006,20,28,6,'Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in `his\' ways, though he be rich.'),(20028007,20,28,7,'Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.'),(20028008,20,28,8,'He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.'),(20028009,20,28,9,'He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.'),(20028010,20,28,10,'Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.'),(20028011,20,28,11,'The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.'),(20028012,20,28,12,'When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.'),(20028013,20,28,13,'He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.'),(20028014,20,28,14,'Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.'),(20028015,20,28,15,'`As\' a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, `So is\' a wicked ruler over a poor people.'),(20028016,20,28,16,'The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; `But\' he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.'),(20028017,20,28,17,'A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.'),(20028018,20,28,18,'Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in `his\' ways shall fall at once.'),(20028019,20,28,19,'He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain `persons\' shall have poverty enough.'),(20028020,20,28,20,'A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.'),(20028021,20,28,21,'To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.'),(20028022,20,28,22,'he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.'),(20028023,20,28,23,'He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.'),(20028024,20,28,24,'Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.'),(20028025,20,28,25,'He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.'),(20028026,20,28,26,'He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.'),(20028027,20,28,27,'He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.'),(20028028,20,28,28,'When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.'),(20029001,20,29,1,'He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.'),(20029002,20,29,2,'When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.'),(20029003,20,29,3,'Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth `his\' substance.'),(20029004,20,29,4,'The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.'),(20029005,20,29,5,'A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.'),(20029006,20,29,6,'In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.'),(20029007,20,29,7,'The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know `it\'.'),(20029008,20,29,8,'Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.'),(20029009,20,29,9,'If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.'),(20029010,20,29,10,'The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.'),(20029011,20,29,11,'A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.'),(20029012,20,29,12,'If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.'),(20029013,20,29,13,'The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.'),(20029014,20,29,14,'The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.'),(20029015,20,29,15,'The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.'),(20029016,20,29,16,'When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth; But the righteous shall look upon their fall.'),(20029017,20,29,17,'Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.'),(20029018,20,29,18,'Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.'),(20029019,20,29,19,'A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.'),(20029020,20,29,20,'Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.'),(20029021,20,29,21,'He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.'),(20029022,20,29,22,'An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.'),(20029023,20,29,23,'A man\'s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.'),(20029024,20,29,24,'Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.'),(20029025,20,29,25,'The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.'),(20029026,20,29,26,'Many seek the ruler\'s favor; But a man\'s judgment `cometh\' from Jehovah.'),(20029027,20,29,27,'An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.'),(20030001,20,30,1,'The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:'),(20030002,20,30,2,'Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;'),(20030003,20,30,3,'And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.'),(20030004,20,30,4,'Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son\'s name, if thou knowest?'),(20030005,20,30,5,'Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.'),(20030006,20,30,6,'Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.'),(20030007,20,30,7,'Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me `them\' not before I die:'),(20030008,20,30,8,'Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:'),(20030009,20,30,9,'Lest I be full, and deny `thee\', and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.'),(20030010,20,30,10,'Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.'),(20030011,20,30,11,'There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.'),(20030012,20,30,12,'There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And `yet\' are not washed from their filthiness.'),(20030013,20,30,13,'There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.'),(20030014,20,30,14,'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.'),(20030015,20,30,15,'The horseleach hath two daughters, `crying\', Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, `Yea\', four that say not, Enough:'),(20030016,20,30,16,'Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.'),(20030017,20,30,17,'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.'),(20030018,20,30,18,'There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:'),(20030019,20,30,19,'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 maiden.'),(20030020,20,30,20,'So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.'),(20030021,20,30,21,'For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, `which\' it cannot bear:'),(20030022,20,30,22,'For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;'),(20030023,20,30,23,'For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.'),(20030024,20,30,24,'There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:'),(20030025,20,30,25,'The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;'),(20030026,20,30,26,'The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;'),(20030027,20,30,27,'The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;'),(20030028,20,30,28,'The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings\' palaces.'),(20030029,20,30,29,'There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:'),(20030030,20,30,30,'The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;'),(20030031,20,30,31,'The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.'),(20030032,20,30,32,'If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, `Lay\' thy hand upon thy mouth.'),(20030033,20,30,33,'For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.'),(20031001,20,31,1,'The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.'),(20031002,20,31,2,'What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?'),(20031003,20,31,3,'Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.'),(20031004,20,31,4,'It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes `to say\', Where is strong drink?'),(20031005,20,31,5,'Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice `due\' to any that is afflicted.'),(20031006,20,31,6,'Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:'),(20031007,20,31,7,'Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.'),(20031008,20,31,8,'Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.'),(20031009,20,31,9,'Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.'),(20031010,20,31,10,'A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.'),(20031011,20,31,11,'The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.'),(20031012,20,31,12,'She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.'),(20031013,20,31,13,'She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.'),(20031014,20,31,14,'She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.'),(20031015,20,31,15,'She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.'),(20031016,20,31,16,'She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.'),(20031017,20,31,17,'She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.'),(20031018,20,31,18,'She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.'),(20031019,20,31,19,'She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.'),(20031020,20,31,20,'She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.'),(20031021,20,31,21,'She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.'),(20031022,20,31,22,'She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.'),(20031023,20,31,23,'Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.'),(20031024,20,31,24,'She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.'),(20031025,20,31,25,'Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.'),(20031026,20,31,26,'She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.'),(20031027,20,31,27,'She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.'),(20031028,20,31,28,'Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband `also\', and he praiseth her, `saying\':'),(20031029,20,31,29,'Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.'),(20031030,20,31,30,'Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; `But\' a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.'),(20031031,20,31,31,'Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.'),(21001001,21,1,1,'The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.'),(21001002,21,1,2,'Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'),(21001003,21,1,3,'What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?'),(21001004,21,1,4,'One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.'),(21001005,21,1,5,'The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.'),(21001006,21,1,6,'The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.'),(21001007,21,1,7,'All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.'),(21001008,21,1,8,'All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter `it\': the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.'),(21001009,21,1,9,'That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.'),(21001010,21,1,10,'Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.'),(21001011,21,1,11,'There is no remembrance of the former `generations\'; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter `generations\' that are to come, among those that shall come after.'),(21001012,21,1,12,'I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.'),(21001013,21,1,13,'And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.'),(21001014,21,1,14,'I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21001015,21,1,15,'That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.'),(21001016,21,1,16,'I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.'),(21001017,21,1,17,'And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.'),(21001018,21,1,18,'For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.'),(21002001,21,2,1,'I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.'),(21002002,21,2,2,'I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?'),(21002003,21,2,3,'I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding `me\' with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.'),(21002004,21,2,4,'I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;'),(21002005,21,2,5,'I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;'),(21002006,21,2,6,'I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;'),(21002007,21,2,7,'I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;'),(21002008,21,2,8,'I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.'),(21002009,21,2,9,'So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.'),(21002010,21,2,10,'And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.'),(21002011,21,2,11,'Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.'),(21002012,21,2,12,'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 done long ago.'),(21002013,21,2,13,'Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.'),(21002014,21,2,14,'The wise man\'s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.'),(21002015,21,2,15,'Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.'),(21002016,21,2,16,'For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!'),(21002017,21,2,17,'So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21002018,21,2,18,'And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.'),(21002019,21,2,19,'And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.'),(21002020,21,2,20,'Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.'),(21002021,21,2,21,'For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.'),(21002022,21,2,22,'For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?'),(21002023,21,2,23,'For all his days are `but\' sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.'),(21002024,21,2,24,'There is nothing better for a man `than\' that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.'),(21002025,21,2,25,'For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?'),(21002026,21,2,26,'For to the man that pleaseth him `God\' giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21003001,21,3,1,'For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:'),(21003002,21,3,2,'a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;'),(21003003,21,3,3,'a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;'),(21003004,21,3,4,'a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;'),(21003005,21,3,5,'a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;'),(21003006,21,3,6,'a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;'),(21003007,21,3,7,'a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;'),(21003008,21,3,8,'a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.'),(21003009,21,3,9,'What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?'),(21003010,21,3,10,'I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.'),(21003011,21,3,11,'He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.'),(21003012,21,3,12,'I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.'),(21003013,21,3,13,'And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.'),(21003014,21,3,14,'I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.'),(21003015,21,3,15,'That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.'),(21003016,21,3,16,'And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.'),(21003017,21,3,17,'I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'),(21003018,21,3,18,'I said in my heart, `It is\' because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are `but as\' beasts.'),(21003019,21,3,19,'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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.'),(21003020,21,3,20,'All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.'),(21003021,21,3,21,'Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?'),(21003022,21,3,22,'Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him `back\' to see what shall be after him?'),(21004001,21,4,1,'Then I returned and saw 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.'),(21004002,21,4,2,'Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;'),(21004003,21,4,3,'yea, better than them both `did I esteem\' him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.'),(21004004,21,4,4,'Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21004005,21,4,5,'The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.'),(21004006,21,4,6,'Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.'),(21004007,21,4,7,'Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.'),(21004008,21,4,8,'There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, `saith he\', do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.'),(21004009,21,4,9,'Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.'),(21004010,21,4,10,'For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.'),(21004011,21,4,11,'Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm `alone\'?'),(21004012,21,4,12,'And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.'),(21004013,21,4,13,'Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.'),(21004014,21,4,14,'For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.'),(21004015,21,4,15,'I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.'),(21004016,21,4,16,'There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21005001,21,5,1,'Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.'),(21005002,21,5,2,'Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.'),(21005003,21,5,3,'For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool\'s voice with a multitude of words.'),(21005004,21,5,4,'When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.'),(21005005,21,5,5,'Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.'),(21005006,21,5,6,'Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?'),(21005007,21,5,7,'For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.'),(21005008,21,5,8,'If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.'),(21005009,21,5,9,'Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king `himself\' is served by the field.'),(21005010,21,5,10,'He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.'),(21005011,21,5,11,'When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding `of them\' with his eyes?'),(21005012,21,5,12,'The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.'),(21005013,21,5,13,'There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, `namely\', riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:'),(21005014,21,5,14,'and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.'),(21005015,21,5,15,'As he came forth from his mother\'s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.'),(21005016,21,5,16,'And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?'),(21005017,21,5,17,'All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.'),(21005018,21,5,18,'Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.'),(21005019,21,5,19,'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 labor-this is the gift of God.'),(21005020,21,5,20,'For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth `him\' in the joy of his heart.'),(21006001,21,6,1,'There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:'),(21006002,21,6,2,'a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.'),(21006003,21,6,3,'If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:'),(21006004,21,6,4,'for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;'),(21006005,21,6,5,'moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:'),(21006006,21,6,6,'yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?'),(21006007,21,6,7,'All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.'),(21006008,21,6,8,'For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? `or\' what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?'),(21006009,21,6,9,'Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.'),(21006010,21,6,10,'Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.'),(21006011,21,6,11,'Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?'),(21006012,21,6,12,'For who knoweth what is good for man in `his\' 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?'),(21007001,21,7,1,'A `good\' name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one\'s birth.'),(21007002,21,7,2,'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.'),(21007003,21,7,3,'Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.'),(21007004,21,7,4,'The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.'),(21007005,21,7,5,'It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.'),(21007006,21,7,6,'For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.'),(21007007,21,7,7,'Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.'),(21007008,21,7,8,'Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; `and\' the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.'),(21007009,21,7,9,'Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.'),(21007010,21,7,10,'Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.'),(21007011,21,7,11,'Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.'),(21007012,21,7,12,'For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.'),(21007013,21,7,13,'Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?'),(21007014,21,7,14,'In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything `that shall be\' after him.'),(21007015,21,7,15,'All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth `his life\' in his evil-doing.'),(21007016,21,7,16,'Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?'),(21007017,21,7,17,'Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?'),(21007018,21,7,18,'It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.'),(21007019,21,7,19,'Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.'),(21007020,21,7,20,'Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.'),(21007021,21,7,21,'Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;'),(21007022,21,7,22,'for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.'),(21007023,21,7,23,'All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.'),(21007024,21,7,24,'That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?'),(21007025,21,7,25,'I turned about, and my heart `was set\' to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason `of things\', and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.'),(21007026,21,7,26,'And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, `and\' whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.'),(21007027,21,7,27,'Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, `laying\' one thing to another, to find out the account;'),(21007028,21,7,28,'which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.'),(21007029,21,7,29,'Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.'),(21008001,21,8,1,'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 hardness of his face is changed.'),(21008002,21,8,2,'I `counsel thee\', Keep the king\'s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.'),(21008003,21,8,3,'Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.'),(21008004,21,8,4,'For the king\'s word `hath\' power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?'),(21008005,21,8,5,'Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man\'s heart discerneth time and judgment:'),(21008006,21,8,6,'for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:'),(21008007,21,8,7,'for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?'),(21008008,21,8,8,'There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.'),(21008009,21,8,9,'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 hath power over another to his hurt.'),(21008010,21,8,10,'So I saw the wicked buried, and they came `to the grave\'; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.'),(21008011,21,8,11,'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.'),(21008012,21,8,12,'Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his `days\', yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:'),(21008013,21,8,13,'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.'),(21008014,21,8,14,'There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.'),(21008015,21,8,15,'Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor `all\' the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.'),(21008016,21,8,16,'When I applied my 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),'),(21008017,21,8,17,'then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.'),(21009001,21,9,1,'For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.'),(21009002,21,9,2,'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.'),(21009003,21,9,3,'This is an evil in all that is 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.'),(21009004,21,9,4,'For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.'),(21009005,21,9,5,'For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.'),(21009006,21,9,6,'As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.'),(21009007,21,9,7,'Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.'),(21009008,21,9,8,'Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.'),(21009009,21,9,9,'Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.'),(21009010,21,9,10,'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do `it\' with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.'),(21009011,21,9,11,'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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.'),(21009012,21,9,12,'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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.'),(21009013,21,9,13,'I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:'),(21009014,21,9,14,'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.'),(21009015,21,9,15,'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.'),(21009016,21,9,16,'Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man\'s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.'),(21009017,21,9,17,'The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.'),(21009018,21,9,18,'Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.'),(21010001,21,10,1,'Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; `so\' doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.'),(21010002,21,10,2,'A wise man\'s heart is at his right hand; but a fool\'s heart at his left.'),(21010003,21,10,3,'Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one `that\' he is a fool.'),(21010004,21,10,4,'If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.'),(21010005,21,10,5,'There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:'),(21010006,21,10,6,'folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.'),(21010007,21,10,7,'I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.'),(21010008,21,10,8,'He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.'),(21010009,21,10,9,'Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; `and\' he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.'),(21010010,21,10,10,'If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.'),(21010011,21,10,11,'If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.'),(21010012,21,10,12,'The words of a wise man\'s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.'),(21010013,21,10,13,'The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.'),(21010014,21,10,14,'A fool also multiplieth words: `yet\' man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?'),(21010015,21,10,15,'The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.'),(21010016,21,10,16,'Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!'),(21010017,21,10,17,'Happy 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!'),(21010018,21,10,18,'By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.'),(21010019,21,10,19,'A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.'),(21010020,21,10,20,'Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.'),(21011001,21,11,1,'Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.'),(21011002,21,11,2,'Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.'),(21011003,21,11,3,'If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.'),(21011004,21,11,4,'He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.'),(21011005,21,11,5,'As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, `nor\' how the bones `do grow\' in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.'),(21011006,21,11,6,'In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.'),(21011007,21,11,7,'Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.'),(21011008,21,11,8,'Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.'),(21011009,21,11,9,'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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.'),(21011010,21,11,10,'Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.'),(21012001,21,12,1,'Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;'),(21012002,21,12,2,'before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;'),(21012003,21,12,3,'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 shall be darkened,'),(21012004,21,12,4,'and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;'),(21012005,21,12,5,'yea, they shall be afraid of `that which is\' high, and terrors `shall be\' in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:'),(21012006,21,12,6,'before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,'),(21012007,21,12,7,'and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.'),(21012008,21,12,8,'Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.'),(21012009,21,12,9,'And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, `and\' set in order many proverbs.'),(21012010,21,12,10,'The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, `even\' words of truth.'),(21012011,21,12,11,'The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are `the words of\' the masters of assemblies, `which\' are given from one shepherd.'),(21012012,21,12,12,'And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.'),(21012013,21,12,13,'`This is\' the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole `duty\' of man.'),(21012014,21,12,14,'For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.'),(22001001,22,1,1,'The Song of songs, which is Solomon\'s.'),(22001002,22,1,2,'Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.'),(22001003,22,1,3,'Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is `as\' oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.'),(22001004,22,1,4,'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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.'),(22001005,22,1,5,'I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.'),(22001006,22,1,6,'Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother\'s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; `But\' mine own vineyard have I not kept.'),(22001007,22,1,7,'Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest `thy flock\', Where thou makest `it\' to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?'),(22001008,22,1,8,'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.'),(22001009,22,1,9,'I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh\'s