[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
the evening and the morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning
were the second day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
[11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
[13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and
for days, and years:
[15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
[16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
[18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature
that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven.
[21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
[24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so.
[25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth.
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and
to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have
given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
[1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the host of them.
[2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
[3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in
it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
[4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
[5] And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
[6] But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground.
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in
[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
[10] And a river went out of
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the
whole
[12] And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole
[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of
[15] And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden
to dress it and to keep it.
[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
[18] And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an help meet for him.
[19] And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name
thereof.
[20] And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for
him.
[21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
[22] And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
[25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of
the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and
he did eat.
[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
[8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in
the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
[9] And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art
thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[11] And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
[12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she
gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
[13] And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be
to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
[17] And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice
of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
[18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou
shalt eat the herb of the field;
[19] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return.
[20] And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.
[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them.
[22] And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
[23] Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken.
[24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the
[1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,
and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
[2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
[3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
[4] And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
[5] But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
very wroth, and his countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy
countenance fallen?
[7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou
shalt rule over him.
[8] And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
[9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said,
I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
[10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
[11] And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
[12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto
thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
[13] And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.
[14] Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the
earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth
me shall slay me.
[15] And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain,
lest any finding him should kill him.
[16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
[17] And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son,
Enoch.
[18] And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
[19] And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah.
[20] And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,
and of such as have cattle.
[21] And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as
handle the harp and organ.
[22] And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every
artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[23] And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding,
and a young man to my hurt.
[24] If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
[25] And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his
name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
[26] And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his
name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
[1] This is the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
[2] Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
[3] And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his
own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
[4] And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred
years: and he begat sons and daughters:
[5] And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:
and he died.
[6] And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
[7] And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years,
and begat sons and daughters:
[8] And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he
died.
[9] And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
[10] And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[11] And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he
died.
[12] And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
[13] And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[14] And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died.
[15] And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
[16] And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[17] And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
[18] And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
[19] And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
[20] And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years:
and he died.
[21] And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
[22] And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[23] And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
[24] And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
[25] And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat
Lamech:
[26] And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters:
[27] And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died.
[28] And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
[29] And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD
hath cursed.
[30] And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[31] And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven
years: and he died.
[32] And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
[1] And it came to pass, when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
[2] That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose.
[3] And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
[4] There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
[5] And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
[6] And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
[7] And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls
of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
[8] But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect
in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
[10] And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled
with violence.
[12] And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
[13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
[14] Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
[15] And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits.
[16] A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
[17] And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth,
to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and
every thing that is in the earth shall die.
[18] But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
[19] And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt
thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female.
[20] Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive.
[21] And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt
gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
[22] Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
[1] And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all
thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.
[2] Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and
his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
[3] Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
[4] For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the earth.
[5] And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
[6] And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon
the earth.
[7] And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
[8] Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and
of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
[9] There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the
female, as God had commanded Noah.
[10] And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood
were upon the earth.
[11] In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great
deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
[12] And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
[13] In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,
the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
into the ark;
[14] They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their
kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and
every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
[15] And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life.
[16] And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God
had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
[17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
[18] And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
[19] And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the
high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
[20] Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains
were covered.
[21] And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,
and every man:
[22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in
the dry land, died.
[23] And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of
the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the
heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive,
and they that were with him in the ark.
[24] And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
[1] And God remembered Noah, and every living thing,
and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass
over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
[2] The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
[3] And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after
the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
[4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
[5] And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the
tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains
seen.
[6] And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth.
[8] Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
[9] But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him
into the ark.
[10] And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the
dove out of the ark;
[11] And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off
the earth.
[12] And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
[13] And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the
first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the
face of the ground was dry.
[14] And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
month, was the earth dried.
[15] And God spake unto Noah, saying,
[16] Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
sons' wives with thee.
[17] Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh,
both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply upon the earth.
[18] And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him:
[19] Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
[20] And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean
beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[21] And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite
any more every thing living, as I have done.
[22] While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
[1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
[2] And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast
of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
[3] Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things.
[4] But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall
ye not eat.
[5] And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of
every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every
man's brother will I require the life of man.
[6] Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in
the image of God made he man.
[7] And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
[8] And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
[9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed
after you;
[10] And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of
the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of
the ark, to every beast of the earth.
[11] And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh
be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a
flood to destroy the earth.
[12] And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations:
[13] I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
[14] And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
[15] And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and
every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood
to destroy all flesh.
[16] And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I
may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of
all flesh that is upon the earth.
[17] And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I
have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
[18] And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
[19] These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
[20] And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
[21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent.
[22] And Ham, the father of
[23] And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and
their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
[24] And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had
done unto him.
[25] And he said, Cursed be
[26] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and
[27] God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and
[28] And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
[29] And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he
died.
[1] Now these are the generations of the sons of
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
[2] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[3] And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[4] And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
[5] By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands;
every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
[6] And the sons of Ham;
[7] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah;
[8] And
[9] He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even
as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
[10] And the beginning of his kingdom was
[11] Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
[12] And Resen between
[13] And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[14] And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
[15] And
[16] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
[17] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
[18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and
afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
[19] And the border of the Canaanites was from
[20] These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
[21] Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother
of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
[22] The children of Shem;
[23] And the children of
[24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
[25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in
his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
[26] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,
[27] And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[28] And Obal, and Abimael, and
[29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of
Joktan.
[30] And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a
mount of the east.
[31] These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
[32] These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their
generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the
earth after the flood.
[1] And the whole earth was of one language, and of
one speech.
[2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the
[3] And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
[4] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top
may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
[5] And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
[6] And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from
them, which they have imagined to do.
[7] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they
may not understand one another's speech.
[8] So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all
the earth: and they left off to build the city.
[9] Therefore is the name of it called
[10] These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old,
and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
[11] And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters.
[12] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
[13] And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
[14] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
[15] And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[16] And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
[17] And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
[19] And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and daughters.
[20] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
[21] And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters.
[22] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
[23] And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
[24] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
[25] And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[26] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
[27] Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor,
and
[28] And
[29] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of
[30] But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
[31] And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of
[32] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah
died in
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
that I will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
[4] So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and
[5] And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I
give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into
[11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,
that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman
to look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me
for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and
camels.
[17] And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast
done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me
to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him
away, and his wife, and all that he had.
[1] And Abram went up out of
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he went on his journeys from the south even to
[4] Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
[5] And
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdmen of
[8] And Abram said unto
[9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan,
that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar.
[11] Then
[12] Abram dwelled in the
[13] But the men of
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from
him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to
thy seed for ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king
of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela, which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham,
and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the
wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and
the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations,
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
[11] And they took all the goods of
[12] And they took
[13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for
he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
[14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed
his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
[16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother
[17] And the king of
[18] And Melchizedek king of
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high
God, possessor of heaven and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
[21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and
take the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto
the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
[23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that
I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of
the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir.
[4] And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall
be thine heir.
[5] And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven,
and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
[7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[9] And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a
she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove,
and a young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them
away.
[12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in
a good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto
thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:
[19] The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
[1] Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and
she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
[2] And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me
from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain
children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
[3] And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram
had dwelt ten years in the
[4] And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
[5] And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in
her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
[6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to
her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from
her face.
[7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
[8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
[9] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
[10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
[11] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD
hath heard thy affliction.
[12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his
brethren.
[13] And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God
seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
[14] Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which
Hagar bare, Ishmael.
[16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael
to Abram.
[1] And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the
LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before
me, and be thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
[3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
[4] As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall
be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
[8] And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the
[9] And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
[10] This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and
thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
[11] And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be
a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
[12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with
money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
[13] He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
[14] And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my
covenant.
[15] And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
[16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of
her.
[17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his
heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
[18] And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
[19] And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
[20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes
shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
[21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
[22] And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
[23] And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame
day, as God had said unto him.
[24] And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
[25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
[26] In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
[27] And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
[1] And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of
Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself
toward the ground,
[3] And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
[4] Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree:
[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts;
after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And
they said, So do, as thou hast said.
[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
[7] And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
[8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
[9] And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,
Behold, in the tent.
[10] And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the
time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in
the tent door, which was behind him.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
[12] Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed
old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
[13] And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
[14] Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
[15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
[16] And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
[17] And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
[18] Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
[19] For I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment;
that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
[20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of
[21] I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
[22] And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
[23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou
also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
[25] That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the
righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
[26] And the LORD said, If I find in
[27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
[28] Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt
thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty
and five, I will not destroy it.
[29] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall
be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
[30] And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not
do it, if I find thirty there.
[31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.
[32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
[33] And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and
Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
[2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up
early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street
all night.
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and
entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat.
[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which
came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
[6] And
[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
[8] Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only
unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even
[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled
[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the
door.
[12] And the men said unto
[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
[14] And
[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened
[16] And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon
the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
[17] And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that
he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
[19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou
hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and
I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken.
[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
[23] The sun was risen upon the earth when
[24] Then the LORD rained upon
[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
[26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar
of salt.
[27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
[28] And he looked toward
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,
that God remembered Abraham, and sent
[30] And
[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the
earth:
[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine
this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of
our Father.
[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters of
[37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name
[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
[1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the
south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
[2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
[3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she
is a man's wife.
[4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation?
[5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands
have I done this.
[6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this
in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against
me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
[7] Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know
thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
[8] Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore
afraid.
[9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou
done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and
on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be
done.
[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing?
[11] And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not
in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
[12] And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
[13] And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto
me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
[14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
[15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that
are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
[17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children.
[18] For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
[1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and
the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
[2] For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him.
[3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
[4] And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God
had commanded him.
[5] And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him.
[6] And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear
will laugh with me.
[7] And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have
given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast
the same day that Isaac was weaned.
[9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her
son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac.
[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his
son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
[13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
[14] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of
Beer-sheba.
[15] And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
[16] And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as
it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she
sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for
God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[18] Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
[19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
[20] And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness,
and became an archer.
[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the
[22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest:
[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the
kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land
wherein thou hast sojourned.
[24] And Abraham said, I will swear.
[25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
[26] And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
[27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and
both of them made a covenant.
[28] And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
[29] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs
which thou hast set by themselves?
[30] And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
[31] Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware
both of them.
[32] Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up,
and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of
the Philistines.
[33] And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
[34] And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that God
did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
[2] And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
[3] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for
the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told
him.
[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and
I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,
[6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went
both of them together.
[7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering?
[8] And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
[9] And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and
laid him on the altar upon the wood.
[10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay
his son.
[11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a
ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
[14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
[15] And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time,
[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
[17] That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the
sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
[18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
[19] So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
[20] And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
[21] Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
[22] And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
[23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
[24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
[1] And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty
years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
[2] And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is
[3] And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons
of Heth, saying,
[4] I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
[5] And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[6] Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice
of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
[7] And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
[8] And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of
Zohar,
[9] That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is
in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me
for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
[10] And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went
in at the gate of his city, saying,
[11] Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it
thee: bury thy dead.
[12] And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
[13] And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money
for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
[14] And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[15] My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
[16] And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron
the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
[17] And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
[18] Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
[19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
[20] And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
[1] And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age:
and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
[2] And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
[3] And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the
God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[4] But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a
wife unto my son Isaac.
[5] And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the
land from whence thou camest?
[6] And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
[7] The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before
thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
[8] And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
[9] And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that matter.
[10] And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and
went to
[11] And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw
water.
[12] And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me
good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
[13] Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
[14] And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let
down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and
I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed
for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness
unto my master.
[15] And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
[16] And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had
any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
came up.
[17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
[18] And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
[19] And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
[20] And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
[21] And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the
LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
[22] And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands
of ten shekels weight of gold;
[23] And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
[24] And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
[25] She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
[26] And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
[27] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath
not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way,
the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
[28] And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things.
[29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran
out unto the man, unto the well.
[30] And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus
spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the
camels at the well.
[31] And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest
thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
[32] And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's
feet that were with him.
[33] And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
[34] And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
[35] And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
[36] And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was
old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
[37] And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to
my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
[38] But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son.
[39] And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow
me.
[40] And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of
my kindred, and of my father's house:
[41] Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
[42] And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;
[43] Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass,
that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I
pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
[44] And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my
master's son.
[45] And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and
drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
[46] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made
the camels drink also.
[47] And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said,
The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the
earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
[48] And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my
master's brother's daughter unto his son.
[49] And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me:
and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
[50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
[51] Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be
thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
[52] And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
[53] And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her
mother precious things.
[54] And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away
unto my master.
[55] And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a
few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
[56] And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath
prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
[57] And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
[58] And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
[59] And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
[60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister,
be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate
of those which hate them.
[61] And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels,
and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
[62] And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in
the south country.
[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
[64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted
off the camel.
[65] For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in
the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she
took a vail, and covered herself.
[66] And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
[67] And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted
after his mother's death.
[1] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was
Keturah.
[2] And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and
[3] And Jokshan begat
[4] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
[5] And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
[6] But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave
gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward,
unto the east country.
[7] And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
[8] Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old
man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
[9] And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah,
in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
[10] The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
[11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed
his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
[12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
[13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,
and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[14] And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
[15] Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
[16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
[17] And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered
unto his people.
[18] And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before
[19] And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
begat Isaac:
[20] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
[21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren:
and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
[22] And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it
be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
[23] And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two
manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall
be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there
were twins in her womb.
[25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and
they called his name Esau.
[26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old
when she bare them.
[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
[28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was
faint:
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called
[31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
[32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me?
[33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he
sold his birthright unto Jacob.
[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat
and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
[1] And there was a famine in the land, beside the
first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
[2] And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
[3] Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
[4] And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and
will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed;
[5] Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
[6] And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
[7] And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is
my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the
place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
[8] And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,
Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
[9] And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I
said, Lest I die for her.
[10] And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
[11] And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
[12] Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
[13] And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became
very great:
[14] For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
[15] For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the
days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them
with earth.
[16] And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
[17] And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the
[18] And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in
the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the
death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father
had called them.
[19] And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well
of springing water.
[20] And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying,
The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove
with him.
[21] And they digged another well, and strove for that also:and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
[22] And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that
they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now
the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
[23] And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
[24] And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the
God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee,
and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
[25] And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD
and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
[26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
[27] And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate
me, and have sent me away from you?
[28] And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us
make a covenant with thee;
[29] That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as
we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou
art now the blessed of the LORD.
[30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
[31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
[32] And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and
told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have
found water.
[33] And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is
Beer-sheba unto this day.
[34] And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[35] Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
[1] And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and
his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and
said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
[2] And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
[3] Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
[4] And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
[5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to
the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
[6] And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
[7] Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and
bless thee before the LORD before my death.
[8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command thee.
[9] Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the
goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
[10] And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he
may bless thee before his death.
[11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
[12] My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
[13] And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only
obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
[14] And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his
mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
[15] And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were
with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
[16] And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and
upon the smooth of his neck:
[17] And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[18] And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I; who art thou, my son?
[19] And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have
done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
[20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
[21] And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel
thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
[22] And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and
said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[23] And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
[24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
[25] And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did
eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my
son.
[27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of
a field which the LORD hath blessed:
[28] Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of
the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
[29] Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over
thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one
that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
[30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,
that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[31] And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father,
and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison,
that thy soul may bless me.
[32] And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am
thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
[33] And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he
that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou
camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
[34] And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O
my father.
[35] And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away
thy blessing.
[36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted
me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken
away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
[37] And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy
lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and
wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
[38] And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and
wept.
[39] And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from
above;
[40] And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and
it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break
his yoke from off thy neck.
[41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are
at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
[42] And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
[43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran;
[44] And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
[45] Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why
should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
[46] And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these
which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
[1] And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and
charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
[2] Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's
brother.
[3] And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
[4] And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with
thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God
gave unto Abraham.
[5] And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
[6] When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him
a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
[7] And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padan-aram;
[8] And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
[9] Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be
his wife.
[10] And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward
[11] And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them
for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
[12] And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the
top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
[13] And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God
of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
[14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt
spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south:
and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
[15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
[16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is
in this place; and I knew it not.
[17] And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is
none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
[18] And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the
top of it.
[19] And he called the name of that place
[20] And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will
keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to
put on,
[21] So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the
LORD be my God:
[22] And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto
thee.
[1] Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the
land of the people of the east.
[2] And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were
three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the
flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
[3] And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the
well's mouth in his place.
[4] And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said,
Of Haran are we.
[5] And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they
said, We know him.
[6] And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
[7] And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the
cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
[8] And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
[9] And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep: for she kept them.
[10] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban
his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob
went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of
Laban his mother's brother.
[11] And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
[12] And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he
was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
[13] And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
[14] And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
[15] And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
[16] And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was Rachel.
[17] Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
[18] And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
[19] And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I
should give her to another man: abide with me.
[20] And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him
but a few days, for the love he had to her.
[21] And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
[22] And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
[23] And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
[24] And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
[25] And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and
he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with
thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
[26] And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
[27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
[28] And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also.
[29] And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her
maid.
[30] And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than
Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
[31] And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
[32] And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben:
for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my
husband will love me.
[33] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD
hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she
called his name Simeon.
[34] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:
therefore was his name called Levi.
[35] And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I
praise the LORD: therefore she called his name
[1] And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no
children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or
else I die.
[2] And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
[3] And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees that I may also have children by her.
[4] And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her.
[5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
[6] And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice,
and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
[7] And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second
son.
[8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
[9] When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid,
and gave her Jacob to wife.
[10] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
[11] And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
[12] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
[13] And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:
and she called his name Asher.
[14] And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes
in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
[15] And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my
husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said,
Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
[16] And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out
to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee
with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
[17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
[18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my
maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
[19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
[20] And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my
husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
[21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
[22] And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb.
[23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
[24] And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me
another son.
[25] And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said
unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
[26] Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and
let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
[27] And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed
me for thy sake.
[28] And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
[29] And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how
thy cattle was with me.
[30] For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and
now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
[31] And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock:
[32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all
the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and
the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
[33] So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it
shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
[34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
[35] And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and
spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one
that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
[36] And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob
fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
[37] And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which
was in the rods.
[38] And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the
gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink.
[39] And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
[40] And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his
own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
[41] And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that
they might conceive among the rods.
[42] But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler
were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
[43] And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
[1] And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying,
Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our
father's hath he gotten all this glory.
[2] And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not
toward him as before.
[3] And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
[4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
[5] And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
[6] And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
[7] And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;
but God suffered him not to hurt me.
[8] If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the
cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
[9] Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them
to me.
[10] And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped
upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
[11] And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I
said, Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which
leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen
all that Laban doeth unto thee.
[13] I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where
thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return
unto the land of thy kindred.
[14] And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
[15] Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath
quite devoured also our money.
[16] For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is
ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
[17] Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
[18] And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go
to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
[19] And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images
that were her father's.
[20] And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told
him not that he fled.
[21] So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over
the river, and set his face toward the
[22] And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
[23] And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven
days' journey; and they overtook him in the
[24] And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto
him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
[25] Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of
[26] And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen
away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the
sword?
[27] Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me;
and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harp?
[28] And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou
hast now done foolishly in so doing.
[29] It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your
father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to
Jacob either good or bad.
[30] And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
[31] And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I
said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
[32] With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our
brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob
knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
[33] And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into
the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
[34] Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's
furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them
not.
[35] And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I
cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he
searched, but found not the images.
[36] And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and
said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
[37] Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of
all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that
they may judge betwixt us both.
[38] This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats
have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
[39] That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the
loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen
by night.
[40] Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by
night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
[41] Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast
changed my wages ten times.
[42] Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath
seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
[43] And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle,
and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my
daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
[44] Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and
let it be for a witness between me and thee.
[45] And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
[46] And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took
stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
[47] And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
[48] And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
[49] And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when
we are absent one from another.
[50] If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other
wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me
and thee.
[51] And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
[52] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not
pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and
this pillar unto me, for harm.
[53] The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father,
judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
[54] Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his
brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the
mount.
[55] And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
[1] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God
met him.
[2] And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called
the name of that place Mahanaim.
[3] And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the
[4] And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord
Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed
there until now:
[5] And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy
sight.
[6] And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
[7] Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the
people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two
bands;
[8] And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape.
[9] And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy
kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
[10] I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the
truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
[11] Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand
of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children.
[12] And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as
the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
[13] And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to
his hand a present for Esau his brother;
[14] Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and
twenty rams,
[15] Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,
twenty she asses, and ten foals.
[16] And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
betwixt drove and drove.
[17] And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and
whose are these before thee?
[18] Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present
sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
[19] And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that
followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye
find him.
[20] And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I
will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
[21] So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night
in the company.
[22] And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
[23] And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that
he had.
[24] And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day.
[25] And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled with him.
[26] And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me.
[27] And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
[28] And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
[29] And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And
he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him
there.
[30] And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God
face to face, and my life is preserved.
[31] And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh.
[32] Therefore the children of
[1] And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,
behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children
unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
[2] And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and
her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
[3] And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground
seven times, until he came near to his brother.
[4] And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,
and kissed him: and they wept.
[5] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and
said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath
graciously given thy servant.
[6] Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they
bowed themselves.
[7] And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
[8] And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he
said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
[9] And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
[10] And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face,
as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
[11] Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and
he took it.
[12] And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
[13] And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender,
and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive
them one day, all the flock will die.
[14] Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will
lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children
be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
[15] And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are
with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my
lord.
[16] So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
[17] And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made
booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
[18] And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of
[19] And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at
the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of
money.
[20] And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
[1] And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
[2] And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country,
saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
[3] And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
[4] And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to wife.
[5] And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons
were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were
come.
[6] And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with
him.
[7] And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and
the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in
[8] And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem
longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
[9] And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and
take our daughters unto you.
[10] And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell
and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
[11] And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find
grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
[12] Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as
ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
[13] And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
[14] And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
[15] But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
[16] Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
[17] But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.
[18] And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
[19] And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of
his father.
[20] And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and
communed with the men of their city, saying,
[21] These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the
land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let
us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
[22] Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to
be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
[23] Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of
theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
[24] And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out
of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of
the gate of his city.
[25] And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two
of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his
sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
[26] And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
[27] The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister.
[28] They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
[29] And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives
took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
[30] And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me
to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together
against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
[31] And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
[1] And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
[2] Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
[3] And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an
altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in
the way which I went.
[4] And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under
the oak which was by Shechem.
[5] And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
[6] So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the
[7] And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
[8] But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath
[9] And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram,
and blessed him.
[10] And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be
called any more Jacob, but
[11] And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply;
a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of
thy loins;
[12] And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give
it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
[13] And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
[14] And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured
oil thereon.
[15] And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
[16] And they journeyed from
[17] And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
[18] And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died)
that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
[19] And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
[20] And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
[21] And
[22] And it came to pass, when
[23] The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
[24] The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
[25] And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
[26] And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are
the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
[27] And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of
[28] And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
[29] And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his
people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
[1] Now these are the generations of Esau, who is
[2] Esau took his wives of the daughters of
[3] And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
[4] And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
[5] And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons
of Esau, which were born unto him in the
[6] And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all
the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
substance, which he had got in the
[7] For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and
the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their
cattle.
[8] Thus dwelt Esau in
[9] And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in
[10] These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the
wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
[11] And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and
Kenaz.
[12] And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
[13] And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
[14] And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and
Korah.
[15] These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
[16] Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that
came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
[17] And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the
[18] And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke
Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter
of Anah, Esau's wife.
[19] These are the sons of Esau, who is
[20] These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
[21] And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the
[22] And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister
was Timna.
