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  • 2nd Corinthians 8,9
    Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
    How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
    For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
    Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
    And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
    Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
    Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
    I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
    And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
    Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
    For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
    For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
    But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
    As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
    But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
    For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
    And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
    And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
    Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
    Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
    And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
    Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
    Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
    For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
    For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
    Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
    Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
    But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
    Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth
    6 min
  • 2nd Kings 11,12
    And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
    But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
    And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
    And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
    And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
    And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
    And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
    And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
    And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
    And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
    And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
    And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
    And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
    And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
    But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
    And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
    And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
    And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
    And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
    And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
    Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
    In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
    And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his da
    9 min
  • 2nd Kings 10
    And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
    Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
    Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
    But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
    And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
    Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
    And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
    And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
    And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
    Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
    So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
    And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
    Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
    And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
    And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
    And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
    And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
    And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
    Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
    And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
    And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
    And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
    And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of R
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  • 2nd Corinthians 5,6,7
    For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
    If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
    For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
    Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
    Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
    (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
    We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
    Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
    Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
    For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
    For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
    For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
    And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
    Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
    And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
    Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
    We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
    Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
    But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
    In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
    By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
    By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
    As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
    As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
    O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
    Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
    Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
    9 min
  • Ezekiel 1
    Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
    In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
    The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
    And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
    Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
    And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
    And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
    And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
    Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
    As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
    Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
    And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
    As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
    And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
    Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
    The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
    When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
    As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
    And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
    Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
    When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
    And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
    And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
    And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
    And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
    And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appear
    6 min
  • 2nd Kings 9
    And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
    And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
    Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
    So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
    And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
    And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
    And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
    For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
    And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
    And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
    Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
    And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
    Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
    So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
    But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
    So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
    And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
    So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
    Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
    And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
    And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
    And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
    And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
    And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow
    8 min
  • 2nd Corinthians 3,4
    Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
    Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
    Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
    And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
    Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
    How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
    For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
    For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
    For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
    Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
    And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
    But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
    But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
    Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
    Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
    Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
    But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
    For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
    But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
    Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
    Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
    For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
    So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
    We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
    Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
    For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
    For our l
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  • Lamentations 5
    Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
    Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
    We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
    We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
    Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
    We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
    Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
    Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
    We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
    Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
    They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
    Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
    They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
    The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
    The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
    For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
    Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
    Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
    Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
    Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
    But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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  • Lamentations 4
    How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
    The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
    Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
    The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
    They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
    For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
    Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
    Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
    They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
    The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
    The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
    The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
    They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
    They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
    The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
    They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
    Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
    The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
    The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
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  • 2nd Kings 8
    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
    And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
    And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
    And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
    And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
    And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
    And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
    And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
    So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
    And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
    And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
    And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
    So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
    And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
    And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
    Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
    In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
    So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
    Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
    And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
    And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in
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