chariots.'),(22001010,22,1,10,'Thy cheeks are comely with plaits `of hair\', Thy neck with strings of jewels.'),(22001011,22,1,11,'We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.'),(22001012,22,1,12,'While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.'),(22001013,22,1,13,'My beloved is unto me `as\' a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.'),(22001014,22,1,14,'My beloved is unto me `as\' a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.'),(22001015,22,1,15,'Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are `as\' doves.'),(22001016,22,1,16,'Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.'),(22001017,22,1,17,'The beams of our house are cedars, `And\' our rafters are firs.'),(22002001,22,2,1,'I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.'),(22002002,22,2,2,'As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.'),(22002003,22,2,3,'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.'),(22002004,22,2,4,'He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.'),(22002005,22,2,5,'Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.'),(22002006,22,2,6,'His left hand `is\' under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.'),(22002007,22,2,7,'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my\' love, Until he please.'),(22002008,22,2,8,'The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.'),(22002009,22,2,9,'My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.'),(22002010,22,2,10,'My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'),(22002011,22,2,11,'For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;'),(22002012,22,2,12,'The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing `of birds\' is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;'),(22002013,22,2,13,'The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.'),(22002014,22,2,14,'O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'),(22002015,22,2,15,'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.'),(22002016,22,2,16,'My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth `his flock\' among the lilies.'),(22002017,22,2,17,'Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.'),(22003001,22,3,1,'By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.'),(22003002,22,3,2,'`I said\', 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.'),(22003003,22,3,3,'The watchmen that go about the city found me; `To whom I said\', Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?'),(22003004,22,3,4,'It was but a little that I passed from them, When 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.'),(22003005,22,3,5,'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my\' love, Until he please.'),(22003006,22,3,6,'Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?'),(22003007,22,3,7,'Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.'),(22003008,22,3,8,'They all handle the sword, `and\' are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.'),(22003009,22,3,9,'King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.'),(22003010,22,3,10,'He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.'),(22003011,22,3,11,'Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.'),(22004001,22,4,1,'Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are `as\' doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.'),(22004002,22,4,2,'Thy teeth are like a flock `of ewes\' that are `newly\' shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.'),(22004003,22,4,3,'Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.'),(22004004,22,4,4,'Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.'),(22004005,22,4,5,'Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.'),(22004006,22,4,6,'Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.'),(22004007,22,4,7,'Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.'),(22004008,22,4,8,'Come with me from Lebanon, `my\' bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions\' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.'),(22004009,22,4,9,'Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, `my\' bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.'),(22004010,22,4,10,'How fair is thy love, my sister, `my\' bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!'),(22004011,22,4,11,'Thy lips, O `my\' bride, drop `as\' the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.'),(22004012,22,4,12,'A garden shut up is my sister, `my\' bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.'),(22004013,22,4,13,'Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,'),(22004014,22,4,14,'Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.'),(22004015,22,4,15,'`Thou art\' a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.'),(22004016,22,4,16,'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 precious fruits.'),(22005001,22,5,1,'I am come into my garden, my sister, `my\' bride: 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.'),(22005002,22,5,2,'I was asleep, but my heart waked: 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, My locks with the drops of the night.'),(22005003,22,5,3,'I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?'),(22005004,22,5,4,'My beloved put in his hand by the hole `of the door\', And my heart was moved for him.'),(22005005,22,5,5,'I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands droppeth with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.'),(22005006,22,5,6,'I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, `and\' was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.'),(22005007,22,5,7,'The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.'),(22005008,22,5,8,'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.'),(22005009,22,5,9,'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 adjure us?'),(22005010,22,5,10,'My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.'),(22005011,22,5,11,'His head is `as\' the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, `and\' black as a raven.'),(22005012,22,5,12,'His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, `and\' fitly set.'),(22005013,22,5,13,'His cheeks are as a bed of spices, `As\' banks of sweet herbs: His lips are `as\' lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.'),(22005014,22,5,14,'His hands are `as\' rings of gold set with beryl: His body is `as\' ivory work overlaid `with\' sapphires.'),(22005015,22,5,15,'His legs are `as\' pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.'),(22005016,22,5,16,'His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'),(22006001,22,6,1,'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?'),(22006002,22,6,2,'My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.'),(22006003,22,6,3,'I am my beloved\'s, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth `his flock\' among the lilies,'),(22006004,22,6,4,'Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.'),(22006005,22,6,5,'Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.'),(22006006,22,6,6,'Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.'),(22006007,22,6,7,'Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.'),(22006008,22,6,8,'There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.'),(22006009,22,6,9,'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 called her blessed; `Yea\', the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.'),(22006010,22,6,10,'Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?'),(22006011,22,6,11,'I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, `And\' the pomegranates were in flower.'),(22006012,22,6,12,'Before I was aware, my soul set me `Among\' the chariots of my princely people.'),(22006013,22,6,13,'Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?'),(22007001,22,7,1,'How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince\'s daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.'),(22007002,22,7,2,'Thy body is `like\' a round goblet, `Wherein\' no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is `like\' a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.'),(22007003,22,7,3,'Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.'),(22007004,22,7,4,'Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes `as\' the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.'),(22007005,22,7,5,'Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses `thereof\'.'),(22007006,22,7,6,'How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!'),(22007007,22,7,7,'This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.'),(22007008,22,7,8,'I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,'),(22007009,22,7,9,'And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.'),(22007010,22,7,10,'I am my beloved\'s; And his desire is toward me.'),(22007011,22,7,11,'Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.'),(22007012,22,7,12,'Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, `And\' its blossom is open, `And\' the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.'),(22007013,22,7,13,'The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.'),(22008001,22,8,1,'Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! `When\' I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.'),(22008002,22,8,2,'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.'),(22008003,22,8,3,'His left hand `should be\' under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.'),(22008004,22,8,4,'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake `my\' love, Until he please.'),(22008005,22,8,5,'Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.'),(22008006,22,8,6,'Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.'),(22008007,22,8,7,'Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.'),(22008008,22,8,8,'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?'),(22008009,22,8,9,'If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.'),(22008010,22,8,10,'I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers `thereof\' Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.'),(22008011,22,8,11,'Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand `pieces\' of silver.'),(22008012,22,8,12,'My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.'),(22008013,22,8,13,'Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.'),(22008014,22,8,14,'Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.'),(23001001,23,1,1,'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.'),(23001002,23,1,2,'Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.'),(23001003,23,1,3,'The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master\'s crib; `but\' Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.'),(23001004,23,1,4,'Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged `and gone\' backward.'),(23001005,23,1,5,'Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.'),(23001006,23,1,6,'From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; `but\' wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.'),(23001007,23,1,7,'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.'),(23001008,23,1,8,'And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.'),(23001009,23,1,9,'Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.'),(23001010,23,1,10,'Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.'),(23001011,23,1,11,'What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough 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.'),(23001012,23,1,12,'When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?'),(23001013,23,1,13,'Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.'),(23001014,23,1,14,'Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.'),(23001015,23,1,15,'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.'),(23001016,23,1,16,'Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;'),(23001017,23,1,17,'learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.'),(23001018,23,1,18,'Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.'),(23001019,23,1,19,'If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:'),(23001020,23,1,20,'but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.'),(23001021,23,1,21,'How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.'),(23001022,23,1,22,'Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.'),(23001023,23,1,23,'Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.'),(23001024,23,1,24,'Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;'),(23001025,23,1,25,'and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;'),(23001026,23,1,26,'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, a faithful town.'),(23001027,23,1,27,'Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.'),(23001028,23,1,28,'But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.'),(23001029,23,1,29,'For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.'),(23001030,23,1,30,'For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.'),(23001031,23,1,31,'And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.'),(23002001,23,2,1,'The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.'),(23002002,23,2,2,'And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah\'s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.'),(23002003,23,2,3,'And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah from Jerusalem.'),(23002004,23,2,4,'And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.'),(23002005,23,2,5,'O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.'),(23002006,23,2,6,'For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled `with customs\' from the east, and `are\' soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.'),(23002007,23,2,7,'And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.'),(23002008,23,2,8,'Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.'),(23002009,23,2,9,'And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.'),(23002010,23,2,10,'Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.'),(23002011,23,2,11,'The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.'),(23002012,23,2,12,'For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;'),(23002013,23,2,13,'and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,'),(23002014,23,2,14,'and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,'),(23002015,23,2,15,'and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,'),(23002016,23,2,16,'and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.'),(23002017,23,2,17,'And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.'),(23002018,23,2,18,'And the idols shall utterly pass away.'),(23002019,23,2,19,'And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.'),(23002020,23,2,20,'In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;'),(23002021,23,2,21,'to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.'),(23002022,23,2,22,'Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?'),(23003001,23,3,1,'For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;'),(23003002,23,3,2,'the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;'),(23003003,23,3,3,'the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.'),(23003004,23,3,4,'And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.'),(23003005,23,3,5,'And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.'),(23003006,23,3,6,'When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, `saying\', Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;'),(23003007,23,3,7,'in that day shall he lift up `his voice\', saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.'),(23003008,23,3,8,'For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.'),(23003009,23,3,9,'The show 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 done evil unto themselves.'),(23003010,23,3,10,'Say ye of the righteous, that `it shall be\' well `with him\'; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.'),(23003011,23,3,11,'Woe unto the wicked! `it shall be\' ill `with him\'; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.'),(23003012,23,3,12,'As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.'),(23003013,23,3,13,'Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.'),(23003014,23,3,14,'Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:'),(23003015,23,3,15,'what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.'),(23003016,23,3,16,'Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;'),(23003017,23,3,17,'therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.'),(23003018,23,3,18,'In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;'),(23003019,23,3,19,'the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;'),(23003020,23,3,20,'the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;'),(23003021,23,3,21,'the rings, and the nose-jewels;'),(23003022,23,3,22,'the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;'),(23003023,23,3,23,'the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.'),(23003024,23,3,24,'And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.'),(23003025,23,3,25,'Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.'),(23003026,23,3,26,'And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.'),(23004001,23,4,1,'And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'),(23004002,23,4,2,'In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.'),(23004003,23,4,3,'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;'),(23004004,23,4,4,'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 justice, and by the spirit of burning.'),(23004005,23,4,5,'And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory `shall be spread\' a covering.'),(23004006,23,4,6,'And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.'),(23005001,23,5,1,'Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:'),(23005002,23,5,2,'and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.'),(23005003,23,5,3,'And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.'),(23005004,23,5,4,'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?'),(23005005,23,5,5,'And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:'),(23005006,23,5,6,'and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.'),(23005007,23,5,7,'For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.'),(23005008,23,5,8,'Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!'),(23005009,23,5,9,'In mine ears `saith\' Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.'),(23005010,23,5,10,'For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield `but\' an ephah.'),(23005011,23,5,11,'Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!'),(23005012,23,5,12,'And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are `in\' their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.'),(23005013,23,5,13,'Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.'),(23005014,23,5,14,'Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend `into it\'.'),(23005015,23,5,15,'And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:'),(23005016,23,5,16,'but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.'),(23005017,23,5,17,'Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.'),(23005018,23,5,18,'Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;'),(23005019,23,5,19,'that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!'),(23005020,23,5,20,'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!'),(23005021,23,5,21,'Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!'),(23005022,23,5,22,'Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;'),(23005023,23,5,23,'that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!'),(23005024,23,5,24,'Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.'),(23005025,23,5,25,'Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.'),(23005026,23,5,26,'And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.'),(23005027,23,5,27,'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:'),(23005028,23,5,28,'whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses\' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:'),(23005029,23,5,29,'their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.'),(23005030,23,5,30,'And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness `and\' distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.'),(23006001,23,6,1,'In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.'),(23006002,23,6,2,'Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.'),(23006003,23,6,3,'And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.'),(23006004,23,6,4,'And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.'),(23006005,23,6,5,'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, Jehovah of hosts.'),(23006006,23,6,6,'Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:'),(23006007,23,6,7,'and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.'),(23006008,23,6,8,'And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.'),(23006009,23,6,9,'And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.'),(23006010,23,6,10,'Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.'),(23006011,23,6,11,'Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,'),(23006012,23,6,12,'and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.'),(23006013,23,6,13,'And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.'),(23007001,23,7,1,'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 to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.'),(23007002,23,7,2,'And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.'),(23007003,23,7,3,'Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller\'s field;'),(23007004,23,7,4,'and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.'),(23007005,23,7,5,'Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,'),(23007006,23,7,6,'Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;'),(23007007,23,7,7,'thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.'),(23007008,23,7,8,'For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people:'),(23007009,23,7,9,'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.'),(23007010,23,7,10,'And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying,'),(23007011,23,7,11,'Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'),(23007012,23,7,12,'But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.'),(23007013,23,7,13,'And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?'),(23007014,23,7,14,'Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.'),(23007015,23,7,15,'Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.'),(23007016,23,7,16,'For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.'),(23007017,23,7,17,'Jehovah will 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.'),(23007018,23,7,18,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will 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.'),(23007019,23,7,19,'And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.'),(23007020,23,7,20,'In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, `even\' with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.'),(23007021,23,7,21,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;'),(23007022,23,7,22,'and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.'),(23007023,23,7,23,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.'),(23007024,23,7,24,'With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.'),(23007025,23,7,25,'And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.'),(23008001,23,8,1,'And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;'),(23008002,23,8,2,'and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.'),(23008003,23,8,3,'And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'),(23008004,23,8,4,'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 carried away before the king of Assyria.'),(23008005,23,8,5,'And Jehovah spake unto me yet again, saying,'),(23008006,23,8,6,'Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah\'s son;'),(23008007,23,8,7,'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 it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;'),(23008008,23,8,8,'and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.'),(23008009,23,8,9,'Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.'),(23008010,23,8,10,'Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.'),(23008011,23,8,11,'For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,'),(23008012,23,8,12,'Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread `thereof\'.'),(23008013,23,8,13,'Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.'),(23008014,23,8,14,'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.'),(23008015,23,8,15,'And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'),(23008016,23,8,16,'Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.'),(23008017,23,8,17,'And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.'),(23008018,23,8,18,'Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.'),(23008019,23,8,19,'And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living `should they seek\' unto the dead?'),(23008020,23,8,20,'To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.'),(23008021,23,8,21,'And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:'),(23008022,23,8,22,'and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness `they shall be\' driven away.'),(23009001,23,9,1,'But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.'),(23009002,23,9,2,'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.'),(23009003,23,9,3,'Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.'),(23009004,23,9,4,'For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.'),(23009005,23,9,5,'For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.'),(23009006,23,9,6,'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, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.'),(23009007,23,9,7,'Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.'),(23009008,23,9,8,'The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.'),(23009009,23,9,9,'And all the people shall know, `even\' Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,'),(23009010,23,9,10,'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.'),(23009011,23,9,11,'Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,'),(23009012,23,9,12,'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.'),(23009013,23,9,13,'Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.'),(23009014,23,9,14,'Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.'),(23009015,23,9,15,'The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.'),(23009016,23,9,16,'For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.'),(23009017,23,9,17,'Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.'),(23009018,23,9,18,'For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.'),(23009019,23,9,19,'Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.'),(23009020,23,9,20,'And one 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:'),(23009021,23,9,21,'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.'),(23010001,23,10,1,'Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;'),(23010002,23,10,2,'to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!'),(23010003,23,10,3,'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?'),(23010004,23,10,4,'They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.'),(23010005,23,10,5,'Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!'),(23010006,23,10,6,'I will send him against a profane 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.'),(23010007,23,10,7,'Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.'),(23010008,23,10,8,'For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?'),(23010009,23,10,9,'Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?'),(23010010,23,10,10,'As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;'),(23010011,23,10,11,'shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?'),(23010012,23,10,12,'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.'),(23010013,23,10,13,'For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit `on thrones\':'),(23010014,23,10,14,'and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.'),(23010015,23,10,15,'Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, `or\' as if a staff should lift up `him that is\' not wood.'),(23010016,23,10,16,'Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.'),(23010017,23,10,17,'And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.'),(23010018,23,10,18,'And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.'),(23010019,23,10,19,'And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.'),(23010020,23,10,20,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.'),(23010021,23,10,21,'A remnant shall return, `even\' the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.'),(23010022,23,10,22,'For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, `only\' a remnant of them shall return: a destruction `is\' determined, overflowing with righteousness.'),(23010023,23,10,23,'For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.'),(23010024,23,10,24,'Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.'),(23010025,23,10,25,'For yet a very little while, and the indignation `against thee\' shall be accomplished, and mine anger `shall be directed\' to his destruction.'),(23010026,23,10,26,'And Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.'),(23010027,23,10,27,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.'),(23010028,23,10,28,'He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;'),(23010029,23,10,29,'they are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeah of Saul is fled.'),(23010030,23,10,30,'Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!'),(23010031,23,10,31,'Madmenah is a fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.'),(23010032,23,10,32,'This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.'),(23010033,23,10,33,'Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.'),(23010034,23,10,34,'And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.'),(23011001,23,11,1,'And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.'),(23011002,23,11,2,'And the Spirit of Jehovah 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 Jehovah.'),(23011003,23,11,3,'And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;'),(23011004,23,11,4,'but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide 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.'),(23011005,23,11,5,'And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.'),(23011006,23,11,6,'And the wolf 