[23] And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
[24] And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was
that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon
his father.
[25] And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
[26] And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
[27] The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
[28] The children of Dishan are these: Uz, and Aran.
[29] These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
[30] Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came
of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
[31] And these are the kings that reigned in the
[32] And Bela the son of Beor reigned in
[33] And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his
stead.
[34] And Jobab died, and Husham of the
[35] And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in
the field of
[36] And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
[37] And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
[38] And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
[39] And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was
[40] And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according
to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah,
duke Jetheth,
[41] Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
[42] Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
[43] Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to
their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the
Edomites.
[1] And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father
was a stranger, in the
[2] These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of
Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought
unto his father their evil report.
[3] Now
[4] And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all
his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
[5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more.
[6] And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed:
[7] For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and
made obeisance to my sheaf.
[8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for
his dreams, and for his words.
[9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
[10] And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to
thee to the earth?
[11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
[12] And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
[13] And
[14] And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with
thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him
out of the vale of
[15] And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
[16] And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they
feed their flocks.
[17] And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say,
Let us go to
[18] And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them,
they conspired against him to slay him.
[19] And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
[20] Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some
pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what
will become of his dreams.
[21] And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
[22] And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this
pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
[23] And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
[24] And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
[25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their
camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
[26] And
[27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand
be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
content.
[28] Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty
pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into
[29] And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in
the pit; and he rent his clothes.
[30] And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and
I, whither shall I go?
[31] And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
[32] And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to
their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's
coat or no.
[33] And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
[34] And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
[35] And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but
he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto
my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
[36] And the Midianites sold him into
[1] And it came to pass at that time, that
[2] And
[3] And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
[4] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name
Onan.
[5] And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name
Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
[6] And
[7] And Er,
[8] And
[9] And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest
that he should give seed to his brother.
[10] And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew
him also.
[11] Then said
[12] And in process of time the daughter of Shuah
[13] And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
[14] And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with
a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to
Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to
wife.
[15] When
[16] And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,
let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.)
And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
[17] And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
[18] And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it
her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
[19] And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and
put on the garments of her widowhood.
[20] And
[21] Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this
place.
[22] And he returned to
[23] And
[24] And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told
[25] When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying,
By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray
thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
[26] And
[27] And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb.
[28] And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying,
This came out first,
[29] And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon
thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
[30] And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread
upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
[1] And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the
hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
[2] And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he
was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
[3] And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD
made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
[4] And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made
him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
[5] And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in
his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house
for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the
house, and in the field.
[6] And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought
he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and
well favoured.
[7] And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
[8] But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he
hath to my hand;
[9] There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept
back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God?
[10] And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he
hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
[11] And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there
within.
[12] And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left
his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
[13] And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
[14] That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
[15] And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
[16] And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
[17] And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
[18] And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he
left his garment with me, and fled out.
[19] And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that
his wrath was kindled.
[20] And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
[21] But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
[22] And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the
doer of it.
[23] The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to
prosper.
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that the
butler of the king of
[2] And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
[3] And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
[4] And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served
them: and they continued a season in ward.
[5] And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one
night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and
the baker of the king of
[6] And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them,
and, behold, they were sad.
[7] And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of
his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
[8] And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter
of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me
them, I pray you.
[9] And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In
my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
[10] And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth
ripe grapes:
[11] And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
[12] And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The
three branches are three days:
[13] Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after
the former manner when thou wast his butler.
[14] But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness,
I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of
this house:
[15] For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and
here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
[16] When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on
my head:
[17] And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats
for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
[18] And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof:
The three baskets are three days:
[19] Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
[20] And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the
chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
[21] And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
[22] But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
[23] Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
[1] And it came to pass at the end of two full years,
that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
[2] And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine
and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
[3] And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,
ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the
river.
[4] And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
[5] And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
[6] And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung
up after them.
[7] And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
[8] And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and
he sent and called for all the magicians of
[9] Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day:
[10] Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
[11] And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
[12] And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the
captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to
each man according to his dream he did interpret.
[13] And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
[14] Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in
unto Pharaoh.
[15] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it.
[16] And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall
give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
[17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the
bank of the river:
[18] And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
[19] And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for
badness:
[20] And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven
fat kine:
[21] And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they
had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I
awoke.
[22] And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one
stalk, full and good:
[23] And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east
wind, sprung up after them:
[24] And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this
unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
[25] And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
[26] The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one.
[27] And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them
are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be
seven years of famine.
[28] This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
[29] Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt:
[30] And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume
the land;
[31] And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that
famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
[32] And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is
because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
[33] Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set
him over the
[34] Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land,
and take up the fifth part of the
[35] And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and
lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
[36] And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven
years of famine, which shall be in the
[37] And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of
all his servants.
[38] And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this
is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
[39] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
[40] Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all
my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
[41] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the
[42] And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain
about his neck;
[43] And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and
they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of
Egypt.
[44] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
no man lift up his hand or foot in all the
[45] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him
to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out
over all the
[46] And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of
[47] And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
[48] And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in
the
[49] And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left numbering; for it was without number.
[50] And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
[51] And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said
he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
[52] And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused
me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
[53] And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the
[54] And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph
had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the
[55] And when all the
[56] And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed
sore in the
[57] And all countries came into
[1] Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in
[2] And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in
[3] And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in
[4] But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
[5] And the sons of
[6] And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold
to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down
themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
[7] And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence
come ye? And they said, From the
[8] And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
[9] And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said
unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
[10] And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come.
[11] We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no
spies.
[12] And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
[13] And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one
man in the
[14] And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
[15] Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go
forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
[16] Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in
you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
[17] And he put them all together into ward three days.
[18] And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I
fear God:
[19] If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house
of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
[20] But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be
verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
[21] And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we
would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
[22] And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do
not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his
blood is required.
[23] And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto
them by an interpreter.
[24] And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to
them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him
before their eyes.
[25] Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and
thus did he unto them.
[26] And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
[27] And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the
inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
[28] And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one
to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
[29] And they came unto Jacob their father unto the
[30] The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took
us for spies of the country.
[31] And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
[32] We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the
[33] And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I
know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take
food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
[34] And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye
are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and
ye shall traffick in the land.
[35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their
father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
[36] And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all
these things are against me.
[37] And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I
bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee
again.
[38] And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
[1] And the famine was sore in the land.
[2] And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had
brought out of
[3] And
[4] If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee
food:
[5] But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
[6] And
[7] And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told
him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he
would say, Bring your brother down?
[8] And
[9] I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I
bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame
for ever:
[10] For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second
time.
[11] And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and
almonds:
[12] And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it
was an oversight:
[13] Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
[14] And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send
away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am
bereaved.
[15] And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to
[16] And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his
house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine
with me at
[17] And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph's house.
[18] And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at
the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and
fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
[19] And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house,
[20] And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
[21] And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our
sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
[22] And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we
cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
[23] And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of
your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he
brought Simeon out unto them.
[24] And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water,
and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
[25] And they made ready the present against Joseph came at
[26] And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in
their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
[27] And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well,
the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
[28] And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is
yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
[29] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
[30] And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
[31] And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
[32] And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians
might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the
Egyptians.
[33] And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
[34] And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and
were merry with him.
[1] And he commanded the steward of his house,
saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put
every man's money in his sack's mouth.
[2] And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,
and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
[3] As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and
their asses.
[4] And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
[5] Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
[6] And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
[7] And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God
forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
[8] Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
again unto thee out of the
[9] With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and
we also will be my lord's bondmen.
[10] And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
[11] Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and
opened every man his sack.
[12] And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
[13] Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
[14] And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet
there: and they fell before him on the ground.
[15] And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot
ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
[16] And
[17] And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in
peace unto your father.
[18] Then
[19] My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
[20] And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child
of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of
his mother, and his father loveth him.
[21] And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I
may set mine eyes upon him.
[22] And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if
he should leave his father, his father would die.
[23] And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother
come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
[24] And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we
told him the words of my lord.
[25] And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
[26] And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us,
then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest
brother be with us.
[27] And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare
me two sons:
[28] And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
[29] And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
[30] Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be
not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
[31] It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy
servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
[32] For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying,
If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for
ever.
[33] Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the
lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
[34] For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?
lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
[1] Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all
them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And
there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
[2] And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
[3] And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet
live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence.
[4] And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
[5] Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye
sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
[6] For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there
are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
[7] And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
[8] So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made
me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all
the
[9] Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy
son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
[10] And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks,
and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
[11] And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of
famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
[12] And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
[13] And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in
[14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
[15] Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after
that his brethren talked with him.
[16] And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
[17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the
[18] And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I
will give you the good of the
[19] Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land
of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and
come.
[20] Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the
[21] And the children of
[22] To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
[23] And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with
the good things of
[24] So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
[25] And they went up out of
[26] And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over
all the
[27] And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto
them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit
of Jacob their father revived:
[28] And
[1] And
[2] And God spake unto
[3] And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down
into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
[4] I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
[5] And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of
[6] And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten
in the
[7] His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into
[8] And these are the names of the children of
[9] And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
[10] And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
[11] And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[12] And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and
Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the
[13] And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
[14] And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
[15] These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were
thirty and three.
[16] And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli.
[17] And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
[18] These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,
and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
[19] The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
[20] And unto Joseph in the
[21] And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
[22] These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the
souls were fourteen.
[23] And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
[24] And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shillem.
[25] These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
[26] All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of
his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
[27] And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore
and ten.
[28] And he sent
[29] And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his
father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and
wept on his neck a good while.
[30] And
[31] And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
[32] And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed
cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have.
[33] And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall
say, What is your occupation?
[34] That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from
our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in
the
[1] Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My
father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have, are come out of the
[2] And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them
unto Pharaoh.
[3] And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And
they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our
fathers.
[4] They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we
come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore
in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in
the land of Goshen.
[5] And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren
are come unto thee:
[6] The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou
knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
[7] And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
[8] And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
[9] And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my
life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my
fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
[10] And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
[11] And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the
[12] And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
[13] And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
sore, so that the
[14] And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the
[15] And when money failed in the
[16] And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your
cattle, if money fail.
[17] And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the
herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for
that year.
[18] When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and
said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of
my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
[19] Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy
us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
[20] And Joseph bought all the
[21] And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of
the borders of
[22] Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave
them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
[23] Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this
day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
[24] And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the
fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the
field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for
your little ones.
[25] And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the
sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
[26] And Joseph made it a law over the
[27] And
[28] And Jacob lived in the
[29] And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray
thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not,
I pray thee, in Egypt:
[30] But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast
said.
[31] And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that one
told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh
and Ephraim.
[2] And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto
thee: and
[3] And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in
the
[4] And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to
thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
[5] And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto
thee in the
[6] And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
[7] And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath:
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
[8] And
[9] And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath
given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I
will bless them.
[10] Now the eyes of
[11] And
[12] And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth.
[13] And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
[14] And
[15] And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this
day,
[16] The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let
my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let
them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
[17] And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove
it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
[18] And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
[19] And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of
nations.
[20] And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall
[21] And
[22] Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which
I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
[1] And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the
last days.
[2] Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto
[3] Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
[4] Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to
thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
[5] Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
[6] O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,
mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in
their selfwill they digged down a wall.
[7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
[8]
[9]
[10] The sceptre shall not depart from
[11] Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice
vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
[12] His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
[13] Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
[14] Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
[15] And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant;
and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
[16] Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of
[17] Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
[18] I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
[19] Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
[20] Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
[21] Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
[22] Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose
branches run over the wall:
[23] The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated
him:
[24] But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made
strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd,
the stone of Israel:)
[25] Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the
deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
[26] The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of
my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on
the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from
his brethren.
[27] Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the
prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
[28] All these are the twelve tribes of
[29] And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto
my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite,
[30] In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before
Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the
Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
[31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried
Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
[32] The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from
the children of Heth.
[33] And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered
up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his
people.
[1] And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept
upon him, and kissed him.
[2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his
father: and the physicians embalmed
[3] And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days
of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and
ten days.
[4] And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray
you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have
digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore
let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
[6] And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made
thee swear.
[7] And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of
Egypt,
[8] And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's
house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in
the land of Goshen.
[9] And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a
very great company.
[10] And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond
[11] And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond
[12] And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
[13] For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in
the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a
possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
[14] And Joseph returned into
[15] And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the
evil which we did unto him.
[16] And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
command before he died, saying,
[17] So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass
of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph
wept when they spake unto him.
[18] And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they
said, Behold, we be thy servants.
[19] And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
[20] But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
[21] Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little
ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
[22] And Joseph dwelt in
[23] And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
[24] And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit
you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
[25] And Joseph took an oath of the children of
[26] So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in
[1] Now these are the names of the children of
[2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
[3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
[4] Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[5] And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy
souls: for Joseph was in
[6] And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
[7] And the children of
[8] Now there arose up a new king over
[9] And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of
Israel are more and mightier than we:
[10] Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it
come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our
enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
[11] Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with
their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
[12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and
grew. And they were grieved because of the children of
[13] And the Egyptians made the children of
[14] And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and
in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein
they made them serve, was with rigour.
[15] And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the
name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
[16] And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew
women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him:
but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
[17] But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
[18] And the king of
[19] And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are
not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the
midwives come in unto them.
[20] Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
[21] And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made
them houses.
[22] And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born
ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
[1] And there went a man of the house of Levi, and
took to wife a daughter of Levi.
[2] And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that
he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
[3] And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein;
and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
[4] And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
[5] And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark
among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
[6] And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children.
[7] Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
[8] And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called
the child's mother.
[9] And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child,
and nursed it.
[10] And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I
drew him out of the water.
[11] And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
[12] And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
[13] And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews
strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou
thy fellow?
[14] And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
[15] Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the
[16] Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
[17] And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock.
[18] And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that
ye are come so soon to day?
[19] And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
[20] And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye
have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
[21] And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter.
[22] And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
[23] And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of
[24] And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
[25] And God looked upon the children of
[1] Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in
law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert,
and came to the
[2] And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out
of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
[3] And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt.
[4] And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto
him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am
[5] And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy
feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
[6] Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was
afraid to look upon God.
[7] And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows;
[8] And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
[9] Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of
[10] Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou
mayest bring forth my people the children of
[11] And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth the children of
[12] And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a
token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people
out of
[13] And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of
[14] And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of
[15] And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
[16] Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them,
The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is
done to you in Egypt:
[17] And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk
and honey.
[18] And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and
the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The
LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our
God.
[19] And I am sure that the king of
[20] And I will stretch out my hand, and smite
[21] And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians:
and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
[22] But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and
ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil
the Egyptians.
[1] And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they
will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD
hath not appeared unto thee.
[2] And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said,
A rod.
[3] And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,
and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
[4] And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by
the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand:
[5] That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
[6] And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his
hand was leprous as snow.
[7] And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his
hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was
turned again as his other flesh.
[8] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the
latter sign.
[9] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two
signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the
river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of
the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
[10] And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue.
[11] And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who
maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
[12] Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what
thou shalt say.
[13] And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom
thou wilt send.
[14] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said,
Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also,
behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad
in his heart.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I
will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall
do.
[16] And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be,
even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead
of God.
[17] And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
[18] And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto
him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt,
and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
[19] And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
[20] And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and
he returned to the
[21] And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine
hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
[22] And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
[23] And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if
thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
[24] And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him,
and sought to kill him.
[25] Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
[26] So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because
of the circumcision.
[27] And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.
And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
[28] And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him,
and all the signs which he had commanded him.
[29] And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of
the children of
[30] And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
[31] And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had
visited the children of
[1] And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told
Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of
[2] And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to
let
[3] And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go,
we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD
our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
[4] And the king of
[5] And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and
ye make them rest from their burdens.
[6] And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people,
and their officers, saying,
[7] Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore:
let them go and gather straw for themselves.
[8] And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore
they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
[9] Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
[10] And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you
straw.
[11] Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
[12] So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the
[13] And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
[14] And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
[15] Then the officers of the children of
[16] There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make
brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own
people.
[17] But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and do sacrifice to the LORD.
[18] Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
[19] And the officers of the children of
[20] And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came
forth from Pharaoh:
[21] And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because
ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes
of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
[22] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast
thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
[23] For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil
to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
[1] Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see
what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and
with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
[2] And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
[3] And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name
of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
[4] And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the
[5] And I have also heard the groaning of the children of
[6] Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out
of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with
great judgments:
[7] And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians.
[8] And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did
swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for
an heritage: I am the LORD.
[9] And Moses spake so unto the children of
[10] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[11] Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of
[12] And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a
charge unto the children of
[14] These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the
firstborn of
[15] And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of
Simeon.
[16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi
were an hundred thirty and seven years.
[17] The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
[18] And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and
[19] And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of
Levi according to their generations.
[20] And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she
bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred
and thirty and seven years.
[21] And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
[22] And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
[23] And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[24] And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites.
[25] And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to
wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the
Levites according to their families.
[26] These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out
the children of
[27] These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of
[28] And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in
the
[29] That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou
unto Pharaoh king of
[30] And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made
thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
[2] Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of
[3] And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the
[4] But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon
[5] And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch
forth mine hand upon
[6] And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
[7] And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three
years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[9] When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it
shall become a serpent.
[10] And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the
LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his
servants, and it became a serpent.
[11] Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the
magicians of
[12] For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
[13] And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD had said.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
[15] Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod
which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
[16] And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent
me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
[17] Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which
are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
[18] And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall
stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
[19] And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their
rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may
become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both
in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
[20] And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh,
and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river
were turned to blood.
[21] And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and
the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the
[22] And the magicians of
[23] And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his
heart to this also.
[24] And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
[25] And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the
river.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh,
and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve
me.
[2] And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
[3] And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into
the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into
thy kneadingtroughs:
[4] And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and
upon all thy servants.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine
hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and
cause frogs to come up upon the
[6] And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of
[7] And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the
[8] Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD,
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the
people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
[9] And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee
and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
[10] And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word:
that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
[11] And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from
thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
[12] And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the
LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
[13] And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died
out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
[14] And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
[15] But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart,
and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod,
and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the
[17] And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the
dust of the land became lice throughout all the
[18] And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth
lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
[19] Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD
had said.
[20] And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[21] Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and
also the ground whereon they are.
[22] And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that
I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
[23] And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to
morrow shall this sign be.
[24] And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into
the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the
[25] And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
[26] And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
[27] We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice
to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
[28] And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the
LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat
for me.
[29] And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the
LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
[30] And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
[31] And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there
remained not one.
[32] And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he
let the people go.
[1] Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto
Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people
go, that they may serve me.
[2] For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
[3] Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the
field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and
upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
[4] And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of
[5] And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall
do this thing in the land.
[6] And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of
[7] And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of
the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let
the people go.
[8] And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight
of Pharaoh.
[9] And it shall become small dust in all the
[10] And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and
Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with
blains upon man, and upon beast.
[11] And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the
boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
[12] And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not
unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
[13] And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[14] For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none
like me in all the earth.
[15] For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy
people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
[16] And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew
in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
[17] As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not
let them go?
[18] Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
grievous hail, such as hath not been in
[19] Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast
in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field,
and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they
shall die.
[20] He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh
made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
[21] And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and
his cattle in the field.
[22] And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in all the
[23] And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained
hail upon the
[24] So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the
[25] And the hail smote throughout all the
[26] Only in the
[27] And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are
wicked.
[28] Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
[29] And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I
will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither
shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the
LORD's.
[30] But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear
the LORD God.
[31] And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the
ear, and the flax was bolled.
[32] But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown
up.
[33] And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his
hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not
poured upon the earth.
[34] And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders
were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
[35] And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the
children of
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh:
for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew
these my signs before him:
[2] And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's
son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among
them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
[3] And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself
before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
[4] Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I
bring the locusts into thy coast:
[5] And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able
to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped,
which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth
for you out of the field:
[6] And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants,
and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy
fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto
this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
[7] And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a
snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest
thou not yet that
[8] And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said
unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
[9] And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our
sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for
we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
[10] And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let
you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
[11] Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did
desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
[12] And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
[13] And Moses stretched forth his rod over the
[14] And the locusts went up over all the
[15] For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the
trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the
trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the
[16] Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I
have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
[17] Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and
intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
[18] And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
[19] And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the
locusts, and cast them into the
[20] But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the
children of
[21] And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the
[22] And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a
thick darkness in all the
[23] They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three
days: but all the children of
[24] And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD;
only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go
with you.
[25] And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
[26] Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left
behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not
with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
[27] But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them
go.
[28] And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself,
see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
[29] And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no
more.
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring
one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon
[2] Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his
neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold.
[3] And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the
[4] And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out
into the midst of Egypt:
[5] And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of
the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
[6] And there shall be a great cry throughout all the
[7] But against any of the children of
[8] And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down
themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee:
and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
[9] And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;
that my wonders may be multiplied in the
[10] And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the
LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the
[2] This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.
[3] Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the
house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
[4] And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
[5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
[6] And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of
[7] And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
[8] And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
[9] Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
[10] And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
[11] And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on
your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the
LORD's passover.
[12] For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will
smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against
all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
[13] And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye
are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not
be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the
[14] And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it
a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever.
[15] Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
[16] And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall
be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of
you.
[17] And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at
even.
[19] Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from
the congregation of
[20] Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
[21] Then Moses called for all the elders of
[22] And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that
is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood
that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house
until the morning.
[23] For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he
seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to
smite you.
[24] And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
[25] And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the
LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this
service.
[26] And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
[27] That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of
[28] And the children of
[29] And it came to pass, that at
[30] And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all
the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in
[31] And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and
get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of
[32] Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
[33] And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send
them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
[34] And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
[35] And the children of
[36] And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the
Egyptians.
[37] And the children of
[38] And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and
herds, even very much cattle.
[39] And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of
Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any
victual.
[40] Now the sojourning of the children of
[41] And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty
years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD
went out from the
[42] It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them
out from the
[43] And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of
the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
[44] But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
[45] A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
[46] In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of
the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
[47] All the congregation of
[48] And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the
passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come
near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no
uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
[49] One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among you.
[50] Thus did all the children of
[51] And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the
children of
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb
among the children of
[3] And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came
out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD
brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
[4] This day came ye out in the month Abib.
[5] And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with
milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
[6] Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
[7] Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee
in all thy quarters.
[8] And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done
because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of
[9] And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a
memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with
a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of
[10] Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.
[11] And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
[12] That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males
shall be the LORD's.
[13] And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn
of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
[14] And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
[15] And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the
LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man,
and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth
the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
[16] And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets
between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of
[17] And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was
near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and
they return to Egypt:
[18] But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of
the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of
Egypt.
[19] And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly
sworn the children of
[20] And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in
the edge of the wilderness.
[21] And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to
lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go
by day and night:
[22] He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the people.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of
[3] For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled
in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
[4] And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them;
and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians
may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
[5] And it was told the king of
[6] And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
[7] And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
[8] And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of
[9] But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the
sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
[10] And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of
[11] And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in
[12] Is not this the word that we did tell thee in
[13] And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see
the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians
whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
[14] The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
[15] And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak
unto the children of
[16] But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,
and divide it: and the children of
[17] And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
[18] And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten
me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
[19] And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed
and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
and stood behind them:
[20] And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to
these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
[21] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided.
[22] And the children of
[23] And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of
the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
[24] And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto
the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and
troubled the host of the Egyptians,
[25] And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so
that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD
fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
[26] And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and
upon their horsemen.
[27] And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled
against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
[28] And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained
not so much as one of them.
[29] But the children of
[30] Thus the LORD saved
[31] And
[1] Then sang Moses and the children of
[2] The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he
is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will
exalt him.
