A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

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.

And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.

But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Thus saith the LORD, 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.

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

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.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

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.

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.

The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;