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.'),(23011007,23,11,7,'And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.'),(23011008,23,11,8,'And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder\'s den.'),(23011009,23,11,9,'They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.'),(23011010,23,11,10,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.'),(23011011,23,11,11,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, 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.'),(23011012,23,11,12,'And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.'),(23011013,23,11,13,'The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.'),(23011014,23,11,14,'And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.'),(23011015,23,11,15,'And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.'),(23011016,23,11,16,'And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.'),(23012001,23,12,1,'And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.'),(23012002,23,12,2,'Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, `even\' Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.'),(23012003,23,12,3,'Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.'),(23012004,23,12,4,'And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.'),(23012005,23,12,5,'Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.'),(23012006,23,12,6,'Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.'),(23013001,23,13,1,'The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.'),(23013002,23,13,2,'Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.'),(23013003,23,13,3,'I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.'),(23013004,23,13,4,'The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.'),(23013005,23,13,5,'They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.'),(23013006,23,13,6,'Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.'),(23013007,23,13,7,'Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:'),(23013008,23,13,8,'and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold `of them\'; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces `shall be\' faces of flame.'),(23013009,23,13,9,'Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.'),(23013010,23,13,10,'For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.'),(23013011,23,13,11,'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.'),(23013012,23,13,12,'I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.'),(23013013,23,13,13,'Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.'),(23013014,23,13,14,'And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.'),(23013015,23,13,15,'Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.'),(23013016,23,13,16,'Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.'),(23013017,23,13,17,'Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.'),(23013018,23,13,18,'And `their\' bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.'),(23013019,23,13,19,'And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans\' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.'),(23013020,23,13,20,'It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.'),(23013021,23,13,21,'But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.'),(23013022,23,13,22,'And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.'),(23014001,23,14,1,'For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.'),(23014002,23,14,2,'And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.'),(23014003,23,14,3,'And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,'),(23014004,23,14,4,'that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!'),(23014005,23,14,5,'Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;'),(23014006,23,14,6,'that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.'),(23014007,23,14,7,'The whole earth is at rest, `and\' is quiet: they break forth into singing.'),(23014008,23,14,8,'Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, `and\' the cedars of Lebanon, `saying\', Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.'),(23014009,23,14,9,'Sheol 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.'),(23014010,23,14,10,'All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?'),(23014011,23,14,11,'Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, `and\' the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.'),(23014012,23,14,12,'How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!'),(23014013,23,14,13,'And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;'),(23014014,23,14,14,'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'),(23014015,23,14,15,'Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.'),(23014016,23,14,16,'They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, `saying\', Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;'),(23014017,23,14,17,'that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?'),(23014018,23,14,18,'All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.'),(23014019,23,14,19,'But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.'),(23014020,23,14,20,'Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.'),(23014021,23,14,21,'Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.'),(23014022,23,14,22,'And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son\'s son, saith Jehovah.'),(23014023,23,14,23,'I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.'),(23014024,23,14,24,'Jehovah 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:'),(23014025,23,14,25,'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 shoulder.'),(23014026,23,14,26,'This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.'),(23014027,23,14,27,'For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?'),(23014028,23,14,28,'In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.'),(23014029,23,14,29,'Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent\'s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.'),(23014030,23,14,30,'And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.'),(23014031,23,14,31,'Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.'),(23014032,23,14,32,'What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.'),(23015001,23,15,1,'The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, `and\' brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, `and\' brought to nought.'),(23015002,23,15,2,'They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.'),(23015003,23,15,3,'In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.'),(23015004,23,15,4,'And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.'),(23015005,23,15,5,'My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles `flee\' unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.'),(23015006,23,15,6,'For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.'),(23015007,23,15,7,'Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.'),(23015008,23,15,8,'For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.'),(23015009,23,15,9,'For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.'),(23016001,23,16,1,'Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.'),(23016002,23,16,2,'For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.'),(23016003,23,16,3,'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.'),(23016004,23,16,4,'Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.'),(23016005,23,16,5,'And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.'),(23016006,23,16,6,'We have heard of the pride of Moab, `that\' he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.'),(23016007,23,16,7,'Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.'),(23016008,23,16,8,'For the fields of Heshbon languish, `and\' the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.'),(23016009,23,16,9,'Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the `battle\' shout is fallen.'),(23016010,23,16,10,'And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the `vintage\' shout to cease.'),(23016011,23,16,11,'Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.'),(23016012,23,16,12,'And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.'),(23016013,23,16,13,'This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.'),(23016014,23,16,14,'But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.'),(23017001,23,17,1,'The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.'),(23017002,23,17,2,'The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.'),(23017003,23,17,3,'And the fortress 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 Jehovah of hosts.'),(23017004,23,17,4,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.'),(23017005,23,17,5,'And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing grain, and his arm reapeth the ears; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.'),(23017006,23,17,6,'Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.'),(23017007,23,17,7,'In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.'),(23017008,23,17,8,'And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.'),(23017009,23,17,9,'In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.'),(23017010,23,17,10,'For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.'),(23017011,23,17,11,'In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom; but the harvest fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.'),(23017012,23,17,12,'Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!'),(23017013,23,17,13,'The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.'),(23017014,23,17,14,'At eventide, behold, terror; `and\' before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.'),(23018001,23,18,1,'Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;'),(23018002,23,18,2,'that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, `saying\', Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!'),(23018003,23,18,3,'All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.'),(23018004,23,18,4,'For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.'),(23018005,23,18,5,'For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away `and\' cut down.'),(23018006,23,18,6,'They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.'),(23018007,23,18,7,'In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts `from\' a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.'),(23019001,23,19,1,'The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.'),(23019002,23,19,2,'And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, `and\' kingdom against kingdom.'),(23019003,23,19,3,'And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.'),(23019004,23,19,4,'And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.'),(23019005,23,19,5,'And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.'),(23019006,23,19,6,'And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.'),(23019007,23,19,7,'The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.'),(23019008,23,19,8,'And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.'),(23019009,23,19,9,'Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.'),(23019010,23,19,10,'And the pillars `of Egypt\' shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire `shall be\' grieved in soul.'),(23019011,23,19,11,'The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?'),(23019012,23,19,12,'Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.'),(23019013,23,19,13,'The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.'),(23019014,23,19,14,'Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.'),(23019015,23,19,15,'Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.'),(23019016,23,19,16,'In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.'),(23019017,23,19,17,'And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.'),(23019018,23,19,18,'In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.'),(23019019,23,19,19,'In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah.'),(23019020,23,19,20,'And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he will deliver them.'),(23019021,23,19,21,'And Jehovah shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and oblation, and shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and shall perform it.'),(23019022,23,19,22,'And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.'),(23019023,23,19,23,'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 worship with the Assyrians.'),(23019024,23,19,24,'In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;'),(23019025,23,19,25,'for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.'),(23020001,23,20,1,'In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;'),(23020002,23,20,2,'at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.'),(23020003,23,20,3,'And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;'),(23020004,23,20,4,'so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.'),(23020005,23,20,5,'And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.'),(23020006,23,20,6,'And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?'),(23021001,23,21,1,'The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.'),(23021002,23,21,2,'A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'),(23021003,23,21,3,'Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.'),(23021004,23,21,4,'My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.'),(23021005,23,21,5,'They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.'),(23021006,23,21,6,'For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:'),(23021007,23,21,7,'and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.'),(23021008,23,21,8,'And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;'),(23021009,23,21,9,'and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.'),(23021010,23,21,10,'O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.'),(23021011,23,21,11,'The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'),(23021012,23,21,12,'The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.'),(23021013,23,21,13,'The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.'),(23021014,23,21,14,'Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.'),(23021015,23,21,15,'For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.'),(23021016,23,21,16,'For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;'),(23021017,23,21,17,'and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'),(23022001,23,22,1,'The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?'),(23022002,23,22,2,'O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.'),(23022003,23,22,3,'All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.'),(23022004,23,22,4,'Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'),(23022005,23,22,5,'For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.'),(23022006,23,22,6,'And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men `and\' horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.'),(23022007,23,22,7,'And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.'),(23022008,23,22,8,'And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.'),(23022009,23,22,9,'And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;'),(23022010,23,22,10,'and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;'),(23022011,23,22,11,'ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.'),(23022012,23,22,12,'And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:'),(23022013,23,22,13,'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.'),(23022014,23,22,14,'And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.'),(23022015,23,22,15,'Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, `and say\','),(23022016,23,22,16,'What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!'),(23022017,23,22,17,'Behold, Jehovah, like a `strong\' man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.'),(23022018,23,22,18,'He will surely wind thee round and round, `and toss thee\' like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord\'s house.'),(23022019,23,22,19,'And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.'),(23022020,23,22,20,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:'),(23022021,23,22,21,'and I will cloth 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.'),(23022022,23,22,22,'And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.'),(23022023,23,22,23,'And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father\'s house.'),(23022024,23,22,24,'And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father\'s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons.'),(23022025,23,22,25,'In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.'),(23023001,23,23,1,'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 Kittim it is revealed to them.'),(23023002,23,23,2,'Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.'),(23023003,23,23,3,'And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.'),(23023004,23,23,4,'Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.'),(23023005,23,23,5,'When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.'),(23023006,23,23,6,'Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.'),(23023007,23,23,7,'Is this your joyous `city\', whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?'),(23023008,23,23,8,'Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?'),(23023009,23,23,9,'Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.'),(23023010,23,23,10,'Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.'),(23023011,23,23,11,'He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.'),(23023012,23,23,12,'And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.'),(23023013,23,23,13,'Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.'),(23023014,23,23,14,'Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.'),(23023015,23,23,15,'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 it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.'),(23023016,23,23,16,'Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.'),(23023017,23,23,17,'And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.'),(23023018,23,23,18,'And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.'),(23024001,23,24,1,'Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.'),(23024002,23,24,2,'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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.'),(23024003,23,24,3,'The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.'),(23024004,23,24,4,'The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.'),(23024005,23,24,5,'The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.'),(23024006,23,24,6,'Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.'),(23024007,23,24,7,'The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.'),(23024008,23,24,8,'The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.'),(23024009,23,24,9,'They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.'),(23024010,23,24,10,'The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.'),(23024011,23,24,11,'There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.'),(23024012,23,24,12,'In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.'),(23024013,23,24,13,'For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.'),(23024014,23,24,14,'These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.'),(23024015,23,24,15,'Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'),(23024016,23,24,16,'From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.'),(23024017,23,24,17,'Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.'),(23024018,23,24,18,'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 on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.'),(23024019,23,24,19,'The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.'),(23024020,23,24,20,'The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.'),(23024021,23,24,21,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.'),(23024022,23,24,22,'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.'),(23024023,23,24,23,'Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.'),(23025001,23,25,1,'O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, `even\' counsels of old, in faithfulness `and\' truth.'),(23025002,23,25,2,'For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.'),(23025003,23,25,3,'Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.'),(23025004,23,25,4,'For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.'),(23025005,23,25,5,'As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.'),(23025006,23,25,6,'And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples 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.'),(23025007,23,25,7,'And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.'),(23025008,23,25,8,'He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.'),(23025009,23,25,9,'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 Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.'),(23025010,23,25,10,'For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dung-hill.'),(23025011,23,25,11,'And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth `his hands\' to swim; but `Jehovah\' will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.'),(23025012,23,25,12,'And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.'),(23026001,23,26,1,'In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.'),(23026002,23,26,2,'Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.'),(23026003,23,26,3,'Thou wilt keep `him\' in perfect peace, `whose\' mind `is\' stayed `on thee\'; because he trusteth in thee.'),(23026004,23,26,4,'Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, `even\' Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.'),(23026005,23,26,5,'For he hath brought 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.'),(23026006,23,26,6,'The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.'),(23026007,23,26,7,'The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.'),(23026008,23,26,8,'Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial `name\', is the desire of our soul.'),(23026009,23,26,9,'With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.'),(23026010,23,26,10,'Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.'),(23026011,23,26,11,'Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see `thy\' zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.'),(23026012,23,26,12,'Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.'),(23026013,23,26,13,'O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.'),(23026014,23,26,14,'`They are\' dead, they shall not live; `they are\' deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.'),(23026015,23,26,15,'Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.'),(23026016,23,26,16,'Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer `when\' thy chastening was upon them.'),(23026017,23,26,17,'Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.'),(23026018,23,26,18,'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.'),(23026019,23,26,19,'Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is `as\' the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.'),(23026020,23,26,20,'Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.'),(23026021,23,26,21,'For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth 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.'),(23027001,23,27,1,'In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.'),(23027002,23,27,2,'In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.'),(23027003,23,27,3,'I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.'),(23027004,23,27,4,'Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.'),(23027005,23,27,5,'Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; `yea\', let him make peace with me.'),(23027006,23,27,6,'In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.'),(23027007,23,27,7,'Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?'),(23027008,23,27,8,'In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath removed `them\' with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.'),(23027009,23,27,9,'Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, `so that\' the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.'),(23027010,23,27,10,'For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.'),(23027011,23,27,11,'When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.'),(23027012,23,27,12,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off `his fruit\' from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.'),(23027013,23,27,13,'And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.'),(23028001,23,28,1,'Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!'),(23028002,23,28,2,'Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.'),(23028003,23,28,3,'The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:'),(23028004,23,28,4,'and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.'),(23028005,23,28,5,'In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;'),(23028006,23,28,6,'and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.'),(23028007,23,28,7,'And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.'),(23028008,23,28,8,'For all tables are full of vomit `and\' filthiness, `so that there is\' no place `clean\'.'),(23028009,23,28,9,'Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?'),(23028010,23,28,10,'For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.'),(23028011,23,28,11,'Nay, but by `men of\' strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;'),(23028012,23,28,12,'to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.'),(23028013,23,28,13,'Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.'),(23028014,23,28,14,'Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:'),(23028015,23,28,15,'Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol 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:'),(23028016,23,28,16,'therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -`stone\' of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.'),(23028017,23,28,17,'And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.'),(23028018,23,28,18,'And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.'),(23028019,23,28,19,'As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.'),(23028020,23,28,20,'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.'),(23028021,23,28,21,'For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will 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.'),(23028022,23,28,22,'Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.'),(23028023,23,28,23,'Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.'),(23028024,23,28,24,'Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he `continually\' open and harrow his ground?'),(23028025,23,28,25,'When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?'),(23028026,23,28,26,'For his God doth instruct him aright, `and\' doth teach him.'),(23028027,23,28,27,'For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp `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.'),(23028028,23,28,28,'Bread `grain\' is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.'),(23028029,23,28,29,'This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.'),(23029001,23,29,1,'Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:'),(23029002,23,29,2,'then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.'),(23029003,23,29,3,'And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.'),(23029004,23,29,4,'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.'),(23029005,23,29,5,'But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.'),(23029006,23,29,6,'She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.'),(23029007,23,29,7,'And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.'),(23029008,23,29,8,'And it shall be as when a 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.'),(23029009,23,29,9,'Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.'),(23029010,23,29,10,'For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.'),(23029011,23,29,11,'And all vision 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:'),(23029012,23,29,12,'and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.'),(23029013,23,29,13,'And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh `unto me\', and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught `them\';'),(23029014,23,29,14,'therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.'),(23029015,23,29,15,'Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'),(23029016,23,29,16,'Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?'),(23029017,23,29,17,'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?'),(23029018,23,29,18,'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.'),(23029019,23,29,19,'The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.'),(23029020,23,29,20,'For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;'),(23029021,23,29,21,'that make a man an offender in `his\' cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.'),(23029022,23,29,22,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.'),(23029023,23,29,23,'But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.'),(23029024,23,29,24,'They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.'),(23030001,23,30,1,'Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,'),(23030002,23,30,2,'that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!'),(23030003,23,30,3,'Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.'),(23030004,23,30,4,'For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.'),(23030005,23,30,5,'They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.'),(23030006,23,30,6,'The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit `them\'.'),(23030007,23,30,7,'For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.'),(23030008,23,30,8,'Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.'),(23030009,23,30,9,'For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;'),(23030010,23,30,10,'that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,'),(23030011,23,30,11,'get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.'),(23030012,23,30,12,'Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;'),(23030013,23,30,13,'therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.'),(23030014,23,30,14,'And he shall break it as a potter\'s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.'),(23030015,23,30,15,'For thus said the Lord Jehovah, 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:'),(23030016,23,30,16,'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.'),(23030017,23,30,17,'One thousand `shall