[3] The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
[4] Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his
chosen captains also are drowned in the
[5] The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
[6] Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand,
O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
[7] And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them
that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as
stubble.
[8] And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered
together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in
the heart of the sea.
[9] The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand
shall destroy them.
[10] Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as
lead in the mighty waters.
[11] Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
[12] Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
[13] Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast
redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
[14] The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
[15] Then the dukes of
[16] Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the
people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
[17] Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,
in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
[18] The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
[19] For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon
them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
[20] And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in
her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
[21] And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
[22] So Moses brought
[23] And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of
Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
[24] And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
[25] And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which
when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for
them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
[26] And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon
thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth
thee.
[27] And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
[1] And they took their journey from Elim, and all
the congregation of the children of
[2] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
[3] And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died
by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots,
and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
[4] Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven
for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that
I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
[5] And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
[6] And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even,
then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
[7] And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for
that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye
murmur against us?
[8] And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD
heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your
murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
[9] And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the
children of
[10] And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of
the children of
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] I have heard the murmurings of the children of
[13] And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered
the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
[14] And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the
wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the
ground.
[15] And when the children of
[16] This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every
man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of
your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
[17] And the children of
[18] And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had
nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man
according to his eating.
[19] And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
[20] Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them
left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth
with them.
[21] And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his
eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
[22] And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came
and told Moses.
[23] And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will
bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay
up for you to be kept until the morning.
[24] And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
[25] And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
[26] Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
[27] And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
[28] And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
[29] See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his
place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
[30] So the people rested on the seventh day.
[31] And the house of
[32] And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill
an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the
[33] And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of
manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
[34] As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the
Testimony, to be kept.
[35] And the children of
[36] Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
[1] And all the congregation of the children of
[2] Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do
ye tempt the LORD?
[3] And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
[4] And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? they be almost ready to stone me.
[5] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with
thee of the elders of
[6] Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and
thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the
people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of
[7] And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of
the chiding of the children of
[8] Then came Amalek, and fought with
[9] And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight
with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God
in mine hand.
[10] So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
[11] And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that
[12] But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it
under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until
the going down of the sun.
[13] And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven.
[15] And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
[16] For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have
war with Amalek from generation to generation.
[1] When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father
in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people,
and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
[2] Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after
he had sent her back,
[3] And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he
said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
[4] And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father,
said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
[5] And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife
unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
[6] And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
[7] And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and
kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the
tent.
[8] And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for
[9] And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to
[10] And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of
the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered
the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
[11] Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
[12] And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of
[13] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the
people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
[14] And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he
said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou
thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
[15] And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto
me to inquire of God:
[16] When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one
and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
[17] And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good.
[18] Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with
thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone.
[19] Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall
be with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God:
[20] And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
[21] Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be
rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
tens:
[22] And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that
every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they
shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden
with thee.
[23] If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou
shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in
peace.
[24] So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all
that he had said.
[25] And Moses chose able men out of all
[26] And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
[27] And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into
his own land.
[1] In the third month, when the children of
[2] For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the
[3] And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the
children of Israel;
[4] Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
[5] Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for
all the earth is mine:
[6] And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of
[7] And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid
before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
[8] And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath
spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
[9] And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,
that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And
Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
[10] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them
to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
[11] And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will
come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
[12] And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take
heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of
it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
[13] There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet
soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
[14] And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified
the people; and they washed their clothes.
[15] And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come
not at your wives.
[16] And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there
were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice
of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp
trembled.
[17] And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with
God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
[18] And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a
furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
[19] And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder
and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
[20] And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount:
and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
[21] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they
break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
[22] And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
[23] And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify
it.
[24] And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt
come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people
break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
[25] So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
[1] And God spake all these words, saying,
[2] I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the
[3] Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
[4] Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is
in the water under the earth:
[5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
[6] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
[7] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the
LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
[10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
[11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
[12] Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[13] Thou shalt not kill.
[14] Thou shalt not commit adultery.
[15] Thou shalt not steal.
[16] Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[17] Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor
his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[18] And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the
noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it,
they removed, and stood afar off.
[19] And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but
let not God speak with us, lest we die.
[20] And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove
you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
[21] And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.
[22] And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children
of
[23] Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make
unto you gods of gold.
[24] An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine
oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will
bless thee.
[25] And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it
of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
[26] Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy
nakedness be not discovered thereon.
[1] Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set
before them.
[2] If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
[3] If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were
married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[4] If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out
by himself.
[5] And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and
my children; I will not go out free:
[6] Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear
through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
[7] And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go
out as the menservants do.
[8] If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,
then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall
have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
[9] And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her
after the manner of daughters.
[10] If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
[11] And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free
without money.
[12] He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to
death.
[13] And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand;
then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
[14] But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him
with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
[15] And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put
to death.
[16] And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in
his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
[17] And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put
to death.
[18] And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
[19] If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he
that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall
cause him to be thoroughly healed.
[20] And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
[21] Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be
punished: for he is his money.
[22] If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit
depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the
judges determine.
[23] And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
[24] Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[25] Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
[26] And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
[27] And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's
tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
[28] If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall
be quit.
[29] But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath
killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be
put to death.
[30] If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
[31] Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to
this judgment shall it be done unto him.
[32] If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
[33] And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
[34] The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the
owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
[35] And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall
sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall
divide.
[36] Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and
his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead
shall be his own.
[1] If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill
it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a
sheep.
[2] If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there
shall no blood be shed for him.
[3] If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for
he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for
his theft.
[4] If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox,
or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
[5] If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put
in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own
field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
[6] If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn,
or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the
fire shall surely make restitution.
[7] If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep,
and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay
double.
[8] If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be
brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his
neighbour's goods.
[9] For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for
sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth
to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the
judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
[10] If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep,
or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing
it:
[11] Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath
not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept
thereof, and he shall not make it good.
[12] And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the
owner thereof.
[13] If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he
shall not make good that which was torn.
[14] And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die,
the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
[15] But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if
it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
[16] And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
[17] If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay
money according to the dowry of virgins.
[18] Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
[19] Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
[20] He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall
be utterly destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were
strangers in the
[22] Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
[23] If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I
will surely hear their cry;
[24] And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and
your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
[25] If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou
shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
[26] If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
[27] For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin:
wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that
I will hear; for I am gracious.
[28] Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
[29] Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of
thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
[30] Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven
days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
[31] And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh
that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
[1] Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not
thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
[2] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
[3] Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
[4] If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
[5] If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
[6] Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
[7] Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
[8] And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the righteous.
[9] Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the
[10] And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the
fruits thereof:
[11] But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall
eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
[12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and
the stranger, may be refreshed.
[13] And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and
make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy
mouth.
[14] Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
[15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the
month Abib; for in it thou camest out from
[16] And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which
thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end
of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
[17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord
GOD.
[18] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
[19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
[20] Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and
to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
[21] Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not
pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
[22] But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
[23] For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
[24] Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their
images.
[25] And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
[26] There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land:
the number of thy days I will fulfil.
[27] I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto
thee.
[28] And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the
Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
[29] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the
land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
[30] By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until
thou be increased, and inherit the land.
[31] And I will set thy bounds from the
[32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
[33] They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against
me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
[1] And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD,
thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
[2] And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come
nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
[3] And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and
all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All
the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
[4] And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to
the twelve tribes of
[5] And he sent young men of the children of
[6] And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of
the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
[7] And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of
the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be
obedient.
[8] And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning
all these words.
[9] Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel:
[10] And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it
were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his
clearness.
[11] And upon the nobles of the children of
[12] And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which
I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
[13] And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into
the mount of God.
[14] And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come
again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any
matters to do, let him come unto them.
[15] And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
[16] And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud
covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst
of the cloud.
[17] And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on
the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of
[18] And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the
mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and
silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the
breastplate.
[8] And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye
make it.
[10] And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a
cubit and a half the height thereof.
[11] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
[12] And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the
four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two
rings in the other side of it.
[13] And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
[14] And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the
ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
[15] The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be
taken from it.
[16] And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give
thee.
[17] And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a
half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
[18] And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt
thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
[19] And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the
other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
[20] And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
[21] And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the
ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of
the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the
children of
[23] Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof.
[24] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown
of gold round about.
[25] And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
[26] And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in
the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
[27] Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves
to bear the table.
[28] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
[29] And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and
covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou
make them.
[30] And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
[31] And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work
shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his
knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
[32] And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches
of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
[33] Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one
branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and
a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
[34] And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds,
with their knops and their flowers.
[35] And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
[36] Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall
be one beaten work of pure gold.
[37] And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light
the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
[38] And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of
pure gold.
[39] Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
[40] And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed
thee in the mount.
[1] Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten
curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with
cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
[2] The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have
one measure.
[3] The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and
other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
[4] And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain
from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the
uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
[5] Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops
shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the
second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
[6] And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
[7] And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon
the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
[8] The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of
one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
[9] And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the
tabernacle.
[10] And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
[11] And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into
the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
[12] And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the
half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
[13] And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over
the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
[14] And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed
red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
[15] And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood
standing up.
[16] Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
shall be the breadth of one board.
[17] Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[18] And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on
the south side southward.
[19] And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty
boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
[20] And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there
shall be twenty boards:
[21] And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
[22] And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
[23] And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in
the two sides.
[24] And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them
both; they shall be for the two corners.
[25] And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another
board.
[26] And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of
the one side of the tabernacle,
[27] And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides
westward.
[28] And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end
to end.
[29] And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings
of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
[30] And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion
thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
[31] And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
[32] And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid
with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
[33] And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall
divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
[34] And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in
the most holy place.
[35] And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick
over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou
shalt put the table on the north side.
[36] And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
[37] And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,
and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt
cast five sockets of brass for them.
[1] And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood,
five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the
height thereof shall be three cubits.
[2] And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:
his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
[3] And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof
thou shalt make of brass.
[4] And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the
net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
[5] And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that
the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
[6] And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,
and overlay them with brass.
[7] And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be
upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
[8] Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
[9] And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for one side:
[10] And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
[11] And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of
an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[12] And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[13] And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.
[14] The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
[16] And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
[17] All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with
silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
[18] The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their
sockets of brass.
[19] All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and
all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
[20] And thou shalt command the children of
[21] In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is
before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning
before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the
behalf of the children of
[1] And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and
his sons with him, from among the children of
[2] And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory
and for beauty.
[3] And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to
consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[4] And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and
an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they
shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's office.
[5] And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linen.
[6] And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
[7] It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
[8] And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of
the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[9] And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of
the children of
[10] Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the
rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
[11] With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a
signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of
[12] And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod
for stones of memorial unto the children of
[13] And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
[14] And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt
thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
[15] And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work;
after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of
purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
[16] Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length
thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
[17] And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of
stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall
be the first row.
[18] And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
[19] And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
[20] And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall
be set in gold in their inclosings.
[21] And the stones shall be with the names of the children of
[22] And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of
wreathen work of pure gold.
[23] And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and
shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
[24] And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings
which are on the ends of the breastplate.
[25] And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten
in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
[26] And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon
the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of
the ephod inward.
[27] And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on
the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over
against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
[28] 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.
[29] And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of
[30] And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the
LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of
[31] And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
[32] And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof:
it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were
the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
[33] And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of
blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of
gold between them round about:
[34] A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
upon the hem of the robe round about.
[35] And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be
heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh
out, that he die not.
[36] And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
[37] And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the
mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
[38] And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all
their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be
accepted before the LORD.
[39] And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt
make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
[40] And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for
them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
[41] And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with
him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[42] And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
[43] And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar
to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall
be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
[1] And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto
them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young
bullock, and two rams without blemish,
[2] And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and
wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
[3] And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the
basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
[4] And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
[5] And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and
the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with
the curious girdle of the ephod:
[6] And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown
upon the mitre.
[7] Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head,
and anoint him.
[8] And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
[9] And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put
the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual
statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
[10] And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle
of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head
of the bullock.
[11] And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[12] And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon
the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the
bottom of the altar.
[13] And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the
caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and burn them upon the altar.
[14] But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt
thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
[15] Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
their hands upon the head of the ram.
[16] And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and
sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
[17] And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
[18] And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt
offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the
LORD.
[19] And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
their hands upon the head of the ram.
[20] Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it
upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of
his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of
their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
[21] And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his
sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and
his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
[22] Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys,
and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of
consecration:
[23] And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
[24] And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
[25] And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the
altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[26] And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration,
and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
[27] And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the
shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the
ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is
for his sons:
[28] And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from
the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave
offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings,
even their heave offering unto the LORD.
[29] And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be
anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
[30] And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven
days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the
holy place.
[31] And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his
flesh in the holy place.
[32] And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the
bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[33] And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made,
to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof,
because they are holy.
[34] And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,
remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall
not be eaten, because it is holy.
[35] And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to
all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
[36] And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement
for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
[37] Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify
it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be
holy.
[38] Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs
of the first year day by day continually.
[39] The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb
thou shalt offer at even:
[40] And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth
part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink
offering.
[41] And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto
according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink
offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[42] This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your
generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD:
where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
[43] And there I will meet with the children of
[44] And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the
altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the
priest's office.
[45] And I will dwell among the children of
[46] And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them
forth out of the
[1] And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense
upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
[2] A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof:
the horns thereof shall be of the same.
[3] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the
sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a
crown of gold round about.
[4] And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by
the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they
shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
[5] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold.
[6] And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the
testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet
with thee.
[7] And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he
dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
[8] And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense
upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
[9] Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor
meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
[10] And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a
year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall
he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the
LORD.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their
number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD,
when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou
numberest them.
[13] This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty
gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
[14] Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty
years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
[15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than
half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement
for your souls.
[16] And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass,
to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
[19] For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet
thereat:
[20] When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall
wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
[21] So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not:
and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
[22] Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five
hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty
shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
[24] And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
[25] And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment
compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
[26] And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,
and the ark of the testimony,
[27] And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his
vessels, and the altar of incense,
[28] And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver
and his foot.
[29] And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:
whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
[30] And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[31] And thou shalt speak unto the children of
[32] Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you.
[33] Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it
upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
[34] And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte,
and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each
shall there be a like weight:
[35] And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
[36] And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee:
it shall be unto you most holy.
[37] And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for
the LORD.
[38] Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even
be cut off from his people.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah:
[3] And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
[4] To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
[5] And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to
work in all manner of workmanship.
[6] And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put
wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
[7] The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
[8] And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all
his furniture, and the altar of incense,
[9] And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the
laver and his foot,
[10] And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
[11] And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place:
according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my
sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every
one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work
therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of
rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
[16] Wherefore the children of
[17] It is a sign between me and the children of
[18] And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with
the finger of God.
[1] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron,
and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him.
[2] And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are
in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them
unto me.
[3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
[4] And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O
Israel, which brought thee up out of the
[5] And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
[6] And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings,
and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play.
[7] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,
which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[8] They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded
them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[9] And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people:
[10] Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them,
and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
[11] And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land
of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
[12] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against
thy people.
[13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou
swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as
the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto
your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
[14] And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
[15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables
of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides;
on the one side and on the other were they written.
[16] And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the
writing of God, graven upon the tables.
[17] And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he
said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[18] And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither
is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that
sing do I hear.
[19] And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he
saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
[20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire,
and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children
of
[21] And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that
thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
[22] And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest
the people, that they are set on mischief.
[23] For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for
as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the
[24] And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it
off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this
calf.
[25] And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made
them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
[26] Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves
together unto him.
[27] And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every
man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every
man his neighbour.
[28] And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and
there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
[29] For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
blessing this day.
[30] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people,
Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I
shall make an atonement for your sin.
[31] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have
sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
[32] Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I
pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
[33] And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him
will I blot out of my book.
[34] Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have
spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the
day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
[35] And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made.
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up
hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt,
unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto
thy seed will I give it:
[2] And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite:
[3] Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the
midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the
way.
[4] And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no
man did put on him his ornaments.
[5] For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of
[6] And the children of
[7] And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar
off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it
came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle
of the congregation, which was without the camp.
[8] And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that
all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after
Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
[9] And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the
cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD
talked with Moses.
[10] And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son
of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
[12] And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up
this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet
thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my
sight.
[13] Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,
shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy people.
[14] And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.
[15] And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not
up hence.
[16] For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found
grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be
separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the
earth.
[17] And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
[18] And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
[19] And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I
will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
[20] And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see
me, and live.
[21] And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon a rock:
[22] And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will
put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass
by:
[23] And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts:
but my face shall not be seen.
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables
of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that
were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
[2] And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount
Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
[3] And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen
throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that
mount.
[4] And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had
commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
[5] And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name of the LORD.
[6] And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The
LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth,
[7] Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third
and to the fourth generation.
[8] And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped.
[9] And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my
Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our
iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
[10] And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I
will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any
nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD:
for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
[11] Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out
before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite,
and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
[12] Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the
inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst
of thee:
[13] But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves:
[14] For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God:
[15] Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and
they go a whoring after their gods , and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one
call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
[16] And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters
go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
[17] Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
[18] The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib:
for in the month Abib thou camest out from
[19] All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
[20] But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if
thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy
sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
[21] Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest:
in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
[22] And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
[23] Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the
Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
[24] For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy
borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear
before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
[25] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
[26] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
[27] And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the
tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with
[28] And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of
the covenant, the ten commandments.
[29] And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the
two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that
Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
[30] And when Aaron and all the children of
[31] And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
[32] And afterward all the children of
[33] And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his
face.
[34] But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took
the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children
of
[35] And the children of
[1] And Moses gathered all the congregation of the
children of
[2] Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be
to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein
shall be put to death.
[3] Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath
day.
[4] And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
[5] Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and
brass,
[6] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[7] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[8] And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the
sweet incense,
[9] And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the
breastplate.
[10] And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the
LORD hath commanded;
[11] The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his
boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
[12] The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail
of the covering,
[13] The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
[14] The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his
lamps, with the oil for the light,
[15] And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and
the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the
tabernacle,
[16] The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and
all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
[17] The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the
hanging for the door of the court,
[18] The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their
cords,
[19] The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments
for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's
office.
[20] And all the congregation of the children of
[21] And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one
whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the
holy garments.
[22] And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted,
and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of
gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
[23] And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins,
brought them.
[24] Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought
the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any
work of the service, brought it.
[25] And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of
scarlet, and of fine linen.
[26] And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats'
hair.
[27] And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the
ephod, and for the breastplate;
[28] And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and
for the sweet incense.
[29] The children of
[30] And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath
called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
[31] And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
[32] And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
[33] And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,
to make any manner of cunning work.
[34] And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
[35] Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of
work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of
them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
[1] Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise
hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work
all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the
LORD had commanded.
[2] And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man,
in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him
up to come unto the work to do it:
[3] And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it
withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
[4] And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made;
[5] And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than
enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
[6] And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for
the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
[7] For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
and too much.
[8] And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the
tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
[9] The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
[10] And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other
five curtains he coupled one unto another.
[11] And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another
curtain, in the coupling of the second.
[12] Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the
edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one
curtain to another.
[13] And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto
another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
[14] And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the
tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
[15] The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was
the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
[16] And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
[17] And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in
the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
[18] And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that
it might be one.
[19] And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers' skins above that.
[20] And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
[21] The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board
one cubit and a half.
[22] One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus
did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[23] And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south
side southward:
[24] And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board
for his two tenons.
[25] And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north
corner, he made twenty boards,
[26] And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
[27] And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
[28] And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two
sides.
[29] And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head
thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
[30] And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets
of silver, under every board two sockets.
[31] And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tabernacle,
[32] And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
[33] And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one
end to the other.
[34] And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold
to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
[35] And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
[36] And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid
them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of
silver.
[37] And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
[38] And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
[1] And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two
cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of
it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
[2] And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a
crown of gold to it round about.
[3] And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners
of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other
side of it.
[4] And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
[5] And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to
bear the ark.
[6] And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was
the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
[7] And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he
them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
[8] One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other
end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
[9] And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with
their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the
mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
[10] And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length
thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof:
[11] And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of
gold round about.
[12] Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and
made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
[13] And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the
four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
[14] Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves
to bear the table.
[15] And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold, to bear the table.
[16] And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and
his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
[17] And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he
the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, were of the same:
[18] And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side thereof:
[19] Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop
and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a
flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
[20] And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his
knops, and his flowers:
[21] And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to
the six branches going out of it.
[22] Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one
beaten work of pure gold.
[23] And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes,
of pure gold.
[24] Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
[25] And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was
a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was
the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
[26] And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the
sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of
gold round about.
[27] And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by
the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves
to bear it withal.
[28] And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold.
[29] And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet
spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
[1] And he made the altar of burnt offering of
shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth
thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
[2] And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
[3] And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof
made he of brass.
[4] And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the
compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
[5] And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to
be places for the staves.
[6] And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
brass.
[7] And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to
bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
[8] And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[9] And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of
the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
[10] Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
[11] And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their
pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver.
[12] And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars
ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of
silver.
[13] And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
[14] The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that
hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three.
[16] All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined
linen.
[17] And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of
silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
[18] And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length,
and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of
the court.
[19] And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of
silver.
[20] And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about,
were of brass.
[21] This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of
testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the
service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
[22] And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
[23] And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and
in scarlet, and fine linen.
[24] All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the
holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and
seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
[25] And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was
an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
[26] A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old
and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and
fifty men.
[27] And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the
sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred
talents, a talent for a socket.
[28] And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
[29] And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
and four hundred shekels.
[30] And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all
the vessels of the altar,
[31] And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the
court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court
round about.
[1] And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they
made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy
garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[2] And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen.
[3] And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine
linen, with cunning work.
[4] They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two
edges was it coupled together.
[5] And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the
same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[6] And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as
signets are graven, with the names of the children of
[7] And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be
stones for a memorial to the children of
[8] And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the
ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[9] It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the
length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
[10] And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a
sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
[11] And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
[12] And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
[13] And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were
inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
[14] And the stones were according to the names of the children of
[15] And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen
work of pure gold.
[16] And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the
two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
[17] And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on
the ends of the breastplate.
[18] And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the
two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
[19] And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of
the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod
inward.
[20] And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides
of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other
coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
[21] And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of
the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the
ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[22] And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
[23] And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
[24] And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
[25] And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
[26] A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the
hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[27] And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for
his sons,
[28] And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
linen breeches of fine twined linen,
[29] And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[30] And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
[31] And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the
mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[32] Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation finished: and the children of
[33] And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
[34] And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of
badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
[35] The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy
seat,
[36] The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
[37] The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps
to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
[38] And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense,
and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
[39] The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his
vessels, the laver and his foot,
[40] The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the
hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the
service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
[41] The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the
priest's office.
[42] According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of
[43] And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they have done
it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation.
[3] And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the
ark with the vail.
[4] And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that
are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and
light the lamps thereof.
[5] And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark
of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
[6] And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door
of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
[7] And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation
and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
[8] And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging
at the court gate.
[9] And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,
and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and
it shall be holy.
[10] And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
[11] And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
[12] And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
[13] And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,
and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[14] And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
[15] And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall
surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
[16] Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so
did he.
[17] And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the
first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
[18] And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and
set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his
pillars.
[19] And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the
covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[20] And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves
on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
[21] And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of
the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
[22] And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side
of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
[23] And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD
had commanded Moses.