flee\' at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.'),(23030018,23,30,18,'And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.'),(23030019,23,30,19,'For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.'),(23030020,23,30,20,'And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;'),(23030021,23,30,21,'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.'),(23030022,23,30,22,'And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.'),(23030023,23,30,23,'And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;'),(23030024,23,30,24,'the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.'),(23030025,23,30,25,'And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks `and\' streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.'),(23030026,23,30,26,'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 Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.'),(23030027,23,30,27,'Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;'),(23030028,23,30,28,'and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err `shall be\' in the jaws of the peoples.'),(23030029,23,30,29,'Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.'),(23030030,23,30,30,'And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of `his\' anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.'),(23030031,23,30,31,'For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite `him\'.'),(23030032,23,30,32,'And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with `the sound of\' tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing `of his arm\' will he fight with them.'),(23030033,23,30,33,'For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.'),(23031001,23,31,1,'Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely 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 Jehovah!'),(23031002,23,31,2,'Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.'),(23031003,23,31,3,'Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.'),(23031004,23,31,4,'For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.'),(23031005,23,31,5,'As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver `it\', he will pass over and preserve `it\'.'),(23031006,23,31,6,'Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.'),(23031007,23,31,7,'For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.'),(23031008,23,31,8,'And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.'),(23031009,23,31,9,'And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.'),(23032001,23,32,1,'Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.'),(23032002,23,32,2,'And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.'),(23032003,23,32,3,'And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.'),(23032004,23,32,4,'And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.'),(23032005,23,32,5,'The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.'),(23032006,23,32,6,'For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.'),(23032007,23,32,7,'And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.'),(23032008,23,32,8,'But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.'),(23032009,23,32,9,'Rise up, ye women that are at ease, `and\' hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.'),(23032010,23,32,10,'For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.'),(23032011,23,32,11,'Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird `sackcloth\' upon your loins.'),(23032012,23,32,12,'They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.'),(23032013,23,32,13,'Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.'),(23032014,23,32,14,'For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;'),(23032015,23,32,15,'until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.'),(23032016,23,32,16,'Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.'),(23032017,23,32,17,'And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.'),(23032018,23,32,18,'And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.'),(23032019,23,32,19,'But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.'),(23032020,23,32,20,'Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.'),(23033001,23,33,1,'Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.'),(23033002,23,33,2,'O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.'),(23033003,23,33,3,'At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.'),(23033004,23,33,4,'And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.'),(23033005,23,33,5,'Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.'),(23033006,23,33,6,'And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.'),(23033007,23,33,7,'Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.'),(23033008,23,33,8,'The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: `the enemy\' hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.'),(23033009,23,33,9,'The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off `their leaves\'.'),(23033010,23,33,10,'Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.'),(23033011,23,33,11,'Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.'),(23033012,23,33,12,'And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.'),(23033013,23,33,13,'Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.'),(23033014,23,33,14,'The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?'),(23033015,23,33,15,'He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:'),(23033016,23,33,16,'He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given `him\'; his waters shall be sure.'),(23033017,23,33,17,'Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.'),(23033018,23,33,18,'Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed `the tribute\'? where is he that counted the towers?'),(23033019,23,33,19,'Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.'),(23033020,23,33,20,'Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.'),(23033021,23,33,21,'But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.'),(23033022,23,33,22,'For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.'),(23033023,23,33,23,'Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.'),(23033024,23,33,24,'And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.'),(23034001,23,34,1,'Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.'),(23034002,23,34,2,'For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.'),(23034003,23,34,3,'Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.'),(23034004,23,34,4,'And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading `leaf\' from the fig-tree.'),(23034005,23,34,5,'For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.'),(23034006,23,34,6,'The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.'),(23034007,23,34,7,'And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.'),(23034008,23,34,8,'For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.'),(23034009,23,34,9,'And the streams of `Edom\' shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.'),(23034010,23,34,10,'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.'),(23034011,23,34,11,'But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.'),(23034012,23,34,12,'They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.'),(23034013,23,34,13,'And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.'),(23034014,23,34,14,'And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.'),(23034015,23,34,15,'There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.'),(23034016,23,34,16,'Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.'),(23034017,23,34,17,'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.'),(23035001,23,35,1,'The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.'),(23035002,23,35,2,'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 Jehovah, the excellency of our God.'),(23035003,23,35,3,'Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.'),(23035004,23,35,4,'Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come `with\' vengeance, `with\' the recompense of God; he will come and save you.'),(23035005,23,35,5,'Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.'),(23035006,23,35,6,'Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.'),(23035007,23,35,7,'And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.'),(23035008,23,35,8,'And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for `the redeemed\': the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err `therein\'.'),(23035009,23,35,9,'No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk `there\':'),(23035010,23,35,10,'and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.'),(23036001,23,36,1,'Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.'),(23036002,23,36,2,'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.'),(23036003,23,36,3,'Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.'),(23036004,23,36,4,'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?'),(23036005,23,36,5,'I say, `thy\' counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?'),(23036006,23,36,6,'Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon 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 on him.'),(23036007,23,36,7,'But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?'),(23036008,23,36,8,'Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 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.'),(23036009,23,36,9,'How then canst 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?'),(23036010,23,36,10,'And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.'),(23036011,23,36,11,'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.'),(23036012,23,36,12,'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, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?'),(23036013,23,36,13,'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.'),(23036014,23,36,14,'Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:'),(23036015,23,36,15,'neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'),(23036016,23,36,16,'Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, 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;'),(23036017,23,36,17,'until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.'),(23036018,23,36,18,'Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?'),(23036019,23,36,19,'Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?'),(23036020,23,36,20,'Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'),(23036021,23,36,21,'But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king\'s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.'),(23036022,23,36,22,'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.'),(23037001,23,37,1,'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 Jehovah.'),(23037002,23,37,2,'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.'),(23037003,23,37,3,'And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.'),(23037004,23,37,4,'It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.'),(23037005,23,37,5,'So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.'),(23037006,23,37,6,'And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.'),(23037007,23,37,7,'Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.'),(23037008,23,37,8,'So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.'),(23037009,23,37,9,'And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,'),(23037010,23,37,10,'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.'),(23037011,23,37,11,'Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?'),(23037012,23,37,12,'Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?'),(23037013,23,37,13,'Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'),(23037014,23,37,14,'And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.'),(23037015,23,37,15,'And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,'),(23037016,23,37,16,'O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest `above\' the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.'),(23037017,23,37,17,'Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.'),(23037018,23,37,18,'Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,'),(23037019,23,37,19,'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.'),(23037020,23,37,20,'Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.'),(23037021,23,37,21,'Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,'),(23037022,23,37,22,'this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.'),(23037023,23,37,23,'Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? `even\' against the Holy One of Israel.'),(23037024,23,37,24,'By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;'),(23037025,23,37,25,'I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'),(23037026,23,37,26,'Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.'),(23037027,23,37,27,'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 a field `of grain\' before it is grown up.'),(23037028,23,37,28,'But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.'),(23037029,23,37,29,'Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy 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.'),(23037030,23,37,30,'And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, 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 fruit thereof.'),(23037031,23,37,31,'And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.'),(23037032,23,37,32,'For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.'),(23037033,23,37,33,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.'),(23037034,23,37,34,'By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.'),(23037035,23,37,35,'For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David\'s sake.'),(23037036,23,37,36,'And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.'),(23037037,23,37,37,'So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.'),(23037038,23,37,38,'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 Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.'),(23038001,23,38,1,'In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.'),(23038002,23,38,2,'Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,'),(23038003,23,38,3,'and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, 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.'),(23038004,23,38,4,'Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,'),(23038005,23,38,5,'Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, 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.'),(23038006,23,38,6,'And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.'),(23038007,23,38,7,'And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:'),(23038008,23,38,8,'behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.'),(23038009,23,38,9,'The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.'),(23038010,23,38,10,'I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.'),(23038011,23,38,11,'I said, I shall not see Jehovah, `even\' Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.'),(23038012,23,38,12,'My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd\'s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.'),(23038013,23,38,13,'I quieted `myself\' until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.'),(23038014,23,38,14,'Like a swallow `or\' a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail `with looking\' upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.'),(23038015,23,38,15,'What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.'),(23038016,23,38,16,'O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.'),(23038017,23,38,17,'Behold, `it was\' for `my\' peace `that\' 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.'),(23038018,23,38,18,'For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.'),(23038019,23,38,19,'The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.'),(23038020,23,38,20,'Jehovah is `ready\' to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.'),(23038021,23,38,21,'Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'),(23038022,23,38,22,'Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?'),(23039001,23,39,1,'At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.'),(23039002,23,39,2,'And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.'),(23039003,23,39,3,'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.'),(23039004,23,39,4,'Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.'),(23039005,23,39,5,'Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:'),(23039006,23,39,6,'Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.'),(23039007,23,39,7,'And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'),(23039008,23,39,8,'Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.'),(23040001,23,40,1,'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.'),(23040002,23,40,2,'Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah\'s hand double for all her sins.'),(23040003,23,40,3,'The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.'),(23040004,23,40,4,'Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:'),(23040005,23,40,5,'and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.'),(23040006,23,40,6,'The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.'),(23040007,23,40,7,'The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.'),(23040008,23,40,8,'The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.'),(23040009,23,40,9,'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!'),(23040010,23,40,10,'Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.'),(23040011,23,40,11,'He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, `and\' will gently lead those that have their young.'),(23040012,23,40,12,'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?'),(23040013,23,40,13,'Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?'),(23040014,23,40,14,'With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?'),(23040015,23,40,15,'Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.'),(23040016,23,40,16,'And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.'),(23040017,23,40,17,'All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.'),(23040018,23,40,18,'To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?'),(23040019,23,40,19,'The image, a workman hath cast `it\', and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth `for it\' silver chains.'),(23040020,23,40,20,'He that is too impoverished for `such\' an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.'),(23040021,23,40,21,'Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?'),(23040022,23,40,22,'`It is\' he that sitteth above 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;'),(23040023,23,40,23,'that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.'),(23040024,23,40,24,'Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.'),(23040025,23,40,25,'To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal `to him\'? saith the Holy One.'),(23040026,23,40,26,'Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.'),(23040027,23,40,27,'Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice `due\' to me is passed away from my God?'),(23040028,23,40,28,'Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.'),(23040029,23,40,29,'He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.'),(23040030,23,40,30,'Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:'),(23040031,23,40,31,'but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.'),(23041001,23,41,1,'Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.'),(23041002,23,41,2,'Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.'),(23041003,23,41,3,'He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.'),(23041004,23,41,4,'Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.'),(23041005,23,41,5,'The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.'),(23041006,23,41,6,'They help every one his neighbor; and `every one\' saith to his brother, Be of good courage.'),(23041007,23,41,7,'So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, `and\' he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that is should not be moved.'),(23041008,23,41,8,'But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,'),(23041009,23,41,9,'thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;'),(23041010,23,41,10,'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.'),(23041011,23,41,11,'Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.'),(23041012,23,41,12,'Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.'),(23041013,23,41,13,'For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.'),(23041014,23,41,14,'Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.'),(23041015,23,41,15,'Behold, I have made thee `to be\' a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.'),(23041016,23,41,16,'Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.'),(23041017,23,41,17,'The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.'),(23041018,23,41,18,'I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.'),(23041019,23,41,19,'I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:'),(23041020,23,41,20,'that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.'),(23041021,23,41,21,'Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.'),(23041022,23,41,22,'Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.'),(23041023,23,41,23,'Declare 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.'),(23041024,23,41,24,'Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.'),(23041025,23,41,25,'I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.'),(23041026,23,41,26,'Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, `He is\' right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.'),(23041027,23,41,27,'`I am the\' first `that saith\' unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.'),(23041028,23,41,28,'And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.'),(23041029,23,41,29,'Behold, all of them, their works are vanity `and\' nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.'),(23042001,23,42,1,'Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.'),(23042002,23,42,2,'He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.'),(23042003,23,42,3,'A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.'),(23042004,23,42,4,'He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.'),(23042005,23,42,5,'Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad 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:'),(23042006,23,42,6,'I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;'),(23042007,23,42,7,'to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.'),(23042008,23,42,8,'I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.'),(23042009,23,42,9,'Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.'),(23042010,23,42,10,'Sing unto Jehovah 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.'),(23042011,23,42,11,'Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up `their voice\', the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.'),(23042012,23,42,12,'Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.'),(23042013,23,42,13,'Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up `his\' zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.'),(23042014,23,42,14,'I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: `now\' will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.'),(23042015,23,42,15,'I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.'),(23042016,23,42,16,'And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.'),(23042017,23,42,17,'They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.'),(23042018,23,42,18,'Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.'),(23042019,23,42,19,'Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace `with me\', and blind as Jehovah\'s servant?'),(23042020,23,42,20,'Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.'),(23042021,23,42,21,'It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness\' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.'),(23042022,23,42,22,'But this is a people robbed and plundered; 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.'),(23042023,23,42,23,'Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?'),(23042024,23,42,24,'Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.'),(23042025,23,42,25,'Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.'),(23043001,23,43,1,'But now thus saith Jehovah 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.'),(23043002,23,43,2,'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.'),(23043003,23,43,3,'For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.'),(23043004,23,43,4,'Since thou hast been precious in my sight, `and\' honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.'),(23043005,23,43,5,'Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;'),(23043006,23,43,6,'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 end of the earth;'),(23043007,23,43,7,'every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.'),(23043008,23,43,8,'Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.'),(23043009,23,43,9,'Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.'),(23043010,23,43,10,'Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, 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.'),(23043011,23,43,11,'I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.'),(23043012,23,43,12,'I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange `god\' among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.'),(23043013,23,43,13,'Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?'),(23043014,23,43,14,'Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.'),(23043015,23,43,15,'I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.'),(23043016,23,43,16,'Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;'),(23043017,23,43,17,'who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):'),(23043018,23,43,18,'Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.'),(23043019,23,43,19,'Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.'),(23043020,23,43,20,'The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,'),(23043021,23,43,21,'the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.'),(23043022,23,43,22,'Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.'),(23043023,23,43,23,'Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.'),(23043024,23,43,24,'Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.'),(23043025,23,43,25,'I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.'),(23043026,23,43,26,'Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth `thy cause\', that thou mayest be justified.'),(23043027,23,43,27,'Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.'),(23043028,23,43,28,'Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.'),(23044001,23,44,1,'Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:'),(23044002,23,44,2,'Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.'),(23044003,23,44,3,'For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:'),(23044004,23,44,4,'and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.'),(23044005,23,44,5,'One shall say, I am Jehovah\'s; and another shall call `himself\' by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname `himself\' by the name of Israel.'),(23044006,23,44,6,'Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.'),(23044007,23,44,7,'And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.'),(23044008,23,44,8,'Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.'),(23044009,23,44,9,'They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.'),(23044010,23,44,10,'Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?'),(23044011,23,44,11,'Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.'),(23044012,23,44,12,'The smith `maketh\' an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.'),(23044013,23,44,13,'The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.'),(23044014,23,44,14,'He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.'),(23044015,23,44,15,'Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth 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.'),(23044016,23,44,16,'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.'),(23044017,23,44,17,'And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.'),(23044018,23,44,18,'They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.'),(23044019,23,44,19,'And none calleth to mind, 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?'),(23044020,23,44,20,'He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?'),(23044021,23,44,21,'Remember these things, 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.'),(23044022,23,44,22,'I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.'),(23044023,23,44,23,'Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.'),(23044024,23,44,24,'Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);'),(23044025,23,44,25,'that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;'),(23044026,23,44,26,'that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;'),(23044027,23,44,27,'that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;'),(23044028,23,44,28,'That saith of Cyrus, `He is\' my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.'),(23045001,23,45,1,'Thus saith Jehovah 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 the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:'),(23045002,23,45,2,'I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;'),(23045003,23,45,3,'and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.'),(23045004,23,45,4,'For Jacob my servant\'s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.'),(23045005,23,45,5,'I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;'),(23045006,23,45,6,'that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.'),(23045007,23,45,7,'I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.'),(23045008,23,45,8,'Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.'),(23045009,23,45,9,'Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?'),(23045010,23,45,10,'Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?'),(23045011,23,45,11,'Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.'),(23045012,23,45,12,'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.'),(23045013,23,45,13,'I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.'),(23045014,23,45,14,'Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go 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.'),(23045015,23,45,15,'Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.'),(23045016,23,45,16,'They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.'),(23045017,23,45,17,'`But\' Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.'),(23045018,23,45,18,'For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.'),(23045019,23,45,19,'I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.'),(23045020,23,45,20,'Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.'),(23045021,23,45,21,'Declare ye, and bring `it\' forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.'),(23045022,23,45,22,'Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.'),(23045023,23,45,23,'By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth `in\' righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.'),(23045024,23,45,24,'Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.'),(23045025,23,45,25,'In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.'),(23046001,23,46,1,'Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary `beast\'.'),(23046002,23,46,2,'They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.'),(23046003,23,46,3,'Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne `by me\' from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;'),(23046004,23,46,4,'and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry `you\'; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.'),(23046005,23,46,5,'To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?'),(23046006,23,46,6,'Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.'),(23046007,23,46,7,'They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.'),(23046008,23,46,8,'Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.'),(23046009,23,46,9,'Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; `I am\' God, and there is none like me;'),(23046010,23,46,10,'declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not `yet\' done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;'),(23046011,23,46,11,'calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.'),(23046012,23,46,12,'Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:'),(23046013,23,46,13,'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.'),(23047001,23,47,1,'Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.'),(23047002,23,47,2,'Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.'),(23047003,23,47,3,'Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.'),(23047004,23,47,4,'Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.'),(23047005,23,47,5,'Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.'),(23047006,23,47,6,'I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.'),(23047007,23,47,7,'And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.'),(23047008,23,47,8,'Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:'),(23047009,23,47,9,'but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.'),(23047010,23,47,10,'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 thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.'),(23047011,23,47,11,'Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.'),(23047012,23,47,12,'Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.'),(23047013,23,47,13,'Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.'),(23047014,23,47,14,'Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.'),(23047015,23,47,15,'Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.'),(23048001,23,48,1,'Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.'),(23048002,23,48,2,'(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):'),(23048003,23,48,3,'I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.'),(23048004,23,48,4,'Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;'),(23048005,23,48,5,'therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'),(23048006,23,48,6,'Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.'),(23048007,23,48,7,'They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.'),(23048008,23,48,8,'Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.'),(23048009,23,48,9,'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.'),(23048010,23,48,10,'Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.'),(23048011,23,48,11,'For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should `my name\' be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.'),(23048012,23,48,12,'Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.'),(23048013,23,48,13,'Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.'),(23048014,23,48,14,'Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm `shall be on\' the Chaldeans.'),(23048015,23,48,15,'I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.'),(23048016,23,48,16,'Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.'),(23048017,23,48,17,'Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.'),(23048018,23,48,18,'Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:'),(23048019,23,48,19,'thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.'),(23048020,23,48,20,'Go ye forth from 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, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.'),(23048021,23,48,21,'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.'),(23048022,23,48,22,'There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.'),(23049001,23,49,1,'Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:'),(23049002,23,49,2,'and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:'),(23049003,23,49,3,'and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'),(23049004,23,49,4,'But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice `due\' to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.'),(23049005,23,49,5,'And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);'),(23049006,23,49,6,'yea, he saith, It is too light a 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.'),(23049007,23,49,7,'Thus saith Jehovah, 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, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, `even\' the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.'),(23049008,23,49,8,'Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered 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 raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:'),(23049009,23,49,9,'saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.'),(23049010,23,49,10,'They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.'),(23049011,23,49,11,'And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.'),(23049012,23,49,12,'Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.'),(23049013,23,49,13,'Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.'),(23049014,23,49,14,'But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.'),(23049015,23,49,15,'Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.'),(23049016,23,49,16,'Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.'),(23049017,23,49,17,'Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.'),(23049018,23,49,18,'Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.'),(23049019,23,49,19,'For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.'),(23049020,23,49,20,'The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.'),(23049021,23,49,21,'Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'),(23049022,23,49,22,'Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.'),(23049023,23,49,23,'And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.'),(23049024,23,49,24,'Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?'),(23049025,23,49,25,'But thus saith Jehovah, 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.'),(23049026,23,49,26,'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, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.'),(23050001,23,50,1,'Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother\'s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.'),(23050002,23,50,2,'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 stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.'),(23050003,23,50,3,'I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.'),(23050004,23,50,4,'The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.'),(23050005,23,50,5,'The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.'),(23050006,23,50,6,'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.'),(23050007,23,50,7,'For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.'),(23050008,23,50,8,'He is near that justifieth me; who will content with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.'),(23050009,23,50,9,'Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.'),(23050010,23,50,10,'Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.'),(23050011,23,50,11,'Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.'),(23051001,23,51,1,'Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged.'),(23051002,23,51,2,'Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.'),(23051003,23,51,3,'For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.'),(23051004,23,51,4,'Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.'),(23051005,23,51,5,'My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.'),(23051006,23,51,6,'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.'),(23051007,23,51,7,'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 dismayed at their revilings.'),(23051008,23,51,8,'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 unto all generations.'),(23051009,23,51,9,'Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?'),(23051010,23,51,10,'Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?'),(23051011,23,51,11,'And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; `and\' sorrow and sighing shall flee away.'),(23051012,23,51,12,'I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;'),(23051013,23,51,13,'and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?'),(23051014,23,51,14,'The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die `and go down\' into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.'),(23051015,23,51,15,'For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.'),(23051016,23,51,16,'And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.'),(23051017,23,51,17,'Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.'),(23051018,23,51,18,'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 among all the sons that she hath brought up.'),(23051019,23,51,19,'These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?'),(23051020,23,51,20,'Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.'),(23051021,23,51,21,'Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:'),(23051022,23,51,22,'Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:'),(23051023,23,51,23,'and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.'),(23052001,23,52,1,'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.'),(23052002,23,52,2,'Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit `on thy throne\', O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.'),(23052003,23,52,3,'For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.'),(23052004,23,52,4,'For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.'),(23052005,23,52,5,'Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.'),(23052006,23,52,6,'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.'),(23052007,23,52,7,'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!'),(23052008,23,52,8,'The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to Zion.'),(23052009,23,52,9,'Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.'),(23052010,23,52,10,'Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.'),(23052011,23,52,11,'Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.'),(23052012,23,52,12,'For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.'),(23052013,23,52,13,'Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.'),(23052014,23,52,14,'Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),'),(23052015,23,52,15,'so shall he sprinkle many nations; 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 understand.'),(23053001,23,53,1,'Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?'),(23053002,23,53,2,'For he grew 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 see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.'),(23053003,23,53,3,'He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.'),(23053004,23,53,4,'Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.'),(23053005,23,53,5,'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.'),(23053006,23,53,6,'All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.'),(23053007,23,53,7,'He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.'),(23053008,23,53,8,'By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who `among them\' considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke `was due\'?'),(23053009,23,53,9,'And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.'),(23053010,23,53,10,'Yet it pleased Jehovah 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 Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.'),(23053011,23,53,11,'He shall see of the travail of his soul, `and\' shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.'),(23053012,23,53,12,'Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.'),(23054001,23,54,1,'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 Jehovah.'),(23054002,23,54,2,'Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.'),(23054003,23,54,3,'For thou shalt spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.'),(23054004,23,54,4,'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 the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.'),(23054005,23,54,5,'For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.'),(23054006,23,54,6,'For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.'),(23054007,23,54,7,'For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.'),(23054008,23,54,8,'In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.'),(23054009,23,54,9,'For this is `as\' the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.'),(23054010,23,54,10,'For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.'),(23054011,23,54,11,'O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.'),(23054012,23,54,12,'And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.'),(23054013,23,54,13,'And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.'),(23054014,23,54,14,'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.'),(23054015,23,54,15,'Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.'),(23054016,23,54,16,'Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.'),(23054017,23,54,17,'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 Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.'),(23055001,23,55,1,'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.'),(23055002,23,55,2,'Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.'),(23055003,23,55,3,'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.'),(23055004,23,55,4,'Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.'),(23055005,23,55,5,'Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not; and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.'),(23055006,23,55,6,'Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:'),(23055007,23,55,7,'let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.'),(23055008,23,55,8,'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.'),(23055009,23,55,9,'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.'),(23055010,23,55,10,'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, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;'),(23055011,23,55,11,'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.'),(23055012,23,55,12,'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 fields shall clap their hands.'),(23055013,23,55,13,'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 Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.'),(23056001,23,56,1,'Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.'),(23056002,23,56,2,'Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.'),(23056003,23,56,3,'Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.'),(23056004,23,56,4,'For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:'),(23056005,23,56,5,'Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.'),(23056006,23,56,6,'Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;'),(23056007,23,56,7,'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 my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.'),(23056008,23,56,8,'The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather `others\' to him, besides his own that are gathered.'),(23056009,23,56,9,'All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, `yea\', all ye beasts in the forest.'),(23056010,23,56,10,'His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.'),(23056011,23,56,11,'Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.'),(23056012,23,56,12,'Come ye, `say they\', I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, `a day\' great beyond measure.'),(23057001,23,57,1,'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\'.'),(23057002,23,57,2,'He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.'),(23057003,23,57,3,'But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.'),(23057004,23,57,4,'Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,'),(23057005,23,57,5,'ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?'),(23057006,23,57,6,'Among the smooth `stones\' of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?'),(23057007,23,57,7,'Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.'),(23057008,23,57,8,'And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered `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.'),(23057009,23,57,9,'And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.'),(23057010,23,57,10,'Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.'),(23057011,23,57,11,'And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?'),(23057012,23,57,12,'I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.'),(23057013,23,57,13,'When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.'),(23057014,23,57,14,'And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.'),(23057015,23,57,15,'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.'),(23057016,23,57,16,'For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.'),(23057017,23,57,17,'For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid `my face\' and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.'),(23057018,23,57,18,'I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.'),(23057019,23,57,19,'I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.'),(23057020,23,57,20,'But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.'),(23057021,23,57,21,'There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.'),(23058001,23,58,1,'Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.'),(23058002,23,58,2,'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 righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.'),(23058003,23,58,3,'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 `your own\' pleasure, and exact all your labors.'),(23058004,23,58,4,'Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.'),(23058005,23,58,5,'Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?'),(23058006,23,58,6,'Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?'),(23058007,23,58,7,'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?'),(23058008,23,58,8,'Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.'),(23058009,23,58,9,'Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;'),(23058010,23,58,10,'and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;'),(23058011,23,58,11,'and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.'),(23058012,23,58,12,'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.'),(23058013,23,58,13,'If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, `and\' the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking `thine own\' words:'),(23058014,23,58,14,'then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.'),(23059001,23,59,1,'Behold, Jehovah\'s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:'),(23059002,23,59,2,'but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.'),(23059003,23,59,3,'For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.'),(23059004,23,59,4,'None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.'),(23059005,23,59,5,'They hatch adders\' eggs, and weave the spider\'s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.'),(23059006,23,59,6,'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.'),(23059007,23,59,7,'Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.'),(23059008,23,59,8,'The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.'),(23059009,23,59,9,'Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.'),(23059010,23,59,10,'We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.'),(23059011,23,59,11,'We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.'),(23059012,23,59,12,'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:'),(23059013,23,59,13,'transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.'),(23059014,23,59,14,'And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.'),(23059015,23,59,15,'Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.'),(23059016,23,59,16,'And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.'),(23059017,23,59,17,'And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.'),(23059018,23,59,18,'According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.'),(23059019,23,59,19,'So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.'),(23059020,23,59,20,'And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.'),(23059021,23,59,21,'And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.'),(23060001,23,60,1,'Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.'),(23060002,23,60,2,'For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.'),(23060003,23,60,3,'And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.'),(23060004,23,60,4,'Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms.'),(23060005,23,60,5,'Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.'),(23060006,23,60,6,'The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.'),(23060007,23,60,7,'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.'),(23060008,23,60,8,'Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?'),(23060009,23,60,9,'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, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.'),(23060010,23,60,10,'And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.'),(23060011,23,60,11,'Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.'),(23060012,23,60,12,'For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.'),(23060013,23,60,13,'The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.'),(23060014,23,60,14,'And the sons 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 Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'),(23060015,23,60,15,'Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.'),(23060016,23,60,16,'Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.'),(23060017,23,60,17,'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.'),(23060018,23,60,18,'Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.'),(23060019,23,60,19,'The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.'),(23060020,23,60,20,'Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.'),(23060021,23,60,21,'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.'),(23060022,23,60,22,'The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.'),(23061001,23,61,1,'The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening `of the prison\' to them that are bound;'),(23061002,23,61,2,'to proclaim the year of Jehovah\'s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;'),(23061003,23,61,3,'to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.'),(23061004,23,61,4,'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.'),(23061005,23,61,5,'And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.'),(23061006,23,61,6,'But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.'),(23061007,23,61,7,'Instead of your shame `ye shall have\' double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.'),(23061008,23,61,8,'For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.'),(23061009,23,61,9,'And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.'),(23061010,23,61,10,'I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.'),(23061011,23,61,11,'For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.'),(23062001,23,62,1,'For Zion\'s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem\'s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.'),(23062002,23,62,2,'And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.'),(23062003,23,62,3,'Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.'),(23062004,23,62,4,'Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.'),(23062005,23,62,5,'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.'),(23062006,23,62,6,'I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah\'s remembrancers, take ye no rest,'),(23062007,23,62,7,'and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.'),(23062008,23,62,8,'Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:'),(23062009,23,62,9,'but they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.'),(23062010,23,62,10,'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 an ensign for the peoples.'),(23062011,23,62,11,'Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.'),(23062012,23,62,12,'And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.'),(23063001,23,63,1,'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.'),(23063002,23,63,2,'Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?'),(23063003,23,63,3,'I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.'),(23063004,23,63,4,'For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.'),(23063005,23,63,5,'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 wrath, it upheld me.'),(23063006,23,63,6,'And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'),(23063007,23,63,7,'I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, `and\' the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah 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.'),(23063008,23,63,8,'For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.'),(23063009,23,63,9,'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.'),(23063010,23,63,10,'But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, `and\' himself fought against them.'),(23063011,23,63,11,'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 shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?'),(23063012,23,63,12,'that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?'),(23063013,23,63,13,'that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?'),(23063014,23,63,14,'As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.'),(23063015,23,63,15,'Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.'),(23063016,23,63,16,'For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.'),(23063017,23,63,17,'O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants\' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.'),(23063018,23,63,18,'Thy holy people possessed `it\' but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.'),(23063019,23,63,19,'We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.'),(23064001,23,64,1,'Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,'),(23064002,23,64,2,'as when fire kindleth the brushwood, `and\' the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!'),(23064003,23,64,3,'When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.'),(23064004,23,64,4,'For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.'),(23064005,23,64,5,'Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them `have we been\' of long time; and shall we be saved?'),(23064006,23,64,6,'For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.'),(23064007,23,64,7,'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 by means of our iniquities.'),(23064008,23,64,8,'But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.'),(23064009,23,64,9,'Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.'),(23064010,23,64,10,'Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.'),(23064011,23,64,11,'Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.'),(23064012,23,64,12,'Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?'),(23065001,23,65,1,'I am inquired of by 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.'),(23065002,23,65,2,'I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;'),(23065003,23,65,3,'a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;'),(23065004,23,65,4,'that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine\'s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;'),(23065005,23,65,5,'that 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.'),(23065006,23,65,6,'Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,'),(23065007,23,65,7,'your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.'),(23065008,23,65,8,'Thus saith Jehovah, 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\' sake, that I may not destroy them all.'),(23065009,23,65,9,'And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.'),(23065010,23,65,10,'And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.'),(23065011,23,65,11,'But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;'),(23065012,23,65,12,'I will destine 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 ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.'),(23065013,23,65,13,'Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 put to shame;'),(23065014,23,65,14,'behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.'),(23065015,23,65,15,'And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:'),(23065016,23,65,16,'so 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.'),(23065017,23,65,17,'For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.'),(23065018,23,65,18,'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.'),(23065019,23,65,19,'And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.'),(23065020,23,65,20,'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 a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.'),(23065021,23,65,21,'And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.'),(23065022,23,65,22,'They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.'),(23065023,23,65,23,'They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.'),(23065024,23,65,24,'And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.'),(23065025,23,65,25,'The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent\'s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.'),(23066001,23,66,1,'Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?'),(23066002,23,66,2,'For