[24] And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
[25] And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
[26] And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before
the vail:
[27] And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[28] And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
[29] And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering
and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[30] And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the
altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
[31] And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet
thereat:
[32] When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they
came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[33] And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
[34] Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of
the LORD filled the tabernacle.
[35] And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,
because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle.
[36] And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
children of
[37] But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till
the day that it was taken up.
[38] For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire
was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of
[1] And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him
out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of
you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the
cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
[3] If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a
male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
[4] And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and
it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
[5] And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,
Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon
the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[6] And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
[7] And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and
lay the wood in order upon the fire:
[8] And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and
the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
[9] But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest
shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[10] And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of
the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
[11] And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the
LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon
the altar.
[12] And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and
the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is
upon the altar:
[13] But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the
priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice,
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[14] And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls,
then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
[15] And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his
head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the
side of the altar:
[16] And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it
beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
[17] And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide
it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is
upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
[1] And when any will offer a meat offering unto the
LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and
put frankincense thereon:
[2] And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take
thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the
frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the
altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
[3] And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons':
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
[4] And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven,
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened
wafers anointed with oil.
[5] And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be
of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
[6] Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat
offering.
[7] And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it
shall be made of fine flour with oil.
[8] And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things
unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto
the altar.
[9] And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof,
and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
[10] And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and
his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
[11] No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made
with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the
LORD made by fire.
[12] As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto
the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
[13] And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with
salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be
lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
[14] And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn
dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
[15] And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is
a meat offering.
[16] And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten
corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof:
it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[1] And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace
offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall
offer it without blemish before the LORD.
[2] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests
shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
[3] And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all
the fat that is upon the inwards,
[4] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
[5] And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt
sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[6] And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD
be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
[7] If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before
the LORD.
[8] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the
blood thereof round about upon the altar.
[9] And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it
shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
[10] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
[11] And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[12] And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the
LORD.
[13] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before
the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the
blood thereof upon the altar round about.
[14] And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by
fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
[15] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
[16] And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of
the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD's.
[17] It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all
your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin
through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things
which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
[3] If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the
people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock
without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
[4] And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's
head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
[5] And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,
and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
[6] And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of
the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
[7] And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the
altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the
congregation: and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the
altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
[8] And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin
offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
inwards,
[9] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
[10] As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace
offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
[11] And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and
with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
[12] Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a
clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with
fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
[13] And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and
the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat
against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not
be done, and are guilty;
[14] When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the
congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[15] And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the
head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the
LORD.
[16] And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood
to the tabernacle of the congregation:
[17] And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
[18] And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar
which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and
shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering,
which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[19] And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
[20] And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a
sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement
for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
[21] And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him
as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
[22] When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance
against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which
should not be done, and is guilty;
[23] Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
[24] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in
the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin
offering.
[25] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall
pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
[26] And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the
sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as
concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
[27] And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he
doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things
which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
[28] Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his
sin which he hath sinned.
[29] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and
slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
[30] And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and
put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all
the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
[31] And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken
away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it
upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an
atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
[32] And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a
female without blemish.
[33] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and
slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering
[34] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall
pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
[35] And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb
is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall
burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the
LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed,
and it shall be forgiven him.
[1] And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of
swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not
utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
[2] Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an
unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean
creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and
guilty.
[3] Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be
that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of
it, then he shall be guilty.
[4] Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do
good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid
from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
[5] And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things,
that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
[6] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin
which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats,
for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning
his sin.
[7] And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass,
which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD;
one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
[8] And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which
is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall
not divide it asunder:
[9] And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side
of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the
altar: it is a sin offering.
[10] And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to
the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he
hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
[11] But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of
fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he
put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
[12] Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to
the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
[13] And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin
that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the
remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
[14] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[15] If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram
without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
[16] And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy
thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and
the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
[17] And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are
forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not,
yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
[18] And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy
estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not,
and it shall be forgiven him.
[19] It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the
LORD.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto
his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in
a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
[3] Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and
sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
[4] Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he
shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath
deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing
which he found,
[5] Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore
it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it
unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
[6] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram
without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering,
unto the priest:
[7] And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and
it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing
therein.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[9] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt
offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all
night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
[10] And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen
breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath
consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the
altar.
[11] And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and
carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
[12] And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be
put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt
offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace
offerings.
[13] The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go
out.
[14] And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall
offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
[15] And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat
offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the
meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the
memorial of it, unto the LORD.
[16] And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the
tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
[17] It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for
their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
[18] All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall
be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD
made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
[19] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[20] This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall
offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and
half thereof at night.
[21] In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou
shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer
for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[22] And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer
it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD, it shall be wholly burnt.
[23] For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it
shall not be eaten.
[24] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[25] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the
sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin
offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
[26] The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place
shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[27] Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when
there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that
whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
[28] But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if
it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
[29] All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
[30] And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be
eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
[1] Likewise this is the law of the trespass
offering: it is most holy.
[2] In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the
altar.
[3] And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards,
[4] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away:
[5] And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made
by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
[6] Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in
the holy place: it is most holy.
[7] As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one
law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
[8] And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the
priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath
offered.
[9] And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth
it.
[10] And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the
sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
[11] And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
shall offer unto the LORD.
[12] If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the
sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
[13] Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
[14] And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave
offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood
of the peace offerings.
[15] And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for
thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave
any of it until the morning.
[16] But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary
offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on
the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
[17] But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day
shall be burnt with fire.
[18] And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be
eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be
imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul
that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
[19] And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten;
it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat
thereof.
[20] But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even
that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[21] Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the
uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and
eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the
LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[22] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner
of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
[24] And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no
wise eat of it.
[25] For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut
off from his people.
[26] Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or
of beast, in any of your dwellings.
[27] Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that
soul shall be cut off from his people.
[28] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[29] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto
the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
[30] His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire,
the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a
wave offering before the LORD.
[31] And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast
shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
[32] And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave
offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
[33] He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
[34] For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have
given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from
among the children of Israel.
[35] This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing
of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he
presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
[36] Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of
Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout
their generations.
[37] This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of
the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and
of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
[38] Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the
wilderness of Sinai.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the
anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket
of unleavened bread;
[3] And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[4] And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was
gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[5] And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the
LORD commanded to be done.
[6] And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
[7] And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and
clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with
the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
[8] And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate
the Urim and the Thummim.
[9] And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon
his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[10] And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was therein, and sanctified them.
[11] And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the
altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
[12] And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed
him, to sanctify him.
[13] And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded
them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[14] And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
[15] And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns
of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured
the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation
upon it.
[16] And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and caul above
the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the
altar.
[17] But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt
with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[18] And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
[19] And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
[20] And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the
pieces, and the fat.
[21] And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt
the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and
an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[22] And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
[23] And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon
the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot.
[24] And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the
tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the
great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
[25] And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon
the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat,
and the right shoulder:
[26] And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the
LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,
and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
[27] And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and
waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
[28] And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the
altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it
is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[29] And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before
the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[30] And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was
upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon
his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his
garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
[31] And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread
that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his
sons shall eat it.
[32] And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye
burn with fire.
[33] And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end:
for seven days shall he consecrate you.
[34] As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make
an atonement for you.
[35] Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for
so I am commanded.
[36] So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by
the hand of Moses.
[1] And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses
called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
[2] And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering,
and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the
LORD.
[3] And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first
year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
[4] Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before
the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear
unto you.
[5] And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
[6] And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye
should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
[7] And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin
offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for
the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for
them; as the LORD commanded.
[8] Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.
[9] And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his
finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the
blood at the bottom of the altar:
[10] But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the
sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[11] And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
[12] And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him
the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
[13] And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces
thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
[14] And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the
burnt offering on the altar.
[15] And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was
the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the
first.
[16] And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the
manner.
[17] And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
[18] He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the
blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
[19] And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
[20] And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon
the altar:
[21] And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering
before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
[22] And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them,
and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and
peace offerings.
[23] And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation,
and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto
all the people.
[24] And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon
the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
[1] And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and
offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
[2] And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they
died before the LORD.
[3] Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying,
I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I
will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
[4] And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle
of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the
sanctuary out of the camp.
[5] So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp;
as Moses had said.
[6] And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest
wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of
Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
[7] And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And
they did according to the word of Moses.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
[9] Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a
statute for ever throughout your generations:
[10] And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean;
[11] And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which
the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
[12] And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of
the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is
most holy:
[13] And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and
thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am
commanded.
[14] And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean
place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due,
and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of
the children of Israel.
[15] The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the
offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the
LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as
the LORD hath commanded.
[16] And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,
behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of
Aaron which were left alive, saying,
[17] Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place,
seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the
congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
[18] Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place:
ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
[19] And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their
sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have
befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been
accepted in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And when Moses heard that, he was content.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying unto them,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts
which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
[3] Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the
cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
[4] Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but
divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
[5] And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you.
[6] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.
[7] And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet
he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
[8] Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not
touch; they are unclean to you.
[9] These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath
fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye
eat.
[10] And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the
rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the
waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
[11] They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of
their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
[12] Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
[13] And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the
fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
[14] And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
[15] Every raven after his kind;
[16] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
[17] And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
[18] And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
[19] And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
[20] All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination
unto you.
[21] Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon
all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
[22] Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the
bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper
after his kind.
[23] But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall
be an abomination unto you.
[24] And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase
of them shall be unclean until the even.
[25] And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
[26] The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean.
[27] And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that
go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall
be unclean until the even.
[28] And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
[29] These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that
creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his
kind,
[30] And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail,
and the mole.
[31] These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch
them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
[32] And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it
shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or
sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
[33] And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever
is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
[34] Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh
shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be
unclean.
[35] And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall
be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down:
for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
[36] Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water,
shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
[37] And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is
to be sown, it shall be clean.
[38] But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their
carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
[39] And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
[40] And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
[41] And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
[42] Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all
four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon
the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
[43] Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing
that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye
should be defiled thereby.
[44] For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with
any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[45] For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
[46] This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon
the earth:
[47] To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between
the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived
seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to
the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
[3] And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be
circumcised.
[4] And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and
thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
[5] But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks,
as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying
threescore and six days.
[6] And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for
a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and
a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
[7] Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her;
and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her
that hath born a male or a female.
[8] And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other
for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she
shall be clean.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
[2] When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or
a bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy;
then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the
priests:
[3] And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh:
and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be
deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest
shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
[4] If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight
be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the
priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
[5] And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if
the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
[6] And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold,
if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the
priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
[7] But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath
been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest
again:
[8] And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
[9] When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought
unto the priest;
[10] And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white
in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in
the rising;
[11] It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
[12] And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy
cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot,
wheresoever the priest looketh;
[13] Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have
covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is
all turned white: he is clean.
[14] But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
[15] And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
[16] Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall
come unto the priest;
[17] And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned
into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he
is clean.
[18] The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and
is healed,
[19] And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright
spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
[20] And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than
the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
[21] But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the
priest shall shut him up seven days:
[22] And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
[23] But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a
burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
[24] Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot
burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat
reddish, or white;
[25] Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a
leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
[26] But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair
in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat
dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
[27] And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be
spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it
is the plague of leprosy.
[28] And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the
skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
[29] If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
[30] Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in
sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the
head or beard.
[31] And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it
be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it;
then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
[32] And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and,
behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the
scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
[33] He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the
priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
[34] And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,
behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the
skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes,
and be clean.
[35] But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
[36] Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be
spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
[37] But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black
hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
[38] If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright
spots, even white bright spots;
[39] Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the
skin; he is clean.
[40] And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is
he clean.
[41] And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head
toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
[42] And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish
sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
[43] Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of
the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
[44] He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
[45] And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and
his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
Unclean, unclean.
[46] All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be
defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his
habitation be.
[47] The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a
woollen garment, or a linen garment;
[48] Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
[49] And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
[50] And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath
the plague seven days:
[51] And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague
be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or
in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is
unclean.
[52] He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in
woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a
fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
[53] And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread
in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
[54] Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the
plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
[55] And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed:
and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread;
it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be
bare within or without.
[56] And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark
after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of
the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
[57] And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in
the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn
that wherein the plague is with fire.
[58] And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin
it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
[59] This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it
clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He
shall be brought unto the priest:
[3] And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall
look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
[4] Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed
two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
[5] And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an
earthen vessel over running water:
[6] As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and
the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the
blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
[7] And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living
bird loose into the open field.
[8] And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off
all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that
he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
[9] But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair
off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave
off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and
he shall be clean.
[10] And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of
fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
[11] And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is
to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
[12] And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass
offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD:
[13] And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is
the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
[14] And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass
offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that
is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe
of his right foot:
[15] And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into
the palm of his own left hand:
[16] And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his
left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the
LORD:
[17] And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb
of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of
the trespass offering:
[18] And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall
pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an
atonement for him before the LORD.
[19] And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement
for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall
kill the burnt offering:
[20] And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering
upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be
clean.
[21] And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one
lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one
tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of
oil;
[22] And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to
get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
[23] And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto
the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the
LORD.
[24] And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and
the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD:
[25] And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip
of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right
hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
[26] And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left
hand:
[27] And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil
that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
[28] And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the
tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right
hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of
the trespass offering:
[29] And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before
the LORD.
[30] And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he can get;
[31] Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
[32] This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand
is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
[33] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[34] When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your
possession;
[35] And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest,
saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
[36] Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the
priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made
unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
[37] And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in
the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight
are lower than the wall;
[38] Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,
and shut up the house seven days:
[39] And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look:
and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
[40] Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the
city:
[41] And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an
unclean place:
[42] And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of
those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
[43] And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after
that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after
it is plaistered;
[44] Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be
spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
[45] And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of
the city into an unclean place.
[46] Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut
up shall be unclean until the even.
[47] And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that
eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
[48] And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the
plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the
priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
[49] And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood,
and scarlet, and hyssop:
[50] And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over
running water:
[51] And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the
running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
[52] And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with
the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with
the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
[53] But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open
fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
[54] This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
[55] And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
[56] And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
[57] To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law
of leprosy.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man
hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
[3] And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh
run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his
uncleanness.
[4] Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and
every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
[5] And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[6] And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
even.
[7] And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[8] And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
even.
[9] And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be
unclean.
[10] And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be
unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[11] And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed
his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
be unclean until the even.
[12] And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,
shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
[13] And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he
shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and
bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
[14] And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and give them unto the priest:
[15] And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and
the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him
before the LORD for his issue.
[16] And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall
wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
[17] And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of
copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
[18] The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,
they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
[19] And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean
until the even.
[20] And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be
unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
[21] And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[22] And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[23] And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when
he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
[24] And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
[25] And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time
of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days
of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she
shall be unclean.
[26] Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto
her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be
unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
[27] And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
[28] But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to
herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
[29] And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two
young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
[30] And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her
before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
[31] Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness;
that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is
among them.
[32] This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed
goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
[33] And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an
issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is
unclean.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of
the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
[2] And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he
come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy
seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud
upon the mercy seat.
[3] Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for
a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
[4] He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the
linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he
wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
[5] And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two
kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
[6] And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
[7] And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[8] And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD,
and the other lot for the scapegoat.
[9] And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and
offer him for a sin offering.
[10] But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him
go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
[11] And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall
kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
[12] And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small,
and bring it within the vail:
[13] And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that
the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not:
[14] And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with
his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he
sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
[15] Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the
people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did
with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before
the mercy seat:
[16] And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in
all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that
remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
[17] And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation
when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and
have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the
congregation of Israel.
[18] And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and
make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of
the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
[19] And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of
Israel.
[20] And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
[21] And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all
their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat,
and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
[22] And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land
not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
[23] And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy
place, and shall leave them there:
[24] And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put
on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt
offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
[25] And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
[26] And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
[27] And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin
offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall
one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins,
and their flesh, and their dung.
[28] And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
[29] And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no
work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that
sojourneth among you:
[30] For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
[31] It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your
souls, by a statute for ever.
[32] And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate
to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the
atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
[33] And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall
make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar,
and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the
congregation.
[34] And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an
atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did
as the LORD commanded Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
saying,
[3] What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox,
or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
[4] And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the
LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man
shall be cut off from among his people:
[5] To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices,
which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the
LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and
offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
[6] And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
[7] And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after
whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them
throughout their generations.
[8] And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house
of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt
offering of sacrifice,
[9] And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from
among his people.
[10] And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even
set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from
among his people.
[11] For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to
you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood
that maketh an atonement for the soul.
[12] Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall
eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
[13] And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl
that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with
dust.
[14] For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life
thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood
of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:
whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
[15] And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which
was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he
shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even: then shall he be clean.
[16] But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear
his iniquity.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD
your God.
[3] After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye
not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall
ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
[4] Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein:
I am the LORD your God.
[5] Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a
man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
[6] None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to
uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
[7] The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt
thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
[8] The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy
father's nakedness.
[9] The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter
of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their
nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
[10] The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter,
even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
[11] The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy
father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
[12] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is
thy father's near kinswoman.
[13] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for
she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
[14] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou
shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
[15] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is
thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
[16] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is
thy brother's nakedness.
[17] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter,
neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
[18] Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to
uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
[19] Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
[20] Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to
defile thyself with her.
[21] And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to
Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
[22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
[23] Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith:
neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is
confusion.
[24] Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these
the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
[25] And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof
upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
[26] Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not
commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any
stranger that sojourneth among you:
[27] (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which
were before you, and the land is defiled;)
[28] That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued
out the nations that were before you.
[29] For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the
souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
[30] Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one
of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
[3] Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my
sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
[4] Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the
LORD your God.
[5] And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye
shall offer it at your own will.
[6] It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and
if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
[7] And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it
shall not be accepted.
[8] Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because
he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off
from among his people.
[9] And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly
reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy
harvest.
[10] And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I
am the LORD your God.
[11] Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to
another.
[12] And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
[13] Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of
him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
[14] Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the
blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
[15] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect
the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in
righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
[16] Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:
neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
[17] Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
[18] Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of
thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
[19] Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender
with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither
shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
[20] And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,
betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she
shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
[21] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
[22] And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the
trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin
which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
[23] And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all
manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not
be eaten of.
[24] But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to
praise the LORD withal.
[25] And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it
may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
[26] Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use
enchantment, nor observe times.
[27] Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou
mar the corners of thy beard.
[28] Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor
print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
[29] Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest
the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
[30] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
[31] Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
[32] Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of
the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
[33] And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex
him.
[34] But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in
the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
[35] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,
or in measure.
[36] Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
[37] Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,
and do them: I am the LORD.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of
the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth
any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the
land shall stone him with stones.
[3] And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from
among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my
sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
[4] And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the
man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
[5] Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom
with Molech, from among their people.
[6] And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that
soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
[7] Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD
your God.
[8] And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which
sanctify you.
[9] For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon
him.
[10] And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even
he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death.
[11] And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his
father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood
shall be upon them.
[12] And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely
be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
[13] If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of
them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
[14] And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they
shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among
you.
[15] And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and
ye shall slay the beast.
[16] And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou
shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
[17] And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his
mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a
wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath
uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
[18] And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered
the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their
people.
[19] And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor
of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their
iniquity.
[20] And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his
uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
[21] And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing:
he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
[22] Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
[23] And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast
out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred
them.
[24] But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will
give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am
the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
[25] Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,
and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth
on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
[26] And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have
severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
[27] A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a
wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their
blood shall be upon them.
[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the
priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for
the dead among his people:
[2] But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and
for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
[3] And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had
no husband; for her may he be defiled.
[4] But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
[5] They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they
shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
[6] They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their
God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God,
they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
[7] They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither
shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
[8] Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy
God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
[9] And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing
the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
[10] And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head
the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments,
shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
[11] Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
[12] Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the
LORD.
[13] And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
[14] A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall
he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
[15] Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD
do sanctify him.
[16] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[17] Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their
generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of
his God.
[18] For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not
approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
[19] Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
[20] Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
[21] No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall
come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
[22] He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of
the holy.
[23] Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the
altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the
LORD do sanctify them.
[24] And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from
the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
[3] Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel
hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut
off from my presence: I am the LORD.
[4] What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running
issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso
toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from
him;
[5] Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made
unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he
hath;
[6] The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,
and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
[7] And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat
of the holy things; because it is his food.
[8] That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat
to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
[9] They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
[10] There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
[11] But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,
and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
[12] If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may
not eat of an offering of the holy things.
[13] But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat
of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
[14] And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put
the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy
thing.
[15] And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
[16] Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all
his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt
offering;
[19] Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the
beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
[20] But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it
shall not be acceptable for you.
[21] And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD
to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
[22] Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or
scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire
of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
[23] Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or
lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a
vow it shall not be accepted.
[24] Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed,
or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
[25] Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God
of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them:
they shall not be accepted for you.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[27] When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it
shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it
shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[28] And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young
both in one day.
[29] And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD,
offer it at your own will.
[30] On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it
until the morrow: I am the LORD.
[31] Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the
LORD.
[32] Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among
the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
[33] That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
LORD.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the
feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these
are my feasts.
[3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of
rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of
the LORD in all your dwellings.
[4] These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye
shall proclaim in their seasons.
[5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's
passover.
[6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of
unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
[7] In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
[8] But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven
days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof,
then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
[11] And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for
you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
[12] And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
[13] And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine
flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet
savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an
hin.
[14] And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,
until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall
be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[15] And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from
the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be
complete:
[16] Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number
fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
[17] Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth
deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are
the firstfruits unto the LORD.
[18] And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of
the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt
offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings,
even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
[19] Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
[20] And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits
for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to
the LORD for the priest.
[21] And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy
convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a
statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
[22] And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make
clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt
thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor,
and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in
the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of
trumpets, an holy convocation.
[25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[27] Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your
souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[28] And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of
atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
[29] For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same
day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
[30] And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the
same soul will I destroy from among his people.
[31] Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[32] It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your
souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye
celebrate your sabbath.
[33] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[34] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of
this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the
LORD.
[35] On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
[36] Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:
on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do
no servile work therein.
[37] These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be
holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing
upon his day:
[38] Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside
all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the
LORD.
[39] Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have
gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven
days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a
sabbath.
[40] And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the
brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
[41] And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in
the seventh month.
[42] Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born
shall dwell in booths:
[43] That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
[44] And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the
LORD.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil
olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
[3] Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the
LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
[4] He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually.
[5] And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two
tenth deals shall be in one cake.
[6] And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure
table before the LORD.
[7] And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be
on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[8] Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
[9] And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the
holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire by a perpetual statute.
[10] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman
and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
[11] And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD,
and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
[12] And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed
them.
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[14] Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that
heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone
him.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin.
[16] And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be
put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the
LORD, shall be put to death.
[17] And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
[18] And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
[19] And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so
shall it be done to him;
[20] Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused
a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
[21] And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that
killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
[22] Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for
one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
[23] And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring
forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai,
saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come
into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the
LORD.
[3] Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune
thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
[4] But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a
sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
[5] That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not
reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest
unto the land.
[6] And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for
thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger
that sojourneth with thee,
[7] And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall
all the increase thereof be meat.
[8] And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times
seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee
forty and nine years.
[9] Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the
tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the
trumpet sound throughout all your land.
[10] And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile
unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall
return every man unto his family.
[11] A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,
neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of
thy vine undressed.
[12] For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
[13] In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
[14] And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
[15] According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of
thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:
[16] According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of
it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto
thee.
[17] Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God: for I am the LORD your God.
[18] Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do
them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
[19] And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
[20] And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
[21] Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years.