all these things hath my hand made, and `so\' all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.'),(23066003,23,66,3,'He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog\'s neck; he that offereth an oblation, `as he that offereth\' swine\'s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:'),(23066004,23,66,4,'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 that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.'),(23066005,23,66,5,'Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name\'s sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.'),(23066006,23,66,6,'A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies.'),(23066007,23,66,7,'Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.'),(23066008,23,66,8,'Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.'),(23066009,23,66,9,'Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut `the womb\'? saith thy God.'),(23066010,23,66,10,'Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;'),(23066011,23,66,11,'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.'),(23066012,23,66,12,'For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck `thereof\'; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.'),(23066013,23,66,13,'As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.'),(23066014,23,66,14,'And ye shall see `it\', and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.'),(23066015,23,66,15,'For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.'),(23066016,23,66,16,'For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.'),(23066017,23,66,17,'They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves `to go\' unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine\'s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.'),(23066018,23,66,18,'For I `know\' their works and their thoughts: `the time\' cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.'),(23066019,23,66,19,'And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as 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 nations.'),(23066020,23,66,20,'And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.'),(23066021,23,66,21,'And of them also will I take for priests `and\' for Levites, saith Jehovah.'),(23066022,23,66,22,'For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.'),(23066023,23,66,23,'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 Jehovah.'),(23066024,23,66,24,'And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies 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.'),(24001001,24,1,1,'The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:'),(24001002,24,1,2,'to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.'),(24001003,24,1,3,'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.'),(24001004,24,1,4,'Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,'),(24001005,24,1,5,'Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.'),(24001006,24,1,6,'Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.'),(24001007,24,1,7,'But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.'),(24001008,24,1,8,'Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.'),(24001009,24,1,9,'Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:'),(24001010,24,1,10,'see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.'),(24001011,24,1,11,'Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.'),(24001012,24,1,12,'Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.'),(24001013,24,1,13,'And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.'),(24001014,24,1,14,'Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.'),(24001015,24,1,15,'For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.'),(24001016,24,1,16,'And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.'),(24001017,24,1,17,'Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.'),(24001018,24,1,18,'For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 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.'),(24001019,24,1,19,'And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.'),(24002001,24,2,1,'And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,'),(24002002,24,2,2,'Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.'),(24002003,24,2,3,'Israel `was\' holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.'),(24002004,24,2,4,'Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:'),(24002005,24,2,5,'thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?'),(24002006,24,2,6,'Neither said they, Where is Jehovah 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 none passed through, and where no man dwelt?'),(24002007,24,2,7,'And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.'),(24002008,24,2,8,'The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.'),(24002009,24,2,9,'Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children\'s children will I contend.'),(24002010,24,2,10,'For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.'),(24002011,24,2,11,'Hath a nation changed `its\' gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.'),(24002012,24,2,12,'Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.'),(24002013,24,2,13,'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.'),(24002014,24,2,14,'Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born `slave\'? why is he become a prey?'),(24002015,24,2,15,'The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.'),(24002016,24,2,16,'The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.'),(24002017,24,2,17,'Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?'),(24002018,24,2,18,'And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?'),(24002019,24,2,19,'Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.'),(24002020,24,2,20,'For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.'),(24002021,24,2,21,'Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?'),(24002022,24,2,22,'For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.'),(24002023,24,2,23,'How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: `thou art\' a swift dromedary traversing her ways;'),(24002024,24,2,24,'a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.'),(24002025,24,2,25,'Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'),(24002026,24,2,26,'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;'),(24002027,24,2,27,'who say 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.'),(24002028,24,2,28,'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.'),(24002029,24,2,29,'Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.'),(24002030,24,2,30,'In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.'),(24002031,24,2,31,'O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?'),(24002032,24,2,32,'Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.'),(24002033,24,2,33,'How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.'),(24002034,24,2,34,'Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.'),(24002035,24,2,35,'Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.'),(24002036,24,2,36,'Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.'),(24002037,24,2,37,'From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.'),(24003001,24,3,1,'They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man\'s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.'),(24003002,24,3,2,'Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.'),(24003003,24,3,3,'Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot\'s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.'),(24003004,24,3,4,'Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?'),(24003005,24,3,5,'Will he retain `his anger\' for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.'),(24003006,24,3,6,'Moreover Jehovah said 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.'),(24003007,24,3,7,'And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.'),(24003008,24,3,8,'And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.'),(24003009,24,3,9,'And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.'),(24003010,24,3,10,'And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.'),(24003011,24,3,11,'And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.'),(24003012,24,3,12,'Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep `anger\' for ever.'),(24003013,24,3,13,'Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.'),(24003014,24,3,14,'Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:'),(24003015,24,3,15,'and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.'),(24003016,24,3,16,'And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.'),(24003017,24,3,17,'At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.'),(24003018,24,3,18,'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 gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.'),(24003019,24,3,19,'But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.'),(24003020,24,3,20,'Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.'),(24003021,24,3,21,'A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping `and\' the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.'),(24003022,24,3,22,'Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.'),(24003023,24,3,23,'Truly in vain is `the help that is looked for\' from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.'),(24003024,24,3,24,'But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.'),(24003025,24,3,25,'Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.'),(24004001,24,4,1,'If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;'),(24004002,24,4,2,'and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.'),(24004003,24,4,3,'For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.'),(24004004,24,4,4,'Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.'),(24004005,24,4,5,'Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'),(24004006,24,4,6,'Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.'),(24004007,24,4,7,'A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.'),(24004008,24,4,8,'For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.'),(24004009,24,4,9,'And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, 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.'),(24004010,24,4,10,'Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.'),(24004011,24,4,11,'At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;'),(24004012,24,4,12,'a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.'),(24004013,24,4,13,'Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots `shall be\' as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.'),(24004014,24,4,14,'O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?'),(24004015,24,4,15,'For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim:'),(24004016,24,4,16,'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.'),(24004017,24,4,17,'As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.'),(24004018,24,4,18,'Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.'),(24004019,24,4,19,'My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.'),(24004020,24,4,20,'Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, `and\' my curtains in a moment.'),(24004021,24,4,21,'How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?'),(24004022,24,4,22,'For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.'),(24004023,24,4,23,'I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.'),(24004024,24,4,24,'I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.'),(24004025,24,4,25,'I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.'),(24004026,24,4,26,'I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, `and\' before his fierce anger.'),(24004027,24,4,27,'For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.'),(24004028,24,4,28,'For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.'),(24004029,24,4,29,'Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.'),(24004030,24,4,30,'And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; `thy\' lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.'),(24004031,24,4,31,'For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, `saying\', Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.'),(24005001,24,5,1,'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 doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.'),(24005002,24,5,2,'And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.'),(24005003,24,5,3,'O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were 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.'),(24005004,24,5,4,'Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:'),(24005005,24,5,5,'I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.'),(24005006,24,5,6,'Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, `and\' their backslidings are increased.'),(24005007,24,5,7,'How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots\' houses.'),(24005008,24,5,8,'They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor\'s wife.'),(24005009,24,5,9,'Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?'),(24005010,24,5,10,'Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah\'s.'),(24005011,24,5,11,'For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.'),(24005012,24,5,12,'They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:'),(24005013,24,5,13,'and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.'),(24005014,24,5,14,'Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the 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.'),(24005015,24,5,15,'Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.'),(24005016,24,5,16,'Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.'),(24005017,24,5,17,'And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, `which\' thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.'),(24005018,24,5,18,'But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.'),(24005019,24,5,19,'And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'),(24005020,24,5,20,'Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,'),(24005021,24,5,21,'Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:'),(24005022,24,5,22,'Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who 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.'),(24005023,24,5,23,'But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.'),(24005024,24,5,24,'Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'),(24005025,24,5,25,'Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.'),(24005026,24,5,26,'For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.'),(24005027,24,5,27,'As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.'),(24005028,24,5,28,'They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.'),(24005029,24,5,29,'Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?'),(24005030,24,5,30,'A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:'),(24005031,24,5,31,'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?'),(24006001,24,6,1,'Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.'),(24006002,24,6,2,'The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.'),(24006003,24,6,3,'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.'),(24006004,24,6,4,'Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.'),(24006005,24,6,5,'Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.'),(24006006,24,6,6,'For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.'),(24006007,24,6,7,'As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.'),(24006008,24,6,8,'Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.'),(24006009,24,6,9,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.'),(24006010,24,6,10,'To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.'),(24006011,24,6,11,'Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, 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.'),(24006012,24,6,12,'And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.'),(24006013,24,6,13,'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.'),(24006014,24,6,14,'They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.'),(24006015,24,6,15,'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 Jehovah.'),(24006016,24,6,16,'Thus saith Jehovah, 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\'.'),(24006017,24,6,17,'And I set watchmen over you, `saying\', Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.'),(24006018,24,6,18,'Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.'),(24006019,24,6,19,'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; and as for my law, they have rejected it.'),(24006020,24,6,20,'To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.'),(24006021,24,6,21,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.'),(24006022,24,6,22,'Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.'),(24006023,24,6,23,'They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.'),(24006024,24,6,24,'We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, `and\' pangs as of a woman in travail.'),(24006025,24,6,25,'Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, `and\' terror, are on every side.'),(24006026,24,6,26,'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 destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.'),(24006027,24,6,27,'I have made thee a trier `and\' a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.'),(24006028,24,6,28,'They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.'),(24006029,24,6,29,'The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.'),(24006030,24,6,30,'Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.'),(24007001,24,7,1,'The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24007002,24,7,2,'Stand in the gate of Jehovah\'s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.'),(24007003,24,7,3,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.'),(24007004,24,7,4,'Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.'),(24007005,24,7,5,'For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;'),(24007006,24,7,6,'if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:'),(24007007,24,7,7,'then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.'),(24007008,24,7,8,'Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.'),(24007009,24,7,9,'Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,'),(24007010,24,7,10,'and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?'),(24007011,24,7,11,'Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.'),(24007012,24,7,12,'But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.'),(24007013,24,7,13,'And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:'),(24007014,24,7,14,'therefore will I do unto the 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 did to Shiloh.'),(24007015,24,7,15,'And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.'),(24007016,24,7,16,'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.'),(24007017,24,7,17,'Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?'),(24007018,24,7,18,'The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the 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.'),(24007019,24,7,19,'Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; `do they\' not `provoke\' themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?'),(24007020,24,7,20,'Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath 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.'),(24007021,24,7,21,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.'),(24007022,24,7,22,'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:'),(24007023,24,7,23,'but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'),(24007024,24,7,24,'But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in `their own\' counsels `and\' in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.'),(24007025,24,7,25,'Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:'),(24007026,24,7,26,'yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.'),(24007027,24,7,27,'And 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.'),(24007028,24,7,28,'And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.'),(24007029,24,7,29,'Cut off thy hair, `O Jerusalem\', and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'),(24007030,24,7,30,'For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.'),(24007031,24,7,31,'And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.'),(24007032,24,7,32,'Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place `to bury\'.'),(24007033,24,7,33,'And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.'),(24007034,24,7,34,'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 become a waste.'),(24008001,24,8,1,'At that time, saith Jehovah, 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;'),(24008002,24,8,2,'and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.'),(24008003,24,8,3,'And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.'),(24008004,24,8,4,'Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?'),(24008005,24,8,5,'Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.'),(24008006,24,8,6,'I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.'),(24008007,24,8,7,'Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.'),(24008008,24,8,8,'How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.'),(24008009,24,8,9,'The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?'),(24008010,24,8,10,'Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess 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.'),(24008011,24,8,11,'And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.'),(24008012,24,8,12,'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 Jehovah.'),(24008013,24,8,13,'I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: 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.'),(24008014,24,8,14,'Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.'),(24008015,24,8,15,'We looked for peace, but no good came; `and\' for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!'),(24008016,24,8,16,'The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.'),(24008017,24,8,17,'For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.'),(24008018,24,8,18,'Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.'),(24008019,24,8,19,'Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?'),(24008020,24,8,20,'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'),(24008021,24,8,21,'For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.'),(24008022,24,8,22,'Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?'),(24009001,24,9,1,'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!'),(24009002,24,9,2,'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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.'),(24009003,24,9,3,'And they bend their tongue, `as it were\' their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.'),(24009004,24,9,4,'Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.'),(24009005,24,9,5,'And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.'),(24009006,24,9,6,'Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.'),(24009007,24,9,7,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how `else\' should I do, because of the daughter of my people?'),(24009008,24,9,8,'Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.'),(24009009,24,9,9,'Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?'),(24009010,24,9,10,'For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.'),(24009011,24,9,11,'And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.'),(24009012,24,9,12,'Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and `who is\' he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?'),(24009013,24,9,13,'And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,'),(24009014,24,9,14,'but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;'),(24009015,24,9,15,'therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.'),(24009016,24,9,16,'I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.'),(24009017,24,9,17,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:'),(24009018,24,9,18,'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.'),(24009019,24,9,19,'For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'),(24009020,24,9,20,'Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.'),(24009021,24,9,21,'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, `and\' the young men from the streets.'),(24009022,24,9,22,'Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather `them\'.'),(24009023,24,9,23,'Thus saith Jehovah, 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;'),(24009024,24,9,24,'but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.'),(24009025,24,9,25,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in `their\' uncircumcision:'),(24009026,24,9,26,'Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners `of their hair\' cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.'),(24010001,24,10,1,'Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:'),(24010002,24,10,2,'thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.'),(24010003,24,10,3,'For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.'),(24010004,24,10,4,'They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.'),(24010005,24,10,5,'They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.'),(24010006,24,10,6,'There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.'),(24010007,24,10,7,'Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.'),(24010008,24,10,8,'But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.'),(24010009,24,10,9,'There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.'),(24010010,24,10,10,'But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.'),(24010011,24,10,11,'Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.'),(24010012,24,10,12,'He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:'),(24010013,24,10,13,'when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.'),(24010014,24,10,14,'Every man is become brutish `and is\' without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.'),(24010015,24,10,15,'They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.'),(24010016,24,10,16,'The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.'),(24010017,24,10,17,'Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.'),(24010018,24,10,18,'For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel `it\'.'),(24010019,24,10,19,'Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is `my\' grief, and I must bear it.'),(24010020,24,10,20,'My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.'),(24010021,24,10,21,'For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.'),(24010022,24,10,22,'The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.'),(24010023,24,10,23,'O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.'),(24010024,24,10,24,'O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.'),(24010025,24,10,25,'Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.'),(24011001,24,11,1,'The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24011002,24,11,2,'Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;'),(24011003,24,11,3,'and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,'),(24011004,24,11,4,'which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of 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;'),(24011005,24,11,5,'that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.'),(24011006,24,11,6,'And Jehovah 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.'),(24011007,24,11,7,'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.'),(24011008,24,11,8,'Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.'),(24011009,24,11,9,'And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.'),(24011010,24,11,10,'They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone 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.'),(24011011,24,11,11,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.'),(24011012,24,11,12,'Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.'),(24011013,24,11,13,'For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.'),(24011014,24,11,14,'Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.'),(24011015,24,11,15,'What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness `with\' many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.'),(24011016,24,11,16,'Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.'),(24011017,24,11,17,'For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.'),(24011018,24,11,18,'And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.'),(24011019,24,11,19,'But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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.'),(24011020,24,11,20,'But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.'),(24011021,24,11,21,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand;'),(24011022,24,11,22,'therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;'),(24011023,24,11,23,'and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.'),(24012001,24,12,1,'Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?'),(24012002,24,12,2,'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 heart.'),(24012003,24,12,3,'But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.'),(24012004,24,12,4,'How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.'),(24012005,24,12,5,'If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?'),(24012006,24,12,6,'For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.'),(24012007,24,12,7,'I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.'),(24012008,24,12,8,'My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.'),(24012009,24,12,9,'Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.'),(24012010,24,12,10,'Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.'),(24012011,24,12,11,'They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.'),(24012012,24,12,12,'Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.'),(24012013,24,12,13,'They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.'),(24012014,24,12,14,'Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.'),(24012015,24,12,15,'And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.'),(24012016,24,12,16,'And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.'),(24012017,24,12,17,'But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.'),(24013001,24,13,1,'Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.'),(24013002,24,13,2,'So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.'),(24013003,24,13,3,'And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,'),(24013004,24,13,4,'Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.'),(24013005,24,13,5,'So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.'),(24013006,24,13,6,'And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.'),(24013007,24,13,7,'Then I went to the 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.'),(24013008,24,13,8,'Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,'),(24013009,24,13,9,'Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.'),(24013010,24,13,10,'This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.'),(24013011,24,13,11,'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 Jehovah; that they may be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.'),(24013012,24,13,12,'Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the 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?'),(24013013,24,13,13,'Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, 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.'),(24013014,24,13,14,'And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.'),(24013015,24,13,15,'Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.'),(24013016,24,13,16,'Give glory to Jehovah 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.'),(24013017,24,13,17,'But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for `your\' pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah\'s flock is taken captive.'),(24013018,24,13,18,'Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.'),(24013019,24,13,19,'The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.'),(24013020,24,13,20,'Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?'),(24013021,24,13,21,'What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?'),(24013022,24,13,22,'And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.'),(24013023,24,13,23,'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.'),(24013024,24,13,24,'Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.'),(24013025,24,13,25,'This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.'),(24013026,24,13,26,'Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.'),(24013027,24,13,27,'I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?'),(24014001,24,14,1,'The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.'),(24014002,24,14,2,'Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.'),(24014003,24,14,3,'And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.'),(24014004,24,14,4,'Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.'),(24014005,24,14,5,'Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh `her young\', because there is no grass.'),(24014006,24,14,6,'And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.'),(24014007,24,14,7,'Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name\'s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.'),(24014008,24,14,8,'O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?'),(24014009,24,14,9,'Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.'),(24014010,24,14,10,'Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.'),(24014011,24,14,11,'And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for `their\' good.'),(24014012,24,14,12,'When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.'),(24014013,24,14,13,'Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! 