[22] And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until
the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
[23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye
are strangers and sojourners with me.
[24] And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption
for the land.
[25] If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that
which his brother sold.
[26] And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to
redeem it;
[27] Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his
possession.
[28] But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile:
and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
[29] And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he
redeem it.
[30] And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that
bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
[31] But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they
shall go out in the jubile.
[32] Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the
cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
[33] And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold,
and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the
houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of
Israel.
[34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for
it is their perpetual possession.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;
then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that
he may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy
victuals for increase.
[38] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
[39] And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
[40] But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee,
and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
[41] And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with
him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his
fathers shall he return.
[42] For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
[43] Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
[44] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall
be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids.
[45] Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among
you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they
begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
[46] And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after
you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but
over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another
with rigour.
[47] And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner
by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
[48] After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren
may redeem him:
[49] Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that
is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may
redeem himself.
[50] And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he
was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant
shall it be with him.
[51] If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall
give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
[52] And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the
price of his redemption.
[53] And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other
shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
[54] And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in
the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
[55] For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my
servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
[1] Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image,
neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of
stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
[2] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
[3] If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
[4] Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield
her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
[5] And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and
dwell in your land safely.
[6] And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither
shall the sword go through your land.
[7] And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by
the sword.
[8] And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall
put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the
sword.
[9] For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and
multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
[10] And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the
new.
[11] And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor
you.
[12] And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people.
[13] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your
yoke, and made you go upright.
[14] But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
[15] And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my
covenant:
[16] I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat
it.
[17] And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when
none pursueth you.
[18] And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you seven times more for your sins.
[19] And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your
heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
[20] And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not
yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
[21] And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I
will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
[22] I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your
highways shall be desolate.
[23] And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
[24] Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
[25] And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send
the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
[26] And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall
bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by
weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
[27] And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
[28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I,
will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[29] And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
[30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor
you.
[31] And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
[32] And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
[33] And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
[34] Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth
desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths.
[35] As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
[36] And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness
into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf
shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall
fall when none pursueth.
[37] And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
[38] And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
[39] And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.
[40] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also
they have walked contrary unto me;
[41] And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
[42] Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
[43] The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment
of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and
because their soul abhorred my statutes.
[44] And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I
will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly,
and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
[45] But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their
ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the
heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
[46] These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made
between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of
[3] And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even
unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary.
[4] And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
[5] And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then
thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
[6] And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation
shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation
shall be three shekels of silver.
[7] And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then
thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
[8] But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present
himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his
ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
[9] And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD,
all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
[10] He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad
for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the
exchange thereof shall be holy.
[11] And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a
sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
[12] And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
[13] But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part
thereof unto thy estimation.
[14] And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD,
then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest
shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
[15] And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
[16] And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of
his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an
homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
[17] If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy
estimation it shall stand.
[18] But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest
shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto
the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
[19] And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it,
then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it
shall be assured to him.
[20] And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field
to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
[21] But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto
the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
[22] And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought,
which is not of the fields of his possession;
[23] Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation,
even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that
day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
[24] In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom
it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
[25] And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the
sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
[26] Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's
firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the
LORD's.
[27] And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according
to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not
redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
[28] Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the
LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto
the LORD.
[29] None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but
shall surely be put to death.
[30] And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or
of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
[31] And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add
thereto the fifth part thereof.
[32] And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
[33] He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he
change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof
shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
[34] These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second
month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
[2] Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their
names, every male by their polls;
[3] From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to
war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
[4] And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of
the house of his fathers.
[5] And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the
tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[6] Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[7] Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[8] Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
[9] Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
[10] Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud:
of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[11] Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[12] Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[13] Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
[14] Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[15] Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
[16] These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes
of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
[17] And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their
names:
[18] And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, by their polls.
[19] As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness
of Sinai.
[20] And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[21] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty and six thousand and five hundred.
[22] Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[23] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
[24] Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[25] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were
forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
[26] Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[27] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
[28] Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[29] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar,
were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
[30] Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[31] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun,
were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
[32] Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
[33] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim,
were forty thousand and five hundred.
[34] Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[35] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
[36] Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[37] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,
were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
[38] Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[39] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
[40] Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[41] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were
forty and one thousand and five hundred.
[42] Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[43] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
[44] These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered,
and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his
fathers.
[45] So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war in Israel;
[46] Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and
three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
[47] But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
[48] For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
[49] Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum
of them among the children of Israel:
[50] But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of
testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to
it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall
minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
[51] And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
[52] And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by
his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
[53] But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the
Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
[54] And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the
congregation shall they pitch.
[3] And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the
son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
[4] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
[5] And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of
Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of
Issachar.
[6] And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred.
[7] Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be
captain of the children of Zebulun.
[8] And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
seven thousand and four hundred.
[9] All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand
and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their
armies. These shall first set forth.
[10] On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[11] And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
[12] And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the
captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[13] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
nine thousand and three hundred.
[14] Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
[15] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
[16] All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout
their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
[17] Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the
camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set
forward, every man in his place by their standards.
[18] On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[19] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
[20] And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[21] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
two thousand and two hundred.
[22] Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[23] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
five thousand and four hundred.
[24] All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they
shall go forward in the third rank.
[25] The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
[26] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and two thousand and seven hundred.
[27] And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
[28] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
one thousand and five hundred.
[29] Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
[30] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
[31] All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred
thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost
with their standards.
[32] These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by
the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps
throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred
and fifty.
[33] But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
[34] And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward,
every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
[1] These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses
in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
[2] And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[3] These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
[4] And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange
fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron
their father.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[6] Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
[7] And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of
the tabernacle.
[8] And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of
the tabernacle.
[9] And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
[10] And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of
Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children
of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
[13] Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in
Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
[14] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
[15] Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by
their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
[16] And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he
was commanded.
[17] And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari.
[18] And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;
Libni, and Shimei.
[19] And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
[20] And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
[21] Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
[22] Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them
were seven thousand and five hundred.
[23] The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
[24] And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall
be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
[25] And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and
the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
[26] And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords
of it for all the service thereof.
[27] And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of
the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the
Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
[28] In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
[29] The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
[30] And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
[31] And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick,
and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and
the hanging, and all the service thereof.
[32] And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the
chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of
the sanctuary.
[33] Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
[34] And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of
all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
[35] And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle
northward.
[36] And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and
the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
[37] And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords.
[38] But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron
and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the
children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
[39] All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the
males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
[40] And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of
their names.
[41] And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites
instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
[42] And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
[43] And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month
old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two
thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
[44] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[45] Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites
shall be mine: I am the LORD.
[46] And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are
more than the Levites;
[47] Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
[48] And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is
to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
[49] And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and
above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
[50] Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a
thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary:
[51] And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and
to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
after their families, by the house of their fathers,
[3] From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all
that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[4] This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of
the congregation, about the most holy things:
[5] And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons,
and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with
it:
[6] And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall
spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
[7] And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover
withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
[8] And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the
same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
[9] And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of
the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil
vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
[10] And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering
of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
[11] And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
[12] And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with
a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
[13] And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth thereon:
[14] And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the
basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering
of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
[15] And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward;
after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch
any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of
Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[16] And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and
the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that
therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[18] Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from
among the Levites:
[19] But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint
them every one to his service and to his burden:
[20] But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,
lest they die.
[21] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[22] Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of
their fathers, by their families;
[23] From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[24] This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve,
and for burdens:
[25] And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers'
skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation,
[26] And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the
gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and
their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for
them: so shall they serve.
[27] At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service:
and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
[28] This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[29] As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their
families, by the house of their fathers;
[30] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt
thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
[31] And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service
in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
[32] And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their
service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their
burden.
[33] This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[34] And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the
sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their
fathers,
[35] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation:
[36] And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
[37] These were they that were numbered of the families of the
Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,
which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
[38] And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout
their families, and by the house of their fathers,
[39] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
[40] Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families,
by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
[41] These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
[42] And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
[43] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
[44] Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
[45] These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
[46] All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron
and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of
their fathers,
[47] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden
in the tabernacle of the congregation,
[48] Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore.
[49] According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the
hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden:
thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every
leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
[3] Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put
them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
[4] And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the
camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[6] Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit
any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be
guilty;
[7] Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall
recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth
part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
[8] But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let
the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram
of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
[9] And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
[10] And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man
giveth the priest, it shall be his.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
[13] And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against
her, neither she be taken with the manner;
[14] And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
[15] Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall
bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall
pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of
jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
[16] And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
[17] And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of
the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put
it into the water:
[18] And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the
woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the
jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that
causeth the curse:
[19] And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman,
If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness
with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that
causeth the curse:
[20] But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and
if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
[21] Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath
among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to
swell;
[22] And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen,
amen.
[23] And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out with the bitter water:
[24] And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth
the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and
become bitter.
[25] Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's
hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
[26] And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the
memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the
woman to drink the water.
[27] And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to
pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that
the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and
her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse
among her people.
[28] And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be
free, and shall conceive seed.
[29] This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another
instead of her husband, and is defiled;
[30] Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous
over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall
execute upon her all this law.
[31] Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall
bear her iniquity.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate
themselves unto the LORD:
[3] He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink
any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
[4] All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of
the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
[5] All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come
upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself
unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his
head grow.
[6] All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come
at no dead body.
[7] He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother,
for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of
his God is upon his head.
[8] All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
[9] And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the
head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
[10] And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
[11] And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned
by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
[12] And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,
and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days
that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
[13] And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his
separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation:
[14] And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the
first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first
year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace
offerings,
[15] And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with
oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering,
and their drink offerings.
[16] And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer
his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
[17] And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto
the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his
meat offering, and his drink offering.
[18] And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of
his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the
peace offerings.
[19] And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened
cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the
hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
[20] And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after
that the Nazarite may drink wine.
[21] This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get:
according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his
separation.
[22] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall
bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
[24] The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
[25] The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
[26] The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
[27] And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will
bless them.
[1] And it came to pass on the day that Moses had
fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all
the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had
anointed them, and sanctified them;
[2] That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who
were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
[3] And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and
they brought them before the tabernacle.
[4] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[5] Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to
every man according to his service.
[6] And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites.
[7] Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according
to their service:
[8] And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according
unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[9] But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the
sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
[10] And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that
it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
[11] And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each
prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
[12] And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
[13] And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[14] One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
[15] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[16] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[17] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the
son of Amminadab.
[18] On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer:
[19] He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil
for a meat offering:
[20] One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
[21] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[22] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[23] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the
son of Zuar.
[24] On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun, did offer:
[25] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[26] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[27] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[28] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[29] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son
of Helon.
[30] On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children
of Reuben, did offer:
[31] His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[32] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[33] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[34] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[35] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son
of Shedeur.
[36] On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer:
[37] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[38] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[39] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[40] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[41] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
[42] On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children
of Gad, offered:
[43] His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[44] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[45] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[46] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[47] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the
son of Deuel.
[48] On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
[49] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[50] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[51] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[52] one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[53] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the
son of Ammihud.
[54] On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
the children of Manasseh:
[55] His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[56] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[57] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[58] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[59] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the
son of Pedahzur.
[60] On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Benjamin, offered:
[61] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[62] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[63] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[64] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[65] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son
of Gideoni.
[66] On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan, offered:
[67] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[68] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[69] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[70] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[71] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai.
[72] On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children
of Asher, offered:
[73] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[74] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[75] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[76] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[77] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son
of Ocran.
[78] On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali, offered:
[79] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[80] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[81] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
[82] One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[83] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son
of Enan.
[84] This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver
bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
[85] Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
[86] The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons
was an hundred and twenty shekels.
[87] All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams
twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the
kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
[88] And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the
first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was
anointed.
[89] And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to
speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the
mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims:
and he spake unto him.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps,
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
[3] And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
[4] And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern
which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[6] Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
[7] And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash
their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
[8] Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine
flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin
offering.
[9] And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of
Israel together:
[10] And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children
of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
[11] And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering
of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
[12] And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the
bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
[13] And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
[14] Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
[15] And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for
an offering.
[16] For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of
Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of
all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
[17] For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man
and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I
sanctified them for myself.
[18] And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children
of Israel.
[19] And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons
from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel
in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the
children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when
the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
[20] And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
[21] And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and
Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement
for them to cleanse them.
[22] And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD
had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[24] This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five
years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
[25] And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more:
[26] But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do
unto the Levites touching their charge.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the
land of Egypt, saying,
[2] Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed
season.
[3] In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in
his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all
the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
[4] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep
the passover.
[5] And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month
at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[6] And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a
man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before
Moses and before Aaron on that day:
[7] And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a
man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD
in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
[8] And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD
will command concerning you.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[10] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of
your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey
afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
[11] The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,
and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
[12] They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of
it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
[13] But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth
to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his
people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed
season, that man shall bear his sin.
[14] And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the
passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and
according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance,
both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
[15] And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon
the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
[16] So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of
fire by night.
[17] And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after
that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
[18] At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed,
and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode
upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
[19] And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then
the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
[20] And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;
according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and
according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
[21] And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and
that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was
by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
[22] Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in
their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
[23] At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the
commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at
the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make
them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the
journeying of the camps.
[3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble
themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[4] And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are
heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
[5] When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts
shall go forward.
[6] When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on
the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their
journeys.
[7] But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow,
but ye shall not sound an alarm.
[8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;
and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
[9] And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered
before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
[10] Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in
the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt
offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to
you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
[11] And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in
the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the
testimony.
[12] And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the
wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
[13] And they first took their journey according to the commandment of
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
[14] In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
[15] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
[16] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
the son of Helon.
[17] And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the
sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
[18] And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to
their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[19] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[20] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
[21] And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the
other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
[22] And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[23] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[24] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[25] And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his
host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[26] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
[27] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was
Ahira the son of Enan.
[28] Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to
their armies, when they set forward.
[29] And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses'
father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will
give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath
spoken good concerning Israel.
[30] And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own
land, and to my kindred.
[31] And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of
eyes.
[32] And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
[33] And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey:
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days'
journey, to search out a resting place for them.
[34] And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out
of the camp.
[35] And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee
flee before thee.
[36] And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many
thousands of Israel.
[1] And when the people complained, it displeased the
LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the
LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of
the camp.
[2] And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the
LORD, the fire was quenched.
[3] And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the
LORD burnt among them.
[4] And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
[5] We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the
cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
[6] But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
[7] And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the
colour of bdellium.
[8] And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the
taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
[9] And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell
upon it.
[10] Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every
man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly;
Moses also was displeased.
[11] And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy
servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest
the burden of all this people upon me?
[12] Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the
sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
[13] Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
[14] I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too
heavy for me.
[15] And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand,
if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the
elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and
officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
that they may stand there with thee.
[17] And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of
the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear
the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
[18] And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
[19] Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten
days, nor twenty days;
[20] But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among
you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
[21] And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred
thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat
a whole month.
[22] Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice
them?
[23] And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou
shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
[24] And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and
gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about
the tabernacle.
[25] And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of
the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came
to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease.
[26] But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one
was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them;
and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle:
and they prophesied in the camp.
[27] And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad
do prophesy in the camp.
[28] And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young
men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
[29] And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that
all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit
upon them!
[30] And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
[31] And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from
the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this
side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp,
and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
[32] And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all
the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten
homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
[33] And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed,
the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the
people with a very great plague.
[34] And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because
there they buried the people that lusted.
[35] And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and
abode at Hazeroth.
[1] And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because
of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian
woman.
[2] And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he
not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
[3] (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon
the face of the earth.)
[4] And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto
Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they
three came out.
[5] And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the
door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
[6] And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I
the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him
in a dream.
[7] My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
[8] With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in
dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then
were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
[9] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
[10] And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam
became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she
was leprous.
[11] And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not
the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
[12] Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when
he cometh out of his mother's womb.
[13] And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I
beseech thee.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp
seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
[15] And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people
journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
[16] And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wilderness of Paran.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give
unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a
man, every one a ruler among them.
[3] And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the
wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
[4] And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son
of Zaccur.
[5] Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
[6] Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
[7] Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
[8] Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
[9] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
[10] Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
[11] Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the
son of Susi.
[12] Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
[13] Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
[14] Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
[15] Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
[16] These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the
land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
[17] And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto
them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
[18] And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein,
whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
[19] And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong
holds;
[20] And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be
wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the
land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
[21] So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin
unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
[22] And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven
years before Zoan in Egypt.)
[23] And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a
branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff;
and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
[24] The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of
grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
[25] And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
[26] And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to
Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and
shewed them the fruit of the land.
[27] And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou
sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of
it.
[28] Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak
there.
[29] The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites,
and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites
dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
[30] And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up
at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
[31] But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up
against the people; for they are stronger than we.
[32] And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had
searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have
gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all
the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
[33] And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the
giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight.
[1] And all the congregation lifted up their voice,
and cried; and the people wept that night.
[2] And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in
the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
[3] And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by
the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better
for us to return into Egypt?
[4] And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.
[5] Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of
the congregation of the children of Israel.
[6] And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which
were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
[7] And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good
land.
[8] If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
[9] Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of
the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and
the LORD is with us: fear them not.
[10] But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory
of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the
children of Israel.
[11] And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me?
and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have
shewed among them?
[12] I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and
will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
[13] And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,
(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
[14] And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they
have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face
to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before
them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
[15] Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
[16] Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land
which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
[17] And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
[18] The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity
and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
[19] Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto
the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt
even until now.
[20] And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
[21] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the
glory of the LORD.
[22] Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,
which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten
times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
[23] Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their
fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
[24] But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and
hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and
his seed shall possess it.
[25] (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To
morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[27] How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
murmur against me.
[28] Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have
spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
[29] Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were
numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward,
which have murmured against me,
[30] Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware
to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun.
[31] But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
[32] But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
[33] And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and
bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
[34] After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even
forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty
years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
[35] I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil
congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they
shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
[36] And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and
made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon
the land,
[37] Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land,
died by the plague before the LORD.
[38] But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which
were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
[39] And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and
the people mourned greatly.
[40] And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top
of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which
the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
[41] And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of
the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
[42] Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
[43] For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore
the LORD will not be with you.
[44] But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
[45] Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in
that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
[3] And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering,
or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your
solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the
flock:
[4] Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of
oil.
[5] And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt
thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
[6] Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals
of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
[7] And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin
of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[8] And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
[9] Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth
deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
[10] And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[11] Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a
lamb, or a kid.
[12] According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to
every one according to their number.
[13] All that are born of the country shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[14] And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in
your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
[15] One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also
for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
[16] One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come
into the land whither I bring you,
[19] Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye
shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
[20] Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave
it.
[21] Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave
offering in your generations.
[22] And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments,
which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
[23] Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses,
from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
[24] Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young
bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat
offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the
goats for a sin offering.
[25] And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of
the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and
they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and
their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
[26] And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were
in ignorance.
[27] And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she
goat of the first year for a sin offering.
[28] And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement
for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
[29] Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both
for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
[30] But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in
the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
[31] Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon
him.
[32] And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
[33] And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
[34] And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should
be done to him.
[35] And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
[36] And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned
him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[37] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[38] Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that
they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
[39] And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it,
and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek
not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
[40] That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto
your God.
[41] I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
[1] Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
[2] And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of
Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the
congregation, men of renown:
[3] And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the
congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore
then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
[4] And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
[5] And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to
morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to
come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto
him.
[6] This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
[7] And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to
morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be
holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
[8] And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
[9] Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath
separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to
do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto them?
[10] And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons
of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
[11] For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together
against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
[12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which
said, We will not come up:
[13] Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that
floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make
thyself altogether a prince over us?
[14] Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with
milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put
out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
[15] And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou
their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of
them.
[16] And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the
LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
[17] And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring
ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou
also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
[18] And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid
incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
with Moses and Aaron.
[19] And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto
all the congregation.
[20] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[21] Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
[22] And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the
congregation?
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[24] Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
[25] And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders
of Israel followed him.
[26] And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be
consumed in all their sins.
[27] So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on
every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their
tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
[28] And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to
do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
[29] If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
[30] But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into
the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
[31] And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
[32] And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
[33] They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the
pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the
congregation.
[34] And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
[35] And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two
hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
[36] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[37] Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the
censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are
hallowed.
[38] The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make
them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the
LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children
of Israel.
[39] And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that
were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the
altar:
[40] To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD;
that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the
hand of Moses.
[41] But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of
the LORD.
[42] And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD
appeared.
[43] And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
[44] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[45] Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as
in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
[46] And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from
off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and
make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the
plague is begun.
[47] And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the
congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on
incense, and made an atonement for the people.
[48] And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed.
[49] Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
[50] And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a
rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to
the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his
rod.
[3] And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
[4] And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
[5] And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose,
shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children
of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
[6] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their
princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers'
houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
[7] And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of
witness.
[8] And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the
tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was
budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
[9] And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the
children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
[10] And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the
testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take
away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
[11] And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
[12] And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we
die, we perish, we all perish.
[13] Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD
shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
[1] And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons
and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and
thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
[2] And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of
witness.
[3] And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the
altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
[4] And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a
stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
[5] And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
[6] And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[7] Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's
office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I
have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the
charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of
Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sons, by an ordinance for ever.
[9] This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering
of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto
me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
[10] In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it:
it shall be holy unto thee.
[11] And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the
wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to
thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that
is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
[12] All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have
I given thee.
[13] And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring
unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat
of it.
[14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
[15] Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts
shalt thou redeem.
[16] And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
[17] But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle
their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by
fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[18] And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
[19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of
Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the
LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
[20] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in
their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and
thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
[21] And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in
Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[22] Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
[23] But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have
no inheritance.
[24] But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an
heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore
I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
[25] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[26] Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even
a tenth part of the tithe.
[27] And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though
it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
[28] Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all
your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give
thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
[29] Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the
LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
[30] Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of
the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
[31] And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it
is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[32] And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from
it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of
Israel, lest ye die.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
[3] And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
[4] And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven
times:
[5] And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
[6] And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and
cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
[7] Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be
unclean until the even.
[8] And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
[9] And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the
congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a
purification for sin.
[10] And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of
Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for
ever.
[11] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven
days.
[12] He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the
seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then
the seventh day he shall not be clean.
[13] Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall
be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon
him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
[14] This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
[15] And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is
unclean.
[16] And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven
days.
[17] And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a
vessel:
[18] And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that
were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a
grave:
[19] And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third
day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself,
and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
[20] But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,
that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled
the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon
him; he is unclean.
[21] And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth
the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
[22] And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and
the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
[1] Then came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode
in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
[2] And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
[3] And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that
we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
[4] And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
[5] And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us
in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of
pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
[6] And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and
the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
[7] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[8] Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron
thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give
forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so
thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
[9] And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
[10] And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the
rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out
of this rock?
[11] And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their
beasts also.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me
not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
[13] This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove
with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
[14] And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus
saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
[15] How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a
long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
[16] And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an
angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a
city in the uttermost of thy border:
[17] Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the
water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, we will not turn to the
right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
[18] And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out
against thee with the sword.
[19] And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high
way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will
only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
[20] And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against
him with much people, and with a strong hand.
[21] Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast
of the land of Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter
into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye
rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
[25] Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
[26] And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son:
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
[27] And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount
Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar
came down from the mount.
[29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
[1] And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in
the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought
against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
[2] And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
[3] And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the
name of the place Hormah.
[4] And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged
because of the way.
[5] And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have
ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread,
neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
[6] And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
[7] Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take
away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
[8] And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it, shall live.
[9] And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent
of brass, he lived.