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.'),(24014014,24,14,14,'Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.'),(24014015,24,14,15,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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.'),(24014016,24,14,16,'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.'),(24014017,24,14,17,'And 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 wound.'),(24014018,24,14,18,'If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.'),(24014019,24,14,19,'Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!'),(24014020,24,14,20,'We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.'),(24014021,24,14,21,'Do not abhor `us\', for thy name\'s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.'),(24014022,24,14,22,'Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.'),(24015001,24,15,1,'Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.'),(24015002,24,15,2,'And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: 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 captivity, to captivity.'),(24015003,24,15,3,'And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.'),(24015004,24,15,4,'And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.'),(24015005,24,15,5,'For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?'),(24015006,24,15,6,'Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.'),(24015007,24,15,7,'And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved `them\' of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.'),(24015008,24,15,8,'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 destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.'),(24015009,24,15,9,'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 put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.'),(24015010,24,15,10,'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 not lent, neither have men lent to me; `yet\' every one of them doth curse me.'),(24015011,24,15,11,'Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.'),(24015012,24,15,12,'Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?'),(24015013,24,15,13,'Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.'),(24015014,24,15,14,'And I will make `them\' 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.'),(24015015,24,15,15,'O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.'),(24015016,24,15,16,'Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.'),(24015017,24,15,17,'I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.'),(24015018,24,15,18,'Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful `brook\', as waters that fail?'),(24015019,24,15,19,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.'),(24015020,24,15,20,'And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen 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 Jehovah.'),(24015021,24,15,21,'And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.'),(24016001,24,16,1,'The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying,'),(24016002,24,16,2,'Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.'),(24016003,24,16,3,'For thus saith Jehovah 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:'),(24016004,24,16,4,'They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.'),(24016005,24,16,5,'For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.'),(24016006,24,16,6,'Both great and 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;'),(24016007,24,16,7,'neither shall men break `bread\' 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.'),(24016008,24,16,8,'And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.'),(24016009,24,16,9,'For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before 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.'),(24016010,24,16,10,'And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?'),(24016011,24,16,11,'Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;'),(24016012,24,16,12,'and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:'),(24016013,24,16,13,'therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.'),(24016014,24,16,14,'Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;'),(24016015,24,16,15,'but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.'),(24016016,24,16,16,'Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.'),(24016017,24,16,17,'For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.'),(24016018,24,16,18,'And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.'),(24016019,24,16,19,'O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, `even\' vanity and things wherein there is no profit.'),(24016020,24,16,20,'Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?'),(24016021,24,16,21,'Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.'),(24017001,24,17,1,'The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, `and\' with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;'),(24017002,24,17,2,'whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.'),(24017003,24,17,3,'O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures for a spoil, `and\' thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.'),(24017004,24,17,4,'And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy 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.'),(24017005,24,17,5,'Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.'),(24017006,24,17,6,'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, a salt land and not inhabited.'),(24017007,24,17,7,'Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.'),(24017008,24,17,8,'For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.'),(24017009,24,17,9,'The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?'),(24017010,24,17,10,'I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.'),(24017011,24,17,11,'As the partridge that sitteth on `eggs\' which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.'),(24017012,24,17,12,'A glorious throne, `set\' on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.'),(24017013,24,17,13,'O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.'),(24017014,24,17,14,'Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.'),(24017015,24,17,15,'Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.'),(24017016,24,17,16,'As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.'),(24017017,24,17,17,'Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.'),(24017018,24,17,18,'Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.'),(24017019,24,17,19,'Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;'),(24017020,24,17,20,'and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:'),(24017021,24,17,21,'Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;'),(24017022,24,17,22,'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.'),(24017023,24,17,23,'But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.'),(24017024,24,17,24,'And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;'),(24017025,24,17,25,'then shall there enter in by 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.'),(24017026,24,17,26,'And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing `sacrifices of\' thanksgiving, unto the house of Jehovah.'),(24017027,24,17,27,'But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter 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.'),(24018001,24,18,1,'The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24018002,24,18,2,'Arise, and go down to the potter\'s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.'),(24018003,24,18,3,'Then I went down to the potter\'s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.'),(24018004,24,18,4,'And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.'),(24018005,24,18,5,'Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,'),(24018006,24,18,6,'O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter\'s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.'),(24018007,24,18,7,'At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;'),(24018008,24,18,8,'if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.'),(24018009,24,18,9,'And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;'),(24018010,24,18,10,'if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.'),(24018011,24,18,11,'Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.'),(24018012,24,18,12,'But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'),(24018013,24,18,13,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.'),(24018014,24,18,14,'Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? `or\' shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?'),(24018015,24,18,15,'For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false `gods\'; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;'),(24018016,24,18,16,'to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.'),(24018017,24,18,17,'I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.'),(24018018,24,18,18,'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.'),(24018019,24,18,19,'Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.'),(24018020,24,18,20,'Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.'),(24018021,24,18,21,'Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, `and\' their young men smitten of the sword in battle.'),(24018022,24,18,22,'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.'),(24018023,24,18,23,'Yet, Jehovah, 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 thou with them in the time of thine anger.'),(24019001,24,19,1,'Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter\'s earthen bottle, and `take\' of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;'),(24019002,24,19,2,'and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;'),(24019003,24,19,3,'and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.'),(24019004,24,19,4,'Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,'),(24019005,24,19,5,'and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:'),(24019006,24,19,6,'therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.'),(24019007,24,19,7,'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 hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.'),(24019008,24,19,8,'And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.'),(24019009,24,19,9,'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 in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.'),(24019010,24,19,10,'Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,'),(24019011,24,19,11,'and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.'),(24019012,24,19,12,'Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:'),(24019013,24,19,13,'and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even 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.'),(24019014,24,19,14,'Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah\'s house, and said to all the people:'),(24019015,24,19,15,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.'),(24020001,24,20,1,'Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.'),(24020002,24,20,2,'Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.'),(24020003,24,20,3,'And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.'),(24020004,24,20,4,'For thus saith Jehovah, 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 to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.'),(24020005,24,20,5,'Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the precious things thereof, yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.'),(24020006,24,20,6,'And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.'),(24020007,24,20,7,'O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.'),(24020008,24,20,8,'For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.'),(24020009,24,20,9,'And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot `contain\'.'),(24020010,24,20,10,'For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, `say\' all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.'),(24020011,24,20,11,'But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one `and\' a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.'),(24020012,24,20,12,'But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.'),(24020013,24,20,13,'Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.'),(24020014,24,20,14,'Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.'),(24020015,24,20,15,'Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.'),(24020016,24,20,16,'And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;'),(24020017,24,20,17,'because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.'),(24020018,24,20,18,'Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?'),(24021001,24,21,1,'The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,'),(24021002,24,21,2,'Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us: peradventure Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.'),(24021003,24,21,3,'Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:'),(24021004,24,21,4,'Thus saith Jehovah, the 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 that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.'),(24021005,24,21,5,'And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.'),(24021006,24,21,6,'And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.'),(24021007,24,21,7,'And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even 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.'),(24021008,24,21,8,'And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.'),(24021009,24,21,9,'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 passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.'),(24021010,24,21,10,'For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'),(24021011,24,21,11,'And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah:'),(24021012,24,21,12,'O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.'),(24021013,24,21,13,'Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, `and\' of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?'),(24021014,24,21,14,'And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.'),(24022001,24,22,1,'Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,'),(24022002,24,22,2,'And say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.'),(24022003,24,22,3,'Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.'),(24022004,24,22,4,'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.'),(24022005,24,22,5,'But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.'),(24022006,24,22,6,'For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king 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.'),(24022007,24,22,7,'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.'),(24022008,24,22,8,'And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?'),(24022009,24,22,9,'Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.'),(24022010,24,22,10,'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.'),(24022011,24,22,11,'For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, `and\' who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more.'),(24022012,24,22,12,'But in the place whither they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.'),(24022013,24,22,13,'Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor\'s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;'),(24022014,24,22,14,'that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.'),(24022015,24,22,15,'Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.'),(24022016,24,22,16,'He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.'),(24022017,24,22,17,'But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.'),(24022018,24,22,18,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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!'),(24022019,24,22,19,'He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.'),(24022020,24,22,20,'Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.'),(24022021,24,22,21,'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.'),(24022022,24,22,22,'The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.'),(24022023,24,22,23,'O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!'),(24022024,24,22,24,'As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;'),(24022025,24,22,25,'and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.'),(24022026,24,22,26,'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.'),(24022027,24,22,27,'But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.'),(24022028,24,22,28,'Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?'),(24022029,24,22,29,'O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.'),(24022030,24,22,30,'Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.'),(24023001,24,23,1,'Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.'),(24023002,24,23,2,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds 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 Jehovah.'),(24023003,24,23,3,'And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.'),(24023004,24,23,4,'And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.'),(24023005,24,23,5,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.'),(24023006,24,23,6,'In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.'),(24023007,24,23,7,'Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;'),(24023008,24,23,8,'but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.'),(24023009,24,23,9,'Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.'),(24023010,24,23,10,'For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;'),(24023011,24,23,11,'for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.'),(24023012,24,23,12,'Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places 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 Jehovah.'),(24023013,24,23,13,'And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.'),(24023014,24,23,14,'In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.'),(24023015,24,23,15,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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 ungodliness gone forth into all the land.'),(24023016,24,23,16,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.'),(24023017,24,23,17,'They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.'),(24023018,24,23,18,'For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?'),(24023019,24,23,19,'Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, `even his\' wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.'),(24023020,24,23,20,'The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.'),(24023021,24,23,21,'I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.'),(24023022,24,23,22,'But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.'),(24023023,24,23,23,'Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?'),(24023024,24,23,24,'Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.'),(24023025,24,23,25,'I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'),(24023026,24,23,26,'How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?'),(24023027,24,23,27,'that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal.'),(24023028,24,23,28,'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 straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.'),(24023029,24,23,29,'Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?'),(24023030,24,23,30,'Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.'),(24023031,24,23,31,'Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.'),(24023032,24,23,32,'Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.'),(24023033,24,23,33,'And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.'),(24023034,24,23,34,'And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.'),(24023035,24,23,35,'Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?'),(24023036,24,23,36,'And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man\'s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.'),(24023037,24,23,37,'Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?'),(24023038,24,23,38,'But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;'),(24023039,24,23,39,'therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:'),(24023040,24,23,40,'and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'),(24024001,24,24,1,'Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, 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 craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.'),(24024002,24,24,2,'One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.'),(24024003,24,24,3,'Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.'),(24024004,24,24,4,'And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,'),(24024005,24,24,5,'Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.'),(24024006,24,24,6,'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.'),(24024007,24,24,7,'And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.'),(24024008,24,24,8,'And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up 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,'),(24024009,24,24,9,'I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.'),(24024010,24,24,10,'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.'),(24025001,24,25,1,'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 (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,)'),(24025002,24,25,2,'which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:'),(24025003,24,25,3,'From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.'),(24025004,24,25,4,'And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)'),(24025005,24,25,5,'saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;'),(24025006,24,25,6,'and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.'),(24025007,24,25,7,'Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.'),(24025008,24,25,8,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,'),(24025009,24,25,9,'behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and `I will send\' unto 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 I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.'),(24025010,24,25,10,'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 lamp.'),(24025011,24,25,11,'And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.'),(24025012,24,25,12,'And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.'),(24025013,24,25,13,'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.'),(24025014,24,25,14,'For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.'),(24025015,24,25,15,'For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.'),(24025016,24,25,16,'And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.'),(24025017,24,25,17,'Then took I the cup at Jehovah\'s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:'),(24025018,24,25,18,'`to wit\', Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;'),(24025019,24,25,19,'Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;'),(24025020,24,25,20,'and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;'),(24025021,24,25,21,'Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;'),(24025022,24,25,22,'and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;'),(24025023,24,25,23,'Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners `of their hair\' cut off;'),(24025024,24,25,24,'and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;'),(24025025,24,25,25,'and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;'),(24025026,24,25,26,'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.'),(24025027,24,25,27,'And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.'),(24025028,24,25,28,'And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.'),(24025029,24,25,29,'For, lo, I begin to work evil at 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 Jehovah of hosts.'),(24025030,24,25,30,'Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread `the grapes\', against all the inhabitants of the earth.'),(24025031,24,25,31,'A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.'),(24025032,24,25,32,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.'),(24025033,24,25,33,'And the slain of Jehovah 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 face of the ground.'),(24025034,24,25,34,'Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow `in ashes\', ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.'),(24025035,24,25,35,'And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.'),(24025036,24,25,36,'A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.'),(24025037,24,25,37,'And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.'),(24025038,24,25,38,'He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing `sword\', and because of his fierce anger.'),(24026001,24,26,1,'In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,'),(24026002,24,26,2,'Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah\'s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah\'s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word.'),(24026003,24,26,3,'It may 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.'),(24026004,24,26,4,'And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,'),(24026005,24,26,5,'to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;'),(24026006,24,26,6,'then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.'),(24026007,24,26,7,'And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.'),(24026008,24,26,8,'And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.'),(24026009,24,26,9,'Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.'),(24026010,24,26,10,'And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king\'s house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah\'s `house\'.'),(24026011,24,26,11,'Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.'),(24026012,24,26,12,'Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.'),(24026013,24,26,13,'Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.'),(24026014,24,26,14,'But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.'),(24026015,24,26,15,'Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.'),(24026016,24,26,16,'Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.'),(24026017,24,26,17,'Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,'),(24026018,24,26,18,'Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.'),(24026019,24,26,19,'Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.'),(24026020,24,26,20,'And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:'),(24026021,24,26,21,'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 Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt:'),(24026022,24,26,22,'and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, `namely\', Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;'),(24026023,24,26,23,'and they fetched forth Uriah 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.'),(24026024,24,26,24,'But 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.'),(24027001,24,27,1,'In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24027002,24,27,2,'Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;'),(24027003,24,27,3,'and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;'),(24027004,24,27,4,'and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:'),(24027005,24,27,5,'I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.'),(24027006,24,27,6,'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 