[10] And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
[11] And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
[12] From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
[13] From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for
Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
[14] Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he
did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
[15] And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of
Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
[16] And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the
LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
[17] Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
[18] The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they
went to Mattanah:
[19] And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
[20] And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to
the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
[21] And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
[22] Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go
along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
[23] And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
[24] And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his
land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of
the children of Ammon was strong.
[25] And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the
cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
[26] For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had
fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand,
even unto Arnon.
[27] Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let
the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
[28] For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
[29] Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath
given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king
of the Amorites.
[30] We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we
have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
[31] Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
[32] And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
[33] And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king
of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at
Edrei.
[34] And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered
him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him
as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
[35] So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there
was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
[1] And the children of Israel set forward, and
pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
[2] And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
[3] And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and
Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
[4] And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick
up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
[5] He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him,
saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the
face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
[6] Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and
that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is
blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
[7] And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the
rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto
him the words of Balak.
[8] And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with
Balaam.
[9] And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
[10] And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
hath sent unto me, saying,
[11] Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the
face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to
overcome them, and drive them out.
[12] And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt
not curse the people: for they are blessed.
[13] And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of
Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go
with you.
[14] And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and
said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
[15] And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than
they.
[16] And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son
of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
[17] For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this
people.
[18] And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak
would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of
the LORD my God, to do less or more.
[19] Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I
may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
[20] And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall
say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
[21] And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went
with the princes of Moab.
[22] And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the
LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his
ass, and his two servants were with him.
[23] And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his
sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into
the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
[24] But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, and a wall on that side.
[25] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto
the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
[26] And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow
place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
[27] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under
Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
[28] And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,
What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
[29] And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would
there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
[30] And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto
thee? And he said, Nay.
[31] Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of
the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed
down his head, and fell flat on his face.
[32] And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou
smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee,
because thy way is perverse before me:
[33] And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless
she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
[34] And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I
knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it
displease thee, I will get me back again.
[35] And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but
only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak.
[36] And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost
coast.
[37] And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to
call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote
thee to honour?
[38] And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any
power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that
shall I speak.
[39] And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.
[40] And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the
princes that were with him.
[41] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and
brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the
utmost part of the people.
[1] And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven
altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
[2] And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bullock and a ram.
[3] And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will
go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I
will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
[4] And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven
altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
[5] And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
[6] And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice,
he, and all the princes of Moab.
[7] And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me
Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
[8] How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
whom the LORD hath not defied?
[9] For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the
nations.
[10] Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part
of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like
his!
[11] And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took
thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
[12] And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which
the LORD hath put in my mouth?
[13] And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another
place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of
them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
[14] And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
[15] And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I
meet the LORD yonder.
[16] And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go
again unto Balak, and say thus.
[17] And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,
and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD
spoken?
[18] And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
[19] God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that
he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and
shall he not make it good?
[20] Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
[21] He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king
is among them.
[22] God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of
an unicorn.
[23] Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and
of Israel, What hath God wrought!
[24] Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up
himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
[25] And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
[26] But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
[27] And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me
them from thence.
[28] And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward
Jeshimon.
[29] And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
[30] And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram
on every altar.
[1] And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to
bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he
set his face toward the wilderness.
[2] And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his
tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
[3] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
[4] He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of
the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
[5] How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
[6] As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's
side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar
trees beside the waters.
[7] He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in
many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be
exalted.
[8] God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength
of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their
bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
[9] He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall
stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth
thee.
[10] And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his
hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine
enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
[11] Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee
unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
[12] And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers
which thou sentest unto me, saying,
[13] If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot
go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own
mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
[14] And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will
advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
[15] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
[16] He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge
of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance,
but having his eyes open:
[17] I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh:
there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
[18] And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for
his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
[19] Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy him that remaineth of the city.
[20] And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish
for ever.
[21] And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
[22] Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry
thee away captive.
[23] And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God
doeth this!
[24] And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
[25] And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak
also went his way.
[1] And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began
to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
[2] And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and
the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
[3] And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Israel.
[4] And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD
may be turned away from Israel.
[5] And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men
that were joined unto Baal-peor.
[6] And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[7] And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
[8] And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the
plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
[9] And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
[10] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[11] Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath
turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my
sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
[12] Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
[13] And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of
an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
[14] Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain
with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief
house among the Simeonites.
[15] And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
[16] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[17] Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
[18] For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you
in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of
Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
[1] And it came to pass after the plague, that the
LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
[2] Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their father's house, all that are able
to go to war in Israel.
[3] And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
[4] Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the
LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the
land of Egypt.
[5] Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of
whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the
Palluites:
[6] Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the
Carmites.
[7] These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
[8] And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
[9] And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that
Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against
Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the
LORD:
[10] And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and
fifty men: and they became a sign.
[11] Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
[12] The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of
the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of
the Jachinites:
[13] Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the
Shaulites.
[14] These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand
and two hundred.
[15] The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of
the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of
the Shunites:
[16] Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the
Erites:
[17] Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the
Arelites.
[18] These are the families of the children of Gad according to those
that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
[19] The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the
land of Canaan.
[20] And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the
family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the
family of the Zarhites.
[21] And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
[22] These are the families of Judah according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
[23] Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family
of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
[24] Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of
the Shimronites.
[25] These are the families of Issachar according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
[26] Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family
of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of
the Jahleelites.
[27] These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that
were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
[28] The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
[29] Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites:
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
[30] These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the
Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
[31] And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites:
[32] And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the
family of the Hepherites.
[33] And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the
names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
Tirzah.
[34] These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of
them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
[35] These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of
Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
[36] And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites.
[37] These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those
that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are
the sons of Joseph after their families.
[38] The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of
the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of
the Ahiramites:
[39] Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of
the Huphamites.
[40] And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the
Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
[41] These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that
were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
[42] These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the
family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
[43] All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
[44] Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family
of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of
the Beriites.
[45] Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of
Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
[46] And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
[47] These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that
were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
[48] Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the
family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
[49] Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of
the Shillemites.
[50] These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and
they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
[51] These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred
thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
[52] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[53] Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according
to the number of names.
[54] To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given
according to those that were numbered of him.
[55] Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
[56] According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided
between many and few.
[57] And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their
families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of
the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
[58] These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the
Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
[59] And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses,
and Miriam their sister.
[60] And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[61] And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the
LORD.
[62] And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three
thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered
among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among
the children of Israel.
[63] These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho.
[64] But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron
the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the
wilderness of Sinai.
[65] For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness.
And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
[1] Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the
families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his
daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
[2] And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, saying,
[3] Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of
them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of
Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
[4] Why should the name of our father be done away from among his
family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father.
[5] And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
[6] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[7] The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them
a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt
cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
[8] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man
die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his
daughter.
[9] And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his brethren.
[10] And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his father's brethren.
[11] And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall
possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment,
as the LORD commanded Moses.
[12] And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim,
and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
[13] And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
[14] For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that
is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
[15] And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
[16] Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over
the congregation,
[17] Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and
which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of
the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
[18] And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a
man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
[19] And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
[20] And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
[21] And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel
for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go
out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of
Israel with him, even all the congregation.
[22] And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and
set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
[23] And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and
my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye
observe to offer unto me in their due season.
[3] And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire
which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot
day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
[4] The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb
shalt thou offer at even;
[5] And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
[6] It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
[7] And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin
for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be
poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
[8] And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of
the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[9] And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and
two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink
offering thereof:
[10] This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering.
[11] And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt
offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the
first year without spot;
[12] And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with
oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with oil, for one ram;
[13] And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the LORD.
[14] And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a
bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin
unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of
the year.
[15] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be
offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
[16] And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the
LORD.
[17] And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days
shall unleavened bread be eaten.
[18] In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no
manner of servile work therein:
[19] But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering
unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first
year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
[20] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three
tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
[21] A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout
the seven lambs:
[22] And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
[23] Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,
which is for a continual burnt offering.
[24] After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days,
the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it
shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
[25] And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall
do no servile work.
[26] Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat
offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
[27] But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the
LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
[28] And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
[29] A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
[30] And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
[31] Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his
meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink
offerings.
[1] And in the seventh month, on the first day of the
month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a
day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
[2] And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the
LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without
blemish:
[3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
[4] And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
[5] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement
for you:
[6] Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and
the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings,
according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto
the LORD.
[7] And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
[8] But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet
savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they
shall be unto you without blemish:
[9] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
[10] A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
[11] One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of
atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and
their drink offerings.
[12] And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the
LORD seven days:
[13] And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
[14] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to
each ram of the two rams,
[15] And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
[16] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[17] And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two
rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
[18] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[19] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
[20] And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of
the first year without blemish;
[21] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[22] And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[23] And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
the first year without blemish:
[24] Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[25] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[26] And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
the first year without spot:
[27] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[28] And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[29] And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
[30] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[31] And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[32] And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
[33] And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[34] And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[35] On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no
servile work therein:
[36] But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year
without blemish:
[37] Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for
the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
[38] And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
[39] These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside
your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your
meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
[40] And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the
LORD commanded Moses.
[1] And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes
concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD
hath commanded.
[2] If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul
with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that
proceedeth out of his mouth.
[3] If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond,
being in her father's house in her youth;
[4] And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound
her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall
stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
[5] But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any
of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand:
and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
[6] And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought
out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
[7] And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that
he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her
soul shall stand.
[8] But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then
he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her
lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive
her.
[9] But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith
they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
[10] And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a
bond with an oath;
[11] And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed
her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her
soul shall stand.
[12] But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard
them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them
void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
[13] Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
[14] But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to
day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her:
he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard
them.
[15] But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard
them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
[16] These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a
man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth
in her father's house.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt
thou be gathered unto thy people.
[3] And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto
the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
[4] Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,
shall ye send to the war.
[5] So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand
of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
[6] And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments,
and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
[7] And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses;
and they slew all the males.
[8] And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were
slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of
Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
[9] And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,
and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their
flocks, and all their goods.
[10] And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly
castles, with fire.
[11] And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of
beasts.
[12] And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of
Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
[13] And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
[14] And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the
battle.
[15] And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
[16] Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of
Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there
was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
[17] Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him.
[18] But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with
him, keep alive for yourselves.
[19] And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed
any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and
your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
[20] And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all
work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
[21] And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the
battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
[22] Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and
the lead,
[23] Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through
the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the
water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through
the water.
[24] And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
[25] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[26] Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
[27] And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war
upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
[28] And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out
to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves,
and of the asses, and of the sheep:
[29] Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an
heave offering of the LORD.
[30] And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion
of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of
all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of
the tabernacle of the LORD.
[31] And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
[32] And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had
caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
[33] And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
[34] And threescore and one thousand asses,
[35] And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of woman that had not
known man by lying with him.
[36] And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war,
was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five
hundred sheep:
[37] And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore
and fifteen.
[38] And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
[39] And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD's tribute was threescore and one.
[40] And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute
was thirty and two persons.
[41] And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering,
unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
[42] And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
[43] (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three
hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
[44] And thirty and six thousand beeves,
[45] And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
[46] And sixteen thousand persons;)
[47] Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of
fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the
charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[48] And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the
captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
[49] And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the
men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
[50] We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and
tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
[51] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
wrought jewels.
[52] And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD,
of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
[53] (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
[54] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the
congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
[1] Now the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer,
and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
[2] The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto
Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,
saying,
[3] Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh,
and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
[4] Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of
Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
[5] Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
[6] And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
[7] And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
[8] Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see
the land.
[9] For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land,
they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go
into the land which the LORD had given them.
[10] And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
saying,
[11] Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
[12] Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of
Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
[13] And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them
wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil
in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
[14] And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
[15] For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in
the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
[16] And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
[17] But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in
the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
[18] We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
[19] For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or
forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
[20] And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go
armed before the LORD to war,
[21] And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he
hath driven out his enemies from before him,
[22] And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land
shall be your possession before the LORD.
[23] But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
[24] Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
[25] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto
Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
[26] Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall
be there in the cities of Gilead:
[27] But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before
the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
[28] So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
[29] And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the
LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the
land of Gilead for a possession:
[30] But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
[31] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,
saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
[32] We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
[33] And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan,
the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country
round about.
[34] And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
[35] And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
[36] And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for
sheep.
[37] And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim,
[38] And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah:
and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
[39] And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and
took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
[40] And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt
therein.
[41] And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof,
and called them Havoth-jair.
[42] And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his own name.
[1] These are the journeys of the children of Israel,
which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of
Moses and Aaron.
[2] And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the
commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings
out.
[3] And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth
day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel
went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
[4] For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had
smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
[5] And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in
Succoth.
[6] And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wilderness.
[7] And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth,
which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
[8] And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the
midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the
wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
[9] And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were
twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched
there.
[10] And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
[11] And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness
of Sin.
[12] And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and
encamped in Dophkah.
[13] And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
[14] And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no
water for the people to drink.
[15] And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of
Sinai.
[16] And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at
Kibroth-hattaavah.
[17] And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
[18] And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
[19] And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
[20] And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
[21] And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
[22] And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
[23] And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
[24] And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
[25] And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
[26] And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
[27] And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
[28] And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
[29] And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
[30] And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
[31] And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
[32] And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.
[33] And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
[34] And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
[35] And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
[36] And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of
Zin, which is Kadesh.
[37] And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge
of the land of Edom.
[38] And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of
the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel
were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
[39] And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he
died in mount Hor.
[40] And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land
of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
[41] And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
[42] And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
[43] And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
[44] And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the
border of Moab.
[45] And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
[46] And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
[47] And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the
mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
[48] And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
[49] And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim
in the plains of Moab.
[50] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
[51] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are
passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
[52] Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and
quite pluck down all their high places:
[53] And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell
therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
[54] And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your
families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer
ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the
place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall
inherit.
[55] But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from
before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them
shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in
the land wherein ye dwell.
[56] Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I
thought to do unto them.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an
inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
[3] Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by
the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt
sea eastward:
[4] And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim,
and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to
Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
[5] And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of
Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
[6] And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for
a border: this shall be your west border.
[7] And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall
point out for you mount Hor:
[8] From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of
Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
[9] And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it
shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
[10] And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
[11] And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east
side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the
sea of Chinnereth eastward:
[12] And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round
about.
[13] And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the
land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the
nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
[14] For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of
their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of
their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh
have received their inheritance:
[15] The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance
on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
[16] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[17] These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto
you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[18] And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by
inheritance.
[19] And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
the son of Jephunneh.
[20] And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of
Ammihud.
[21] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
[22] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son
of Jogli.
[23] The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children
of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
[24] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the
son of Shiphtan.
[25] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan
the son of Parnach.
[26] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel
the son of Azzan.
[27] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the
son of Shelomi.
[28] And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel
the son of Ammihud.
[29] These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto
the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of
the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also
unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
[3] And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them
shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
[4] And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites,
shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round
about.
[5] And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west
side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits and the
city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
[6] And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall
be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may
flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
[7] So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty
and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
[8] And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the
children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them
that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the
Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
[11] Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you;
that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
[12] And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that
the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
[13] And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have
for refuge.
[14] Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities
shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
[15] These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of
Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one
that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
[16] And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he
is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
[17] And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,
and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
[18] Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may
die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
[19] The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he
meeteth him, he shall slay him.
[20] But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait,
that he die;
[21] Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote
him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood
shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
[22] But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him
any thing without laying of wait,
[23] Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and
cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
[24] Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the
revenger of blood according to these judgments:
[25] And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of
the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of
his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the
high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
[26] But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the
city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
[27] And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city
of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be
guilty of blood:
[28] Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the
death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer
shall return into the land of his possession.
[29] So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[30] Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the
mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to
cause him to die.
[31] Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
[32] And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city
of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death
of the priest.
[33] So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it
defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed
therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
[34] Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I
dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
[1] And the chief fathers of the families of the
children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of
the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes,
the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
[2] And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an
inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the
LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
[3] And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of
[4] And when the jubile of the children of
[5] And Moses commanded the children of
[6] This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only
to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
[7] So shall not the inheritance of the children of
[8] And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of
the children of
[9] Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another
tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of
[10] Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of
Zelophehad:
[11] For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
[12] And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the
son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of
their father.
[13] These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of
[1] These be the words which Moses spake unto all
Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red
sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
[2] (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir
unto Kadesh-barnea.)
[3] And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on
the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
[4] After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in
Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
[5] On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare
this law, saying,
[6] The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long
enough in this mount:
[7] Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the
Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills,
and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
[8] Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto
them and to their seed after them.
[9] And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone:
[10] The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day
as the stars of heaven for multitude.
[11] (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many
more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
[12] How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and
your strife?
[13] Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes,
and I will make them rulers over you.
[14] And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is
good for us to do.
[15] So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and
captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
[16] And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes
between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother,
and the stranger that is with him.
[17] Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the
small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me,
and I will hear it.
[18] And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
[19] And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and
terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites,
as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
[20] And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
[21] Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and
possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not,
neither be discouraged.
[22] And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send
men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again
by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
[23] And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one
of a tribe:
[24] And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the
valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
[25] And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought
it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which
the LORD our God doth give us.
[26] Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God:
[27] And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us,
he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand
of the Amorites, to destroy us.
[28] Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and
walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
[29] Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
[30] The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
[31] And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy
God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until
ye came into this place.
[32] Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
[33] Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch
your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a
cloud by day.
[34] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and
sware, saying,
[35] Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see
that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
[36] Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I
give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath
wholly followed the LORD.
[37] Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also
shalt not go in thither.
[38] But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go
in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
[39] Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your
children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall
go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
[40] But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness
by the way of the Red sea.
[41] Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD,
we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.
And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up
into the hill.
[42] And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight;
for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
[43] So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against
the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
[44] And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against
you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
[45] And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not
hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
[46] So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye
abode there.
[1] Then we turned, and took our journey into the
wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we
compassed mount Seir many days.
[2] And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
[3] Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
[4] And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be
afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
[5] Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not
so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a
possession.
[6] Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall
also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
[7] For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand:
he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the
LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
[8] And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber,
we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
[9] And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither
contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a
possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
[10] The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the Anakims;
[11] Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites
call them Emims.
[12] The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in
their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave
unto them.
[13] Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went
over the brook Zered.
[14] And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were
come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation
of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto
them.
[15] For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them
from among the host, until they were consumed.
[16] So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead
from among the people,
[17] That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
[18] Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
[19] And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land
of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the
children of Lot for a possession.
[20] (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in
old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
[21] A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD
destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
[22] As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he
destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in
their stead even unto this day:
[23] And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the
Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
stead.)
[24] Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon:
behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and
his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
[25] This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee
upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of
thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
[26] And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon
king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
[27] Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I
will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
[28] Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me
water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
[29] (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites
which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land
which the LORD our God giveth us.
[30] But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the
LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might
deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
[31] And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and
his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
[32] Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
[33] And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and
his sons, and all his people.
[34] And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the
men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
[35] Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of
the cities which we took.
[36] From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from
the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too
strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
[37] Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor
unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor
unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
[1] Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan:
and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle
at Edrei.
[2] And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and
all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou
didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
[3] So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him
remaining.
[4] And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which
we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
[5] All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;
beside unwalled towns a great many.
[6] And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
[7] But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey
to ourselves.
[8] And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
mount Hermon;
[9] (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it
Shenir;)
[10] All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[11] For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;
behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the
children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the
breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
[12] And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which
is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I
unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
[13] And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,
gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all
Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
[14] Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the
coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.
[15] And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
[16] And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead
even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
[17] The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth
even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah
eastward.
[18] And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath
given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your
brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
[19] But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know
that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
[20] Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto
you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given
them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession,
which I have given you.
[21] And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen
all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
[22] Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for
you.
[23] And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
[24] O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and
thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
[25] I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
[26] But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear
me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of
this matter.
[27] Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes
westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine
eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
[28] But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he
shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which thou shalt see.
[29] So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
[1] Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the
statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may
live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth
you.
[2] Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God
which I command you.
[3] Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all
the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from
among you.
[4] But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of
you this day.
[5] Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD
my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess
it.
[6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes,
and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
[7] For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
[8] And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
[9] Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
[10] Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in
Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will
make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
[11] And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
[12] And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard
the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
[13] And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
[14] And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
[15] Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner
of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst
of the fire:
[16] Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
[18] The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[19] And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest
the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven.
[20] But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are
this day.
[21] Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware
that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good
land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
[22] But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye
shall go over, and possess that good land.
[23] Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD
your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness
of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
[24] For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
[25] When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye
shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of
the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
[26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye
shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to
possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be
destroyed.
[27] And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be
left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
[28] And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and
stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt
find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
[30] When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
[31] (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
[32] For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or hath been heard like it?
[33] Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
[34] Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a
mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all
that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[35] Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he
is God; there is none else beside him.
[36] Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might
instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest
his words out of the midst of the fire.
[37] And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed
after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of
Egypt;
[38] To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than
thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it
is this day.
[39] Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the
LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
[40] Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which
I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children
after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
[41] Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
[42] That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these
cities he might live:
[43] Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the
Manassites.
[44] And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
[45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments,
which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of
Egypt,
[46] On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the
land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
[47] And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two
kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
[48] From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto
mount Sion, which is Hermon,
[49] And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea
of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
[1] And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them,
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day,
that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
[2] The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[3] The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even
us, who are all of us here alive this day.
[4] The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst
of the fire,
[5] (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work
of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the
mount;) saying,
[6] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage.
[7] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the waters beneath the earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the
LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant
may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and
that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with
thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[17] Thou shalt not kill.
[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
[19] Neither shalt thou steal.
[20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,
his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[22] These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out
of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.
[23] And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of
the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[24] And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and
his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we
have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
[25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume
us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
[26] For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the
living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[27] Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and
speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
[28] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me;
and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which
they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
[29] O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,
and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
[30] Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
[31] But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee
all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
[32] Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath
commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[33] Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath
commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye
may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
[1] Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and
the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do
them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
[2] That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes
and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
[3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well
with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers
hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy might.
[6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart:
[7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall
be as frontlets between thine eyes.
[9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates.
[10] And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into
the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
[11] And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and
wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
[12] Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[13] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by
his name.
[14] Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which
are round about you;
[15] (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of
the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of
the earth.
[16] Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
[17] Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and
his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
[18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the
good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
[19] To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[20] And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath
commanded you?
[21] Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in
Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
[22] And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
[23] And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to
give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
[24] And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the
LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
[25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the
land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before
thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater
and mightier than thou;
[2] And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
[3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt
not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may
serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
[5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
[6] For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God
hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath
which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt.
[9] Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;
[10] And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he
will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
[11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and
the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,
and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
[13] And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will
also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in
the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[14] Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[15] And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put
none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
[16] And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve
their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
[17] If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I;
how can I dispossess them?
[18] Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the
LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
[19] The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy
God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom
thou art afraid.
[20] Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until
they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
[22] And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by
little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
[23] But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall
destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
[24] And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
[25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt
not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou
be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
[26] Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou
be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
[1] All the commandments which I command thee this
day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and
possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
[2] And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know
what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
[3] And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make
thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
[4] Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,
these forty years.
[5] Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth
his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
[6] Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to fear him.
[7] For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of
brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
[8] A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and
pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
[9] A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt
not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills
thou mayest dig brass.
[10] When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD
thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
[11] Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day:
[12] Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly
houses, and dwelt therein;
[13] And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy
gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
[14] Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
[15] Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein
were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who
brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
[16] Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew
not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good
at thy latter end;
[17] And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand
hath gotten me this wealth.
[18] But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
[19] And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and
walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you
this day that ye shall surely perish.
[20] As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall
ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your
God.
[1] Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this
day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities
great and fenced up to heaven,
[2] A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou
knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of
Anak!
[3] Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which
goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall
bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them
quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
[4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast
them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought
me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD
doth drive them out from before thee.
[5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,
dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the
word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
[6] Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this
good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked
people.
[7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to
wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of
Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
[8] Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was
angry with you to have destroyed you.
[9] When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,
even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in
the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
[10] And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the
LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the
assembly.
[11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that
the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
[12] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence;
for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded
them; they have made them a molten image.
[13] Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this
people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
[14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from
under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
[15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with
fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
[16] And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God,
and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way
which the LORD had commanded you.
[17] And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
[18] And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and
forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your
sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke
him to anger.
[19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the
LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at
that time also.
[20] And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
[21] And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as
dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the
mount.
[22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye
provoked the LORD to wrath.
[23] Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up
and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his
voice.
[24] Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew
you.
[25] Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I
fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
[26] I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not
thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness,
which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
[27] Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
[28] Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD
was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he
hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
[29] Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
[1] At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two
tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and
make thee an ark of wood.
[2] And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first
tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
[3] And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone
like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine
hand.
[4] And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of
the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
[5] And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables
in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
[6] And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and
Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
[7] From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to
Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
[8] At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and
to bless in his name, unto this day.
[9] Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the
LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
[10] And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days
and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the
LORD would not destroy thee.
[11] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the
people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their
fathers to give unto them.
[12] And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to
fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
[13] To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day for thy good?
[14] Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God,
the earth also, with all that therein is.
[15] Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he
chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
[16] Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
[17] For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
[18] He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and
loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
[19] Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land
of Egypt.
[20] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him
shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
[21] He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
[22] Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons;
and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
[1] Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and
keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments,
alway.
[2] And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have
not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his
greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
[3] And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt
unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
[4] And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to
their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they
pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
[5] And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this
place;
[6] And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of
Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their
possession, in the midst of all Israel:
[7] But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
[8] Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you
this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go
to possess it;
[9] And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware
unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with
milk and honey.
[10] For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the
land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
[11] But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and
valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
[12] A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy
God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the
year.
[13] And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to
serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
[14] That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the
first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil.
[15] And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou
mayest eat and be full.
[16] Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye
turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
[17] And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up
the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and
lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
[18] Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes.
[19] And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up.
[20] And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and
upon thy gates:
[21] That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in
the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of
heaven upon the earth.
[22] For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I
command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways,
and to cleave unto him;
[23] Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and
ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
[24] Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be
yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates,
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
[25] There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your
God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye
shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
[26] Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
[27] A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which
I command you this day:
[28] And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your
God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after
other gods, which ye have not known.
[29] And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee
in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
[30] Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun
goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over
against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
[31] For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which
the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
[32] And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I
set before you this day.
[1] These are the statutes and judgments, which ye
shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee
to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
[2] Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which
ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the
hills, and under every green tree:
[3] And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and
burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their
gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
[4] Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
[5] But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all
your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and
thither thou shalt come:
[6] And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your
sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows,
and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your
flocks:
[7] And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall
rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the
LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
[8] Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
[9] For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
the LORD your God giveth you.
[10] But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD
your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
[11] Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to
cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering
of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
[12] And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons,
and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite
that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with
you.
[13] Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in
every place that thou seest:
[14] But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes,
there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I
command thee.
[15] Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy
God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of
the roebuck, and as of the hart.
[16] Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as
water.
[17] Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of
thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor
any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave
offering of thine hand:
[18] But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and
thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands
unto.
[19] Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as
thou livest upon the earth.
[20] When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised
thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat
flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
[21] If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name
there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,
which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in
thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
[22] Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them:
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
[23] Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the
life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
[24] Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
[25] Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the
LORD.
[26] Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt
take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
[27] And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be
poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
[28] Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may
go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest
that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
[29] When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee,
whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in
their land;
[30] Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them,
after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after
their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do
likewise.
[31] Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination
to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their
sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
[32] What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not
add thereto, nor diminish from it.
[1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
[2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve
them;
[3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love
the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
[4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his
commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
[5] And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;
because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought
you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to
thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So
shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
[6] If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice
thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not
known, thou, nor thy fathers;
[7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh
unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the
other end of the earth;
[8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall
thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
[9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him
to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
[10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath
sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as this is among you.
[12] If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God
hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
[13] Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you,
and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve
other gods, which ye have not known;
[14] Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,
behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought
among you;
[15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle
thereof, with the edge of the sword.
[16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the
street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof
every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall
not be built again.
[17] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:
that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy,
and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy
fathers;
[18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right
in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
[1] Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye
shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
[2] for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
[3] Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
[4] These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
[5] The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat,
and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
[6] And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into
two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney:
for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto
you.
[8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the
cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their
dead carcase.
[9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins
and scales shall ye eat:
[10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is
unclean unto you.
[11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
[12] But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and
ossifrage, and the ospray,
[13] And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
[14] And every raven after his kind,
[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
[17] And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and
the bat.
[19] And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they
shall not be eaten.
[20] But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
[21] Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give
it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
[22] Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
[23] And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he
shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and
of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou
mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
[24] And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to
carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[25] Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
[26] And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God,
and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
[27] And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake
him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
[28] At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of
thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
[29] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within
thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God
may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
[1] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a
release.
[2] And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth
ought unto his neighbour shall release it;he shall not exact it of his
neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
[3] Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine
with thy brother thine hand shall release;
[4] Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall
greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance to possess it:
[5] Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God,
to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
[6] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou
shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign
over many nations,but they shall not reign over thee.
[7] If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any
of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
[8] But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend
him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
[9] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against
thee, and it be sin unto thee.
[10] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved
when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
[11] For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.
[12] And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman , be sold
unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let
him go free from thee.
[13] And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let
him go away empty:
[14] Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
[15] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing
to day.
[16] And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
[17] Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou
shalt do likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free
from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving
thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
[19] All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling
of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
[20] Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
[21] And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
[22] Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean
person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
[23] Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon
the ground as water.
[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover
unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee
forth out of Egypt by night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God,
of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there.
[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth
out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou
camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst
the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
[6] But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his
name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of
the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
[9] Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven
weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
[10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[11] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son,
and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that
is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that
are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his
name there.
[12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.
[13] Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that
thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
[14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
[15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in
the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou
shalt surely rejoice.
[16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD
thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not
appear before the LORD empty:
[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of
the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
[18] Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the
people with just judgment.
[19] Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert
the words of the righteous.
[20] That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[21] Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar
of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
[22] Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God
hateth.
[1] Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God
any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is
an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
[2] If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD
thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of
the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
[3] And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
[4] And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired
diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such
abomination is wrought in Israel:
[5] Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and
shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
[6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not
be put to death.
[7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil
away from among you.
[8] If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood
and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters
of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into
the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
[9] And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge
that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence
of judgment:
[10] And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that
place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do
according to all that they inform thee:
[11] According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee,
and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou
shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right
hand, nor to the left.
[12] And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto
the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the
judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
[13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more
presumptuously.
[14] When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set
a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
[15] Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy
God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
[16] But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people
to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the
LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
[17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not
away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
[18] And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,
that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites:
[19] And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of
his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of
this law and these statutes, to do them:
[20] That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he
turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the
end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the
midst of Israel.
[1] The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of
Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the
offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
[2] Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the
LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
[3] And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that
offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the
priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
[4] The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and
the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
[5] For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand
to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
[6] And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where
he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the
LORD shall choose;
[7] Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his
brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
[8] They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of
the sale of his patrimony.
[9] When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
[11] Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or
a necromancer.
[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before
thee.
[13] Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
[14] For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath
not suffered thee so to do.
[15] The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst
of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
[16] According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb
in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD
my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
[17] And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they
have spoken.
[18] I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that
I shall command him.
[19] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my
words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
[20] But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,
which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of
other gods, even that prophet shall die.
[21] And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which
the LORD hath not spoken?
[22] When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing
follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
[1] When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations,
whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest
in their cities, and in their houses;
[2] Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
[3] Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every
slayer may flee thither.
[4] And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that
he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time
past;
[5] As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood,
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head
slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall
flee unto one of those cities, and live:
[6] Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is
hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was
not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
[7] Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee.
[8] And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy
fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
[9] If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I
command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways;
then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
[10] That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
[11] But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and
rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of
these cities:
[12] Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
[13] Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent
blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
[14] Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old
time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that
the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
[15] One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or
for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at
the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
[16] If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him
that which is wrong;
[17] Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand
before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those
days;
[18] And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
[19] Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his
brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
[20] And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil among you.
[21] And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
[1] When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies,
and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of
them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land
of Egypt.
[2] And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
[3] And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not
tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
[4] For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.
[5] And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and
return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
[6] And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the
battle, and another man eat of it.
[7] And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and
another man take her.
[8] And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall
say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return
unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
[9] And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto
the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
[10] When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then
proclaim peace unto it.
[11] And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be
tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
[12] And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against
thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
[13] And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
[14] But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou
shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
[15] Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
[16] But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
[17] But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
[18] That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which
they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
[19] When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against
it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down
(for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
[20] Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,
thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the
city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
[1] If one be found slain in the land which the LORD
thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who
hath slain him:
[2] Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall
measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
[3] And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man,
even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought
with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
[4] And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck
there in the valley:
[5] And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD
thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD;
and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
[6] And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
[7] And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,
neither have our eyes seen it.
[8] Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast
redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And
the blood shall be forgiven them.
[9] So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you,
when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
[10] When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD
thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
[11] And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire
unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
[12] Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave
her head, and pare her nails;
[13] And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and
shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month:
and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be
thy wife.
[14] And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt
let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou
shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
[15] If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they
have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn
son be hers that was hated:
[16] Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he
hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of
the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
[17] But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by
giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his
strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
[18] If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have
chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
[19] Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him
out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
[20] And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a
drunkard.
[21] And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he
die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and
fear.
[22] And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be
put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
[23] His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt
in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that
thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
[1] Thou shalt not see the brother's ox or his sheep
go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again
unto thy brother.
[2] And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not,
then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until
thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
[3] In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with
his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and
thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
[4] Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way,
and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
[5] The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
[6] If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or
on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon
the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
[7] But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to
thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
[8] When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement
for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from
thence.
[9] Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
[10] Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
[11] Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and
linen together.
[12] Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
wherewith thou coverest thyself.
[13] If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
[14] And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name
upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a
maid:
[15] Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring
forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the
gate:
[16] And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
[17] And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I
found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's
virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
[18] And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
[19] And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give
them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon
a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his
days.
[20] But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found
for the damsel:
[21] Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's
house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die:
because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's
house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
[22] If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the
woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
[23] If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a
man find her in the city, and lie with her;
[24] Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and
ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried
not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's
wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
[25] But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man
force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
[26] But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel
no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and
slayeth him, even so is this matter:
[27] For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and
there was none to save her.
[28] If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed,
and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
[29] Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father
fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled
her, he may not put her away all his days.
[30] A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's
skirt.
[1] He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his
privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
[2] A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to
his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
[3] An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the
LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation
of the LORD for ever:
[4] Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when
ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son
of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
[5] Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the
LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy
God loved thee.
[6] Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days
for ever.
[7] Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
[8] The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the
congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
[9] When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from
every wicked thing.
[10] If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of
uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the
camp, he shall not come within the camp:
[11] But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with
water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
[12] Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt
go forth abroad:
[13] And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when
thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back
and cover that which cometh from thee:
[14] For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver
thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be
holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
[15] Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped
from his master unto thee:
[16] He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not
oppress him.
[17] There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
of the sons of Israel.
[18] Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog,
into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
[19] Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,
usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
[20] Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother
thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all
that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
[21] When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not
slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it
would be sin in thee.
[22] But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
[23] That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;
even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God,
which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
[24] When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest
eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy
vessel.
[25] When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou
mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto
thy neighbour's standing corn.
[1] When a man hath taken a wife, and married her,
and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found
some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give
it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
[2] And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another
man's wife.
[3] And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of
divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if
the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
[4] Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to
be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the
LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance.
[5] When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one
year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
[6] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for
he taketh a man's life to pledge.
[7] If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall
die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
[8] Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,
and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I
commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
[9] Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after
that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
[10] When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into
his house to fetch his pledge.
[11] Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall
bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
[12] And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
[13] In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun
goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall
be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
[14] Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,
whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within
thy gates:
[15] At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go
down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry
against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
[16] The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither
shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
[17] Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
[18] But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the
LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
[19] When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot
a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
[20] When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow.
[21] When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not
glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for
the widow.
[22] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
[1] If there be a controversy between men, and they
come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the
righteous, and condemn the wicked.
[2] And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the
judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according
to his fault, by a certain number.
[3] Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should
exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should
seem vile unto thee.
[4] Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
[5] If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child,
the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's
brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty
of an husband's brother unto her.
[6] And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed
in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of
Israel.
[7] And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his
brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother
refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the
duty of my husband's brother.
[8] Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and
if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
[9] Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the
elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall
answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's
house.
[10] And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath
his shoe loosed.
[11] When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one
draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth
him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
[12] Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
[13] Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
[14] Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a
small.
[15] But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee.
[16] For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
[17] Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come
forth out of Egypt;
[18] How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even
all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared
not God.
[19] Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
[1] And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it,
and dwellest therein;
[2] That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth,
which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt
put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall
choose to place his name there.
[3] And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and
say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the
country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
[4] And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it
down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
[5] And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready
to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with
a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
[6] And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon
us hard bondage:
[7] And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard
our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
[8] And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and
with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with
wonders:
[9] And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,
even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
[10] And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which
thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and
worship before the LORD thy God:
[11] And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God
hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the
stranger that is among you.
[12] When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine
increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat
within thy gates, and be filled;
[13] Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away
the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according
to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed
thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
[14] I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away
ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I
have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all
that thou hast commanded me.
[15] Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy
people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our
fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
[16] This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes
and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul.
[17] Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in
his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and to hearken unto his voice:
[18] And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people,
as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
[19] And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in
praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto
the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
[1] And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the
people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
[2] And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great
stones, and plaister them with plaister:
[3] And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou
art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God
giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy
fathers hath promised thee.
[4] Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set
up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt
plaister them with plaister.
[5] And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar
of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
[6] Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and
thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
[7] And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and
rejoice before the LORD thy God.
[8] And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very
plainly.
[9] And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the
LORD thy God.
[10] Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his
commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
[11] And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
[12] These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye
are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph,
and Benjamin:
[13] And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and
Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
[14] And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel
with a loud voice,
[15] Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an
abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth
it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
[16] Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
[17] Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
[18] Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
[19] Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[20] Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he
uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[21] Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
[22] Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his
father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[23] Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
[24] Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
[25] Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
[26] Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do
them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[1] And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken
diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his
commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee
on high above all nations of the earth:
[2] And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if
thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
[3] Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the
field.
[4] Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep.
[5] Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
[6] Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
[7] The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee
before thee seven ways.
[8] The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses,
and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[9] The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he
hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,
and walk in his ways.
[10] And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the
name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
[11] And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in
the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[12] The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give
the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:
and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
[13] And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe
and to do them:
[14] And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command
thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to
serve them.
[15] But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and
overtake thee:
[16] Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the
field.
[17] Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
[18] Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land,
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
[19] Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
[20] The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all
that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until
thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me.
[21] The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
[22] The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with
blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
[23] And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron.
[24] The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
[25] The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou
shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt
be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
[26] And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto
the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
[27] The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the
emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be
healed.
[28] The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and
astonishment of heart:
[29] And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness,
and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and
spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
[30] Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
[31] Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat
thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and
shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and
thou shalt have none to rescue them.
[32] Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and
thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and
there shall be no might in thine hand.
[33] The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which
thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
[34] So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
[35] The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a
sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy
head.
[36] The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over
thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
[37] And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,
among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
[38] Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
[39] Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink
of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
[40] Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
[41] Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them;
for they shall go into captivity.
[42] All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
[43] The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;
and thou shalt come down very low.
[44] He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be
the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
[45] Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes
which he commanded thee:
[46] And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon
thy seed for ever.
[47] Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and
with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
[48] Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all
things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed
thee.
[49] The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end
of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt
not understand;
[50] A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person
of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
[51] And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy
land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he
have destroyed thee.
[52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and
fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he
shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy
God hath given thee.
[53] And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy
sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the
siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
[54] So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his
eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and
toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
[55] So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his
children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and
in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy
gates.
[56] The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and
toward her daughter,
[57] And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and
toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of
all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall
distress thee in thy gates.
[58] If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are
written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE
LORD THY GOD;
[59] Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of
thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and
of long continuance.
[60] Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
[61] Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the
book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
[62] And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy
God.
[63] And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do
you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy
you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
[64] And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end
of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which
neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
[65] And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the
sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling
heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
[66] And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear
day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
[67] In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even
thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
see.
[68] And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the
way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye
shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy
you.
[1] These are the words of the covenant, which the
LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,
beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
[2] And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen
all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and
unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
[3] The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
those great miracles:
[4] Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to
see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
[5] And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are
not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
[6] Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
[7] And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og
the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
[8] And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
[9] Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
[10] Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your
captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of
Israel,
[11] Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
[12] That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and
into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
[13] That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and
that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[14] Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
[15] But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD
our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
[16] (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we
came through the nations which ye passed by;
[17] And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and
stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
[18] Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall
and wormwood;
[19] And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that
he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the
imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
[20] The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in
this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under
heaven.
[21] And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
book of the law:
[22] So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid
upon it;
[23] And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and
burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like
the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew
in his anger, and in his wrath:
[24] Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto
this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
[25] Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the
LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt:
[26] For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom
they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
[27] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring
upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
[28] And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
[29] The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do
all the words of this law.
[1] And it shall come to pass, when all these things
are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy
God hath driven thee,
[2] And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul;
[3] That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
[4] If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
[5] And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply
thee above thy fathers.
[6] And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of
thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live.
[7] And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
[8] And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
[9] And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
[10] If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law,
and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul.
[11] For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not
hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
[12] It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for
us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[14] But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy
heart, that thou mayest do it.
[15] See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and
evil;
[16] In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk
in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in
the land whither thou goest to possess it.
[17] But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt
be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
[18] I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that
ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan
to go to possess it.
[19] I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live:
[20] That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey
his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
[1] And Moses went and spake these words unto all
Israel.
[2] And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this
day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou
shalt not go over this Jordan.
[3] The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy
these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he
shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
[4] And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings
of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
[5] And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do
unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them:
for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
[7] And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto
the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou
shalt cause them to inherit it.
[8] And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with
thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.
[9] And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons
of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the
elders of Israel.
[10] And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years,
in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
[11] When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the
place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in
their hearing.
[12] Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn,
and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
[13] And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear,
and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye
go over Jordan to possess it.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou
must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and
presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[15] And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and
the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me,
and break my covenant which I have made with them.
[17] Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured,
and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that
day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
[18] And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which
they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
[19] Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children
of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel.
[20] For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto
their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and
filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and
serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
[21] And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are
befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their
imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the
land which I sware.
[22] Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
[23] And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and
of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
[24] And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the
words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
[25] That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, saying,
[26] Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
[27] For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am
yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how
much more after my death?
[28] Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers,
that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record
against them.
[29] For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves,
and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
[30] And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the
words of this song, until they were ended.
[1] Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
[2] My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
[3] Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness
unto our God.
[4] He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment:
a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
[5] They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his
children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
[6] Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he
thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
[7] Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations:
ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
[8] When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he
separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the
number of the children of Israel.
[9] For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance.
[10] He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
[11] As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
[12] So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with
him.
[13] He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat
the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and
oil out of the flinty rock;
[14] Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of
the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou
didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
[15] But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him,
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
[16] They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations
provoked they him to anger.
[17] They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew
not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
[18] Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten
God that formed thee.
[19] And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the
provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
[20] And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their
end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no
faith.
[21] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they
have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy
with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish
nation.
[22] For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.
[23] I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon
them.
[24] They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,
and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,
with the poison of serpents of the dust.
[25] The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young
man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
[26] I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the
remembrance of them to cease from among men:
[27] Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their
adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand
is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
[28] For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any
understanding in them.
[29] O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would
consider their latter end!
[30] How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
[31] For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges.
[32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of
Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
[33] Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
[34] Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my
treasures?
[35] To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide
in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that
shall come upon them make haste.
[36] For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his
servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or
left.
[37] And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they
trusted,
[38] Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of
their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
[39] See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill,
and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver
out of my hand.
[40] For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
[41] If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
[42] I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour
flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the
beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
[43] Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the
blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will
be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
[44] And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of
the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
[45] And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
[46] And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to
do, all the words of this law.
[47] For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it.
[48] And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
[49] Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in
the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan,
which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
[50] And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto
thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his
people:
[51] Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at
the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified
me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
[52] Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go
thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
[1] And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man
of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
[2] And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto
them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of
saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
[3] Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they
sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
[4] Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation
of Jacob.
[5] And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the
tribes of Israel were gathered together.
[6] Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
[7] And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the
voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for
him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
[8] And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy
one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the
waters of Meribah;
[9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;
neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they
have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
[10] They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they
shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
[11] Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite
through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him,
that they rise not again.
[12] And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in
safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall
dwell between his shoulders.
[13] And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the
precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
[14] And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the
precious things put forth by the moon,
[15] And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills,
[16] And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and
for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his
brethren.
[17] His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are
like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the
ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the
thousands of Manasseh.
[18] And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,
Issachar, in thy tents.
[19] They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall
offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the
seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
[20] And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth
as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
[21] And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a
portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the
people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
[22] And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
[23] And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and
full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
[24] And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him
be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
[25] Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.
[26] There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the
heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
[27] The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say,
Destroy them.
[28] Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob
shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
[29] Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and
thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their
high places.
[1] And Moses went up from the plains of
[2] And all Naphtali, and the
[3] And the south, and the plain of the
[4] And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I
have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
[5] So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the
[6] And he buried him in a valley in the
[7] And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
[8] And the children of
[9] And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for
Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of
[10] And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom
the LORD knew face to face,
[11] In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in
the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
[12] And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which
Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
[1] Now after the death of Moses the servant of the
LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'
minister, saying,
[2] Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel.
[3] Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
[4] From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward
the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
[5] There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of
thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou
divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give
them.
[7] Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
[8] This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good success.
[9] Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
[10] Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
[11] Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to
possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
[12] And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
[13] Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded
you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this
land.
[14] Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the
land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your
brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
[15] Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you,
and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then
ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the
LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
[16] And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we
will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
[17] According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we
hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
[18] Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will
not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to
death: only be strong and of a good courage.
[1] And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two
men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and
came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
[2] And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men
in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
[3] And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to
search out all the country.
[4] And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There
came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
[5] And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after
them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
[6] But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them
with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
[7] And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and
as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
[8] And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
[9] And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the
land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of
the land faint because of you.
[10] For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea
for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly
destroyed.
[11] And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the
LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
[12] Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have
shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house,
and give me a true token:
[13] And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my
brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from
death.
[14] And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this
our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with thee.
[15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house
was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
[16] And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers
meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned:
and afterward may ye go your way.
[17] And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
[18] Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt
bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's
household, home unto thee.
[19] And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy
house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on
our head, if any hand be upon him.
[20] And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine
oath which thou hast made us to swear.
[21] And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent
them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
[22] And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three
days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout
all the way, but found them not.
[23] So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and
passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that
befell them:
[24] And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our
hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.
[1] And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they
removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they passed over.
[2] And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through
the host;
[3] And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye
shall remove from your place, and go after it.