also have I given him to serve him.'),(24027007,24,27,7,'And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son\'s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.'),(24027008,24,27,8,'And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.'),(24027009,24,27,9,'But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:'),(24027010,24,27,10,'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.'),(24027011,24,27,11,'But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that `nation\' will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.'),(24027012,24,27,12,'And I spake 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.'),(24027013,24,27,13,'Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?'),(24027014,24,27,14,'And 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.'),(24027015,24,27,15,'For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'),(24027016,24,27,16,'Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah\'s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.'),(24027017,24,27,17,'Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?'),(24027018,24,27,18,'But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.'),(24027019,24,27,19,'For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,'),(24027020,24,27,20,'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;'),(24027021,24,27,21,'yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:'),(24027022,24,27,22,'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.'),(24028001,24,28,1,'And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,'),(24028002,24,28,2,'Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.'),(24028003,24,28,3,'Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah\'s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:'),(24028004,24,28,4,'and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'),(24028005,24,28,5,'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 Jehovah,'),(24028006,24,28,6,'even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so; Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah\'s house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon unto this place.'),(24028007,24,28,7,'Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people:'),(24028008,24,28,8,'The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.'),(24028009,24,28,9,'The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah hath truly sent him.'),(24028010,24,28,10,'Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah\'s neck, and brake it.'),(24028011,24,28,11,'And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.'),(24028012,24,28,12,'Then the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,'),(24028013,24,28,13,'Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.'),(24028014,24,28,14,'For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.'),(24028015,24,28,15,'Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.'),(24028016,24,28,16,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against Jehovah.'),(24028017,24,28,17,'So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.'),(24029001,24,29,1,'Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,'),(24029002,24,29,2,'(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, `and\' the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem,)'),(24029003,24,29,3,'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,'),(24029004,24,29,4,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:'),(24029005,24,29,5,'Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.'),(24029006,24,29,6,'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; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.'),(24029007,24,29,7,'And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.'),(24029008,24,29,8,'For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.'),(24029009,24,29,9,'For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.'),(24029010,24,29,10,'For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.'),(24029011,24,29,11,'For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.'),(24029012,24,29,12,'And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.'),(24029013,24,29,13,'And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.'),(24029014,24,29,14,'And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places wither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.'),(24029015,24,29,15,'Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;'),(24029016,24,29,16,'thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;'),(24029017,24,29,17,'thus saith Jehovah 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 bad.'),(24029018,24,29,18,'And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;'),(24029019,24,29,19,'because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.'),(24029020,24,29,20,'Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'),(24029021,24,29,21,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who 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;'),(24029022,24,29,22,'and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'),(24029023,24,29,23,'because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors\' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.'),(24029024,24,29,24,'And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,'),(24029025,24,29,25,'Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,'),(24029026,24,29,26,'Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.'),(24029027,24,29,27,'Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,'),(24029028,24,29,28,'forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, `The captivity\' is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?'),(24029029,24,29,29,'And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.'),(24029030,24,29,30,'Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,'),(24029031,24,29,31,'Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;'),(24029032,24,29,32,'therefore thus saith Jehovah, 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 unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.'),(24030001,24,30,1,'The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24030002,24,30,2,'Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.'),(24030003,24,30,3,'For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'),(24030004,24,30,4,'And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.'),(24030005,24,30,5,'For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.'),(24030006,24,30,6,'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?'),(24030007,24,30,7,'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.'),(24030008,24,30,8,'And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;'),(24030009,24,30,9,'but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.'),(24030010,24,30,10,'Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; 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 quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.'),(24030011,24,30,11,'For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.'),(24030012,24,30,12,'For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.'),(24030013,24,30,13,'There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.'),(24030014,24,30,14,'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 greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.'),(24030015,24,30,15,'Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.'),(24030016,24,30,16,'Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.'),(24030017,24,30,17,'For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, `saying\', It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.'),(24030018,24,30,18,'Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob\'s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.'),(24030019,24,30,19,'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.'),(24030020,24,30,20,'Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.'),(24030021,24,30,21,'And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.'),(24030022,24,30,22,'And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.'),(24030023,24,30,23,'Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, `even his\' wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.'),(24030024,24,30,24,'The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.'),(24031001,24,31,1,'At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.'),(24031002,24,31,2,'Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.'),(24031003,24,31,3,'Jehovah appeared of old unto me, `saying\', Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.'),(24031004,24,31,4,'Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.'),(24031005,24,31,5,'Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy `the fruit thereof\'.'),(24031006,24,31,6,'For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.'),(24031007,24,31,7,'For thus saith Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.'),(24031008,24,31,8,'Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts 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 they return hither.'),(24031009,24,31,9,'They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.'),(24031010,24,31,10,'Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd doth his flock.'),(24031011,24,31,11,'For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.'),(24031012,24,31,12,'And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to 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.'),(24031013,24,31,13,'Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.'),(24031014,24,31,14,'And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.'),(24031015,24,31,15,'Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.'),(24031016,24,31,16,'Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.'),(24031017,24,31,17,'And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and `thy\' children shall come again to their own border.'),(24031018,24,31,18,'I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself `thus\', Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed `to the yoke\': turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.'),(24031019,24,31,19,'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.'),(24031020,24,31,20,'Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.'),(24031021,24,31,21,'Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.'),(24031022,24,31,22,'How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.'),(24031023,24,31,23,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.'),(24031024,24,31,24,'And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.'),(24031025,24,31,25,'For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.'),(24031026,24,31,26,'Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.'),(24031027,24,31,27,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.'),(24031028,24,31,28,'And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.'),(24031029,24,31,29,'In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children\'s teeth are set on edge.'),(24031030,24,31,30,'But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.'),(24031031,24,31,31,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:'),(24031032,24,31,32,'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 a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.'),(24031033,24,31,33,'But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:'),(24031034,24,31,34,'and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.'),(24031035,24,31,35,'Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:'),(24031036,24,31,36,'If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.'),(24031037,24,31,37,'Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.'),(24031038,24,31,38,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.'),(24031039,24,31,39,'And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.'),(24031040,24,31,40,'And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.'),(24032001,24,32,1,'The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.'),(24032002,24,32,2,'Now at that time the king of Babylon\'s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah\'s house.'),(24032003,24,32,3,'For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;'),(24032004,24,32,4,'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;'),(24032005,24,32,5,'and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?'),(24032006,24,32,6,'And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,'),(24032007,24,32,7,'Behold, Hanamel 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.'),(24032008,24,32,8,'So Hanamel mine uncle\'s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land 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 Jehovah.'),(24032009,24,32,9,'And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle\'s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.'),(24032010,24,32,10,'And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.'),(24032011,24,32,11,'So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, `according to\' the law and custom, and that which was open:'),(24032012,24,32,12,'and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle\'s `son\', and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.'),(24032013,24,32,13,'And I charged Baruch before them, saying,'),(24032014,24,32,14,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.'),(24032015,24,32,15,'For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.'),(24032016,24,32,16,'Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,'),(24032017,24,32,17,'Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,'),(24032018,24,32,18,'who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;'),(24032019,24,32,19,'great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose 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:'),(24032020,24,32,20,'who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among `other\' men; and madest thee a name, as at this day;'),(24032021,24,32,21,'and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;'),(24032022,24,32,22,'and gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;'),(24032023,24,32,23,'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.'),(24032024,24,32,24,'Behold, the mounds, 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.'),(24032025,24,32,25,'And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'),(24032026,24,32,26,'Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,'),(24032027,24,32,27,'Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?'),(24032028,24,32,28,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah: 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:'),(24032029,24,32,29,'and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, 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.'),(24032030,24,32,30,'For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.'),(24032031,24,32,31,'For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,'),(24032032,24,32,32,'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.'),(24032033,24,32,33,'And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.'),(24032034,24,32,34,'But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.'),(24032035,24,32,35,'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.'),(24032036,24,32,36,'And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:'),(24032037,24,32,37,'Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:'),(24032038,24,32,38,'and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:'),(24032039,24,32,39,'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:'),(24032040,24,32,40,'and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.'),(24032041,24,32,41,'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.'),(24032042,24,32,42,'For thus saith Jehovah: 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.'),(24032043,24,32,43,'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.'),(24032044,24,32,44,'Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.'),(24033001,24,33,1,'Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,'),(24033002,24,33,2,'Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:'),(24033003,24,33,3,'Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.'),(24033004,24,33,4,'For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down `to make a defence\' against the mounds and against the sword;'),(24033005,24,33,5,'while `men\' come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:'),(24033006,24,33,6,'Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.'),(24033007,24,33,7,'And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.'),(24033008,24,33,8,'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 against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.'),(24033009,24,33,9,'And `this city\' shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it.'),(24033010,24,33,10,'Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, 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,'),(24033011,24,33,11,'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 say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness `endureth\' for ever; `and of them\' that bring `sacrifices of\' thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.'),(24033012,24,33,12,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.'),(24033013,24,33,13,'In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, 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 again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.'),(24033014,24,33,14,'Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.'),(24033015,24,33,15,'In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.'),(24033016,24,33,16,'In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is `the name\' whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.'),(24033017,24,33,17,'For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;'),(24033018,24,33,18,'neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.'),(24033019,24,33,19,'And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,'),(24033020,24,33,20,'Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;'),(24033021,24,33,21,'then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.'),(24033022,24,33,22,'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.'),(24033023,24,33,23,'And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,'),(24033024,24,33,24,'Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.'),(24033025,24,33,25,'Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night `stand\' not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;'),(24033026,24,33,26,'then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.'),(24034001,24,34,1,'The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying:'),(24034002,24,34,2,'Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:'),(24034003,24,34,3,'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.'),(24034004,24,34,4,'Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus saith Jehovah concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword;'),(24034005,24,34,5,'thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they make a burning for thee; and they shall lament thee, `saying\', Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.'),(24034006,24,34,6,'Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,'),(24034007,24,34,7,'when the king of Babylon\'s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these `alone\' remained of the cities of Judah `as\' fortified cities.'),(24034008,24,34,8,'The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;'),(24034009,24,34,9,'that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, `to wit\', of a Jew his brother.'),(24034010,24,34,10,'And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:'),(24034011,24,34,11,'but afterwards 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.'),(24034012,24,34,12,'Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,'),(24034013,24,34,13,'Thus saith Jehovah, 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 bondage, saying,'),(24034014,24,34,14,'At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.'),(24034015,24,34,15,'And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:'),(24034016,24,34,16,'but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.'),(24034017,24,34,17,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah: ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.'),(24034018,24,34,18,'And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;'),(24034019,24,34,19,'the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;'),(24034020,24,34,20,'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 food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.'),(24034021,24,34,21,'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, that are gone away from you.'),(24034022,24,34,22,'Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, 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 inhabitant.'),(24035001,24,35,1,'The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,'),(24035002,24,35,2,'Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.'),(24035003,24,35,3,'Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;'),(24035004,24,35,4,'and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the 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 threshold.'),(24035005,24,35,5,'And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.'),(24035006,24,35,6,'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:'),(24035007,24,35,7,'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 wherein ye sojourn.'),(24035008,24,35,8,'And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;'),(24035009,24,35,9,'nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:'),(24035010,24,35,10,'but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.'),(24035011,24,35,11,'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.'),(24035012,24,35,12,'Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,'),(24035013,24,35,13,'Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.'),(24035014,24,35,14,'The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father\'s commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.'),(24035015,24,35,15,'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.'),(24035016,24,35,16,'Forasmuch as 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;'),(24035017,24,35,17,'therefore thus saith Jehovah, the 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.'),(24035018,24,35,18,'And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah 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 commanded you;'),(24035019,24,35,19,'therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.'),(24036001,24,36,1,'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 Jehovah, saying,'),(24036002,24,36,2,'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.'),(24036003,24,36,3,'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.'),(24036004,24,36,4,'Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.'),(24036005,24,36,5,'And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:'),(24036006,24,36,6,'therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah\'s house upon the fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.'),(24036007,24,36,7,'It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.'),(24036008,24,36,8,'And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah\'s house.'),(24036009,24,36,9,'Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah.'),(24036010,24,36,10,'Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah\'s house, in the ears of all the people.'),(24036011,24,36,11,'And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,'),(24036012,24,36,12,'he went down into the king\'s house, into the scribe\'s chamber: and, lo, all the princes were sitting there, `to wit\', 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.'),(24036013,24,36,13,'Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.'),(24036014,24,36,14,'Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy 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.'),(24036015,24,36,15,'And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.'),(24036016,24,36,16,'Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.'),(24036017,24,36,17,'And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?'),(24036018,24,36,18,'Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.'),(24036019,24,36,19,'Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.'),(24036020,24,36,20,'And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.'),(24036021,24,36,21,'So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.'),(24036022,24,36,22,'Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and `there was a fire in\' the brazier burning before him.'),(24036023,24,36,23,'And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that `the king\' cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.'),(24036024,24,36,24,'And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.'),(24036025,24,36,25,'Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.'),(24036026,24,36,26,'And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king\'s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.'),(24036027,24,36,27,'Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,'),(24036028,24,36,28,'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.'),(24036029,24,36,29,'And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: 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?'),(24036030,24,36,30,'Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning 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.'),(24036031,24,36,31,'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.'),(24036032,24,36,32,'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.'),(24037001,24,37,1,'And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.'),(24037002,24,37,2,'But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.'),(24037003,24,37,3,'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 Jehovah our God for us.'),(24037004,24,37,4,'Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.'),(24037005,24,37,5,'And Pharaoh\'s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.'),(24037006,24,37,6,'Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,'),(24037007,24,37,7,'Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh\'s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.'),(24037008,24,37,8,'And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.'),(24037009,24,37,9,'Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.'),(24037010,24,37,10,'For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yea would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.'),(24037011,24,37,11,'And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh\'s army,'),(24037012,24,37,12,'then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.'),(24037013,24,37,13,'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 laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou art falling away to the Chaldeans.'),(24037014,24,37,14,'Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.'),(24037015,24,37,15,'And 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.'),(24037016,24,37,16,'When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;'),(24037017,24,37,17,'Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'),(24037018,24,37,18,'Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?'),(24037019,24,37,19,'Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?'),(24037020,24,37,20,'And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.'),(24037021,24,37,21,'Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers\' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.'),(24038001,24,38,1,'And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,'),(24038002,24,38,2,'Thus saith Jehovah, He that abideth 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, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.'),(24038003,24,38,3,'Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.'),(24038004,24,38,4,'Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as 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.'),(24038005,24,38,5,'And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.'),(24038006,24,38,6,'Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king\'s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.'),(24038007,24,38,7,'Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king\'s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,)'),(24038008,24,38,8,'Ebed-melech went forth out of the king\'s house, and spake to the king, saying,'),(24038009,24,38,9,'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 in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.'),(24038010,24,38,10,'Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.'),(24038011,24,38,11,'So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.'),(24038012,24,38,12,'And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.'),(24038013,24,38,13,'So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.'),(24038014,24,38,14,'Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.'),(24038015,24,38,15,'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, thou wilt not hearken unto me.'),(24038016,24,38,16,'So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah 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.'),(24038017,24,38,17,'Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt 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 thy house.'),(24038018,24,38,18,'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.'),(24038019,24,38,19,'And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.'),(24038020,24,38,20,'But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.'),(24038021,24,38,21,'But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:'),(24038022,24,38,22,'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 familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: `now that\' thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.'),(24038023,24,38,23,'And 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.'),(24038024,24,38,24,'Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.'),(24038025,24,38,25,'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:'),(24038026,24,38,26,'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.');