[4] Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand
cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye
must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
[5] And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow
the LORD will do wonders among you.
[6] And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.
[7] And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee
in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee.
[8] And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye
shall stand still in Jordan.
[9] And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear
the words of the LORD your God.
[10] And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among
you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and
the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
[11] Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan.
[12] Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out
of every tribe a man.
[13] And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in
the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the
waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
[14] And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the
people;
[15] And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for
Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
[16] That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon
an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that
came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut
off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
[17] And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood
firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over
on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
[1] And it came to pass, when all the people were
clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
[2] Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
[3] And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of
Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and
ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where
ye shall lodge this night.
[4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
[5] And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your
God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his
shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
[6] That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
[7] Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the
waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto
the children of Israel for ever.
[8] And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried
them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
[9] And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place
where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and
they are there unto this day.
[10] For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,
until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the
people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and
passed over.
[11] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,
that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the
people.
[12] And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses
spake unto them:
[13] About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD
unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
[14] On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
[15] And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
[16] Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they
come up out of Jordan.
[17] Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of
Jordan.
[18] And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of
the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan
returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
[19] And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
[20] And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
pitch in Gilgal.
[21] And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your
children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these
stones?
[22] Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land.
[23] For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before
you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which
he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
[24] That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD,
that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings of the
Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters
of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that
their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the
children of Israel.
[2] At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
[3] And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of
Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
[4] And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that
came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
[5] Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the
people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
[6] For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,
till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were
consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD
sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
[7] And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them
by the way.
[8] And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,
that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
[9] And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the
reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called
Gilgal unto this day.
[10] And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the
passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
[11] And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after
the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
[12] And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old
corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they
did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
[13] And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up
his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou
for us, or for our adversaries?
[14] And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now
come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto
him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
[15] And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe
from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did
so.
[1] Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
[2] And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
[3] And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about
the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
[4] And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'
horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the
priests shall blow with the trumpets.
[5] And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall
shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and
the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
[6] And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,
Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of
rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
[7] And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let
him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
[8] And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that
the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before
the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD
followed them.
[9] And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the
trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and
blowing with the trumpets.
[10] And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout,
nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
[11] So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and
they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
[12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the
ark of the LORD.
[13] And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the
ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed
men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the
priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
[14] And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into
the camp: so they did six days.
[15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about
the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
[16] And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with
the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you
the city.
[17] And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein,
to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in
the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
[18] And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest
ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the
camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
[19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are
consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
[20] So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and
it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people
shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
[21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
[22] But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the
country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all
that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
[23] And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and
her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
[24] And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only
the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into
the treasury of the house of the LORD.
[25] And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
[26] And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay
the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set
up the gates of it.
[27] So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all
the country.
[1] But the children of Israel committed a trespass
in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of
the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
[2] And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven,
on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the
country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
[3] And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the
people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and
make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
[4] So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and
they fled before the men of Ai.
[5] And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they
chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the
going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
[6] And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face
before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and
put dust upon their heads.
[7] And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites,
to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side
Jordan!
[8] O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before
their enemies!
[9] For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what
wilt thou do unto thy great name?
[10] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou
thus upon thy face?
[11] Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant
which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and
have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their
own stuff.
[12] Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their
enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were
accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed
from among you.
[13] Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until
ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
[14] In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your
tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come
according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take
shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall
come man by man.
[15] And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing
shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed
the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
[16] So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
[17] And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was
taken:
[18] And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
[19] And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the
LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou
hast done; hide it not from me.
[20] And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against
the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
[21] When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two
hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I
coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the
midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
[22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
[23] And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them
unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the
LORD.
[24] And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his
daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all
that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
[25] And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble
thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with
fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
[26] And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So
the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that
place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
[1] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither
be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,
and his land:
[2] And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and
her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a
prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
[3] So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by
night.
[4] And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against
the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all
ready:
[5] And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the
city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the
first, that we will flee before them,
[6] (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the
city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we
will flee before them.
[7] Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for
the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
[8] And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have
commanded you.
[9] Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,
and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among the people.
[10] And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people,
and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
[11] And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went
up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of
Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
[12] And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
[13] And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went
that night into the midst of the valley.
[14] And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted
and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle,
he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not
that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
[15] And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
and fled by the way of the wilderness.
[16] And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue
after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
[17] And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out
after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
[18] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy
hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out
the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
[19] And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as
soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took
it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
[20] And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold,
the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this
way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon
the pursuers.
[21] And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the
city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew
the men of Ai.
[22] And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in
the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote
them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
[23] And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
[24] And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and
when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed,
that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the
sword.
[25] And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
[26] For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
[27] Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey
unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
[28] And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.
[29] And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from
the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise
thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
[30] Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount
Ebal,
[31] As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel,
as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones,
over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings
unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
[32] And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses,
which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
[33] And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,
stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he
that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of
them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded
before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
[34] And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
[35] There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read
not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones,
and the strangers that were conversant among them.
[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings which
were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the
coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
[2] That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord.
[3] And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
[4] They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and
rent, and bound up;
[5] And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon
them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
[6] And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him,
and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye
a league with us.
[7] And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell
among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
[8] And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto
them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
[9] And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are
come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of
him, and all that he did in Egypt,
[10] And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were
beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at
Ashtaroth.
[11] Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake
to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and
say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
[12] This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on
the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is
mouldy:
[13] And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold,
they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of
the very long journey.
[14] And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the
mouth of the LORD.
[15] And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to
let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
[16] And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that
they dwelt among them.
[17] And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kirjath-jearim.
[18] And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of
the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes.
[19] But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn
unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
[20] This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be
upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
[21] And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be
hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes
had promised them.
[22] And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell
among us?
[23] Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed
from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my
God.
[24] And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told
thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you
all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,
therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this
thing.
[25] And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right
unto thee to do unto us, do.
[26] And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not.
[27] And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water
for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the
place which he should choose.
[1] Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of
Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as
he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how
the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
[2] That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of
the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof
were mighty.
[3] Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of
Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and
unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
[4] Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath
made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
[5] Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the
king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and
encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
[6] And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save
us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains
are gathered together against us.
[7] So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with
him, and all the mighty men of valour.
[8] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered
them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
[9] Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal
all night.
[10] And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to
Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
[11] And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in
the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven
upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones
than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
[12] Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up
the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
[13] And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of
Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go
down about a whole day.
[14] And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD
hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
[15] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
[16] But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at
Makkedah.
[17] And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a
cave at Makkedah.
[18] And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and
set men by it for to keep them:
[19] And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your
God hath delivered them into your hand.
[20] And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had
made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were
consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
[21] And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in
peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
[22] Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those
five kings unto me out of the cave.
[23] And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of
the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the
king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
[24] And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua,
that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the
men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of
these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
[25] And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and
of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye
fight.
[26] And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on
five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
[27] And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the
cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth,
which remain until this very day.
[28] And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of
the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls
that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he
did unto the king of Jericho.
[29] Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
[30] And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand
of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that
were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did
unto the king of Jericho.
[31] And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
[32] And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took
it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
[33] Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote
him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
[34] And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him;
and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
[35] And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,
according to all that he had done to Lachish.
[36] And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they fought against it:
[37] And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the
king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein;
he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but
destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
[38] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought
against it:
[39] And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof;
and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the
souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so
he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to
her king.
[40] So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and
of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining,
but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
[41] And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all
the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
[42] And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
[43] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
[1] And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had
heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of
Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
[2] And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the
plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the
west,
[3] And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains,
and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
[4] And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people,
even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and
chariots very many.
[5] And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched
together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
[6] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou
shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
[7] So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
[8] And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them,
and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley
of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
[9] And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their
horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
[10] And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the
king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those
kingdoms.
[11] And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the
sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt
Hazor with fire.
[12] And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly
destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
[13] But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel
burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
[14] And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of
Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge
of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
[15] As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command
Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD
commanded Moses.
[16] So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country,
and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of
Israel, and the valley of the same;
[17] Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he
took, and smote them, and slew them.
[18] Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
[19] There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel,
save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
[20] For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should
come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that
they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[21] And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the
mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of
Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with
their cities.
[22] There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
[23] So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to
their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
[1] Now these are the kings of the land, which the
children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan
toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all
the plain on the east:
[2] Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from
Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the
river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of
the children of Ammon;
[3] And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto
the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth;
and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
[4] And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the
giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
[5] And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto
the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border
of Sihon king of Heshbon.
[6] Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel
smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
[7] And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children
of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of
Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave
unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
[8] In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
[9] The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
one;
[10] The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
[11] The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
[12] The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
[13] The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
[14] The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
[15] The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
[16] The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
[17] The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
[18] The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
[19] The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
[20] The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
[21] The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
[22] The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
[23] The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations
of Gilgal, one;
[24] The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
[1] Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the
LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet
very much land to be possessed.
[2] This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the
Philistines, and all Geshuri,
[3] From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron
northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the
Ekronites; also the Avites:
[4] From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is
beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
[5] And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
[6] All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the
children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an
inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
[7] Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine
tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
[8] With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the
servant of the LORD gave them;
[9] From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city
that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
[10] And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
[11] And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and
all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
[12] All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in
Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite,
and cast them out.
[13] Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites,
nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the
Israelites until this day.
[14] Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the
sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he
said unto them.
[15] And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance
according to their families.
[16] And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by
Medeba;
[17] Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and
Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
[18] And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
[19] And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the
valley,
[20] And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
[21] And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king
of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of
Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon,
dwelling in the country.
[22] Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of
Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
[23] And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border
thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof.
[24] And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the
children of Gad according to their families.
[25] And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half
the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
[26] And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim
unto the border of Debir;
[27] And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his
border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan
eastward.
[28] This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their
families, the cities, and their villages.
[29] And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and
this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their
families.
[30] And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore
cities:
[31] And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh,
even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
[32] These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance
in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
[33] But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD
God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
[1] And these are the countries which the children of
Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
[2] By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
[3] For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe
on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among
them.
[4] For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell
in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
[5] As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they
divided the land.
[6] Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the
LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
[7] Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me
from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was
in mine heart.
[8] Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the
people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
[9] And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy
feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever,
because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
[10] And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these
forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the
children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day
fourscore and five years old.
[11] As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent
me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go
out, and to come in.
[12] Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that
day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the
cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall
be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
[13] And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh
Hebron for an inheritance.
[14] Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD
God of Israel.
[15] And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a
great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
[1] This then was the lot of the tribe of the
children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness
of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
[2] And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the
bay that looketh southward:
[3] And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed
along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed
along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
[4] From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of
Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your
south coast.
[5] And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan.
And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost
part of Jordan:
[6] And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north
of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
[7] And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which
is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of
En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
[8] And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the
south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to
the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which
is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
[9] And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain
of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the
border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
[10] And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and
passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north
side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
[11] And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the
border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out
unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
[12] And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.
This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their
families.
[13] And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the
city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
[14] And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, the children of Anak.
[15] And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
[16] And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
[17] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
[18] And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to
ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto
her, What wouldest thou?
[19] Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the
nether springs.
[20] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
[21] And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
[22] And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
[23] And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
[24] Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
[25] And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
[26] Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
[27] And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
[28] And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
[29] Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
[30] And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
[31] And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
[32] And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are
twenty and nine, with their villages:
[33] And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
[34] And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
[35] Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
[36] And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen
cities with their villages:
[37] Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
[38] And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
[39] Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
[40] And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
[41] And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities
with their villages:
[42] Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
[43] And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
[44] And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their
villages:
[45] Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
[46] From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their
villages:
[47] Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
[48] And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
[49] And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
[50] And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
[51] And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their
villages:
[52] Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
[53] And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
[54] And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine
cities with their villages:
[55] Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
[56] And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
[57] Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
[58] Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
[59] And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their
villages:
[60] Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with
their villages:
[61] In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
[62] And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with
their villages.
[63] As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of
Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
[1] And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from
Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness
that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
[2] And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders
of Archi to Ataroth,
[3] And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of
Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
[4] So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
[5] And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families
was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was
Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
[6] And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north
side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it
on the east to Janohah;
[7] And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came
to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
[8] The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and
the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Ephraim by their families.
[9] And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
[10] And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the
Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
[1] There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh;
for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh,
the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and
Bashan.
[2] There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by
their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and
for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the
children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male
children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
[3] But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the
names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[4] And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the
son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us
an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of
the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
[5] And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
[6] Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons:
and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
[7] And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth
before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the
inhabitants of En-tappuah.
[8] Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
[9] And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the
river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of
Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were
at the sea:
[10] Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and
the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in
Issachar on the east.
[11] And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns,
and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants
of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
[12] Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[13] Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
[14] And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou
given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
[15] And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee
up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
[16] And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and
all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron,
both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley
of Jezreel.
[17] And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not
have one lot only:
[18] But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt
cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out
the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
[1] And the whole congregation of the children of
Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the
congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
[2] And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which
had not yet received their inheritance.
[3] And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack
to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
[4] Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according
to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
[5] And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in
their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts
on the north.
[6] Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our
God.
[7] But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the
servant of the LORD gave them.
[8] And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went
to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it,
and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in
Shiloh.
[9] And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at
Shiloh.
[10] And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there
Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their
divisions.
[11] And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the
children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
[12] And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border
went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the
mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of
Beth-aven.
[13] And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of
Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near
the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
[14] And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the
sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the
goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the
children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
[15] And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the
border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
[16] And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth
before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the
giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of
Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
[17] And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and
went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and
descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
[18] And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and
went down unto Arabah:
[19] And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward:
and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the
south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
[20] And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about,
according to their families.
[21] Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
[22] And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
[23] And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
[24] And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
their villages:
[25] Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
[26] And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
[27] And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
[28] And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin according to their families.
[1] And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for
the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their
inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
[2] And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
[3] And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
[4] And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
[5] And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
[6] And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
[7] Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
[8] And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families.
[9] Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of
the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for
them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them.
[10] And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to
their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
[11] And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached
to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
[12] And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border
of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
[13] And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to
Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
[14] And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and
the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
[15] And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
[16] This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
[17] And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of
Issachar according to their families.
[18] And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
[19] And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
[20] And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
[21] And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
[22] And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh;
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their
villages.
[23] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
[24] And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
[25] And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
[26] And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
[27] And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek,
and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
[28] And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great
Zidon;
[29] And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre;
and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from
the coast to Achzib:
[30] Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their
villages.
[31] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[32] The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to their families.
[33] And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and
Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at
Jordan:
[34] And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out
from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth
to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
[35] And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth,
[36] And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
[37] And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
[38] And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
[39] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
[40] And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
[41] And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Ir-shemesh,
[42] And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
[43] And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
[44] And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
[45] And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
[46] And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
[47] And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and
called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
[48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[49] When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun among them:
[50] According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked,
even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
[51] These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the
country.
[1] The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
[2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities
of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
[3] That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
[4] And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at
the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears
of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and
give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
[5] And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
[6] And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be
in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and
unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
[7] And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem
in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
[8] And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned
Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth
in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of
Manasseh.
[9] These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person
at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of
blood, until he stood before the congregation.
[1] Then came near the heads of the fathers of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the
heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
[2] And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the
suburbs thereof for our cattle.
[3] And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance,
at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
[4] And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the
tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, thirteen cities.
[5] And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the
half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
[6] And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
[7] The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities.
[8] And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
[9] And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by
name,
[10] Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first
lot.
[11] And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city
is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about
it.
[12] But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
[13] Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
[14] And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
[15] And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
[16] And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
[17] And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs,
[18] Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
[19] All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
[20] And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out
of the tribe of Ephraim.
[21] For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
[22] And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four
cities.
[23] And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
[24] Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four
cities.
[25] And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
[26] All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
[27] And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her
suburbs; two cities.
[28] And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
[29] Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
[30] And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
[31] Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
[32] And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her
suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
[33] All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
[34] And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with
her suburbs,
[35] Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
[36] And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah
with her suburbs,
[37] Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four
cities.
[38] And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to
be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
[39] Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in
all.
[40] So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,
which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve
cities.
[41] All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children
of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
[42] These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
thus were all these cities.
[43] And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give
unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
[44] And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he
sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before
them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
[45] There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken
unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
[1] Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
[2] And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
[3] Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but
have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
[4] And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto
the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on
the other side Jordan.
[5] But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which
Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to
walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and
to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[6] So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their
tents.
[7] Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their
brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto
their tents, then he blessed them,
[8] And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your
tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass,
and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies
with your brethren.
[9] And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to
the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the
word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
[10] And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
[11] And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the chidren of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over
against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the
children of Israel.
[12] And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to
war against them.
[13] And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of
Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
[14] And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout
all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands of Israel.
[15] And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake
with them, saying,
[16] Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is
this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day
from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might
rebel this day against the LORD?
[17] Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the
LORD,
[18] But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it
will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
[19] Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the
LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the
LORD our God.
[20] Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished
not alone in his iniquity.
[21] Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
[22] The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel
he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD,
(save us not this day,)
[23] That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or
if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
[24] And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying,
In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have
ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
[25] For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall
your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
[26] Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
[27] But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with
our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;
that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part
in the LORD.
[28] Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the
pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt
offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
[29] God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day
from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is
before his tabernacle.
[30] And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh
spake, it pleased them.
[31] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This
day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this
trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of
the hand of the LORD.
[32] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the
land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought
them word again.
[33] And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to
destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
[34] And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
[1] And it came to pass a long time after that the
LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua
waxed old and stricken in age.
[2] And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for
their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them,
I am old and stricken in age:
[3] And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
[4] Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to
be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I
have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
[5] And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and
drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD
your God hath promised unto you.
[6] Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to
the right hand or to the left;
[7] That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them,
neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
[8] But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
[9] For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this
day.
[10] One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it
is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
[11] Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD
your God.
[12] Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with
them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
[13] Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto
you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from
off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
[14] And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed
of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are
come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
[15] Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come
upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon
you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which
the LORD your God hath given you.
[16] When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which
he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to
them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall
perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
[1] And Joshua gathered all the tribes of
[2] And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other
gods.
[3] And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the
[4] And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount
Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into
[5] I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued
[6] And I brought your fathers out of
[7] And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and
the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes
have seen what I have done in
[8] And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the
other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand,
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
[9] Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
[10] But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
[11] And ye went over
[12] And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow.
[13] And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which
ye planted not do ye eat.
[14] Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the
flood, and in
[15] And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the
other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
[16] And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake
the LORD, to serve other gods;
[17] For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great
signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among
all the people through whom we passed:
[18] And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he
is our God.
[19] And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he
is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions
nor your sins.
[20] If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn
and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
[21] And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
[22] And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against
yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We
are witnesses.
[23] Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among
you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of
[24] And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,
and his voice will we obey.
[25] So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
[26] And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and
took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary
of the LORD.
[27] And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake
unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
[28] So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
[29] And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
[30] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath-serah, which is in
[31] And
[32] And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up
out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought
of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and
it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
[33] And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill
that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in
[1] Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass,
that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us
against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
[2] And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the
land into his hand.
[3] And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot,
that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into
thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
[4] And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the
Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
[5] And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him,
and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
[6] But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,
and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
[7] And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs
and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have
done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he
died.
[8] Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had
taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
[9] And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
[10] And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now
the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai.
[11] And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
[12] And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
[13] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and
he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
[14] And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to
ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said
unto her, What wilt thou?
[15] And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs
and the nether springs.
[16] And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out
of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of
Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the
people.
[17] And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the
Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of
the city was called Hormah.
[18] Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the
coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
[19] And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of
the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because
they had chariots of iron.
[20] And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled
thence the three sons of Anak.
[21] And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in
Jerusalem unto this day.
[22] And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the
LORD was with them.
[23] And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the
city before was Luz.)
[24] And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said
unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew
thee mercy.
[25] And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the
city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
[26] And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,
and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
[27] Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and
her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and
her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[28] And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
[29] Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
[30] Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
[31] Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik,
nor of Rehob:
[32] But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of
the land: for they did not drive them out.
[33] Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor
the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of
Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
[34] And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for
they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
[35] But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
tributaries.
[36] And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,
from the rock, and upward.
[1] And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to
Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto
the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my
covenant with you.
[2] And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye
shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye
done this?
[3] Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;
but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto
you.
[4] And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words
unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and
wept.
[5] And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed
there unto the LORD.
[6] And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went
every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
[7] And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the
days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of
the LORD, that he did for Israel.
[8] And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an
hundred and ten years old.
[9] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
[10] And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the
works which he had done for Israel.
[11] And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim:
[12] And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them
out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
LORD to anger.
[13] And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
[14] And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand
before their enemies.
[15] Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them
for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they
were greatly distressed.
[16] Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of
the hand of those that spoiled them.
[17] And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly
out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the
LORD; but they did not so.
[18] And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the
judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the
judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them
that oppressed them and vexed them.
[19] And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,
and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to
serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings,
nor from their stubborn way.
[20] And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,
Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their
fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
[21] I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations which Joshua left when he died:
[22] That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the
way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
[23] Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
[1] Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to
prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of
Canaan;
[2] Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to
teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
[3] Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and
the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount
Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
[4] And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by
the hand of Moses.
[5] And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
[6] And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
[7] And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat
the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
[8] Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children
of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
[9] And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised
up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the
son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
[10] And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and
went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia
into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
[11] And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz
died.
[12] And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they
had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
[13] And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went
and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
[14] So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years.
[15] But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded:
and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
[16] But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length;
and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
[17] And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a
very fat man.
[18] And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the
people that bare the present.
[19] But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And
all that stood by him went out from him.
[20] And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour,
which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto
thee. And he arose out of his seat.
[21] And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
[22] And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon
the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt
came out.
[23] Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the
parlour upon him, and locked them.
[24] When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,
behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his
feet in his summer chamber.
[25] And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not
the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and,
behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
[26] And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
[27] And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in
the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the
mount, and he before them.
[28] And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered
your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and
took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
[29] And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all
lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
[30] So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land
had rest fourscore years.
[31] And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
[1] And the children of Israel again did evil in the
sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
[2] And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that
reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in
Harosheth of the Gentiles.
[3] And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children
of Israel.
[4] And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel
at that time.
[5] And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for
judgment.
[6] And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded,
saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of
the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
[7] And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of
Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into
thine hand.
[8] And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:
but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
[9] And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the
journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell
Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to
Kedesh.
[10] And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up
with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
[11] Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father
in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
[12] And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to
mount Tabor.
[13] And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the
Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
[14] And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the
LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee?
So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
[15] And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his
host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off
his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
[16] But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto
Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the
sword; and there was not a man left.
[17] Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife
of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and
the house of Heber the Kenite.
[18] And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my
lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the
tent, she covered him with a mantle.
[19] And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to
drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,
and covered him.
[20] Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall
be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here?
that thou shalt say, No.
[21] Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer
in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and
fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
[22] And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,
and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And
when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his
temples.
[23] So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the
children of Israel.
[24] And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed
against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan.
[1] Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on
that day, saying,
[2] Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselves.
[3] Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto
the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
[4] LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the
field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped
water.
[5] The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from
before the LORD God of Israel.
[6] In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
[7] The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
[8] They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield
or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
[9] My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves
willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
[10] Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and
walk by the way.
[11] They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of
drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even
the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall
the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
[12] Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,
and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
[13] Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among
the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
[14] Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee,
Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of
Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
[15] And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and
also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben
there were great thoughts of heart.
[16] Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
[17] Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher
continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
[18] Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto
the death in the high places of the field.
[19] The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
[20] They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.
[21] The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river
Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
[22] Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the
pransings of their mighty ones.
[23] Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the
inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help
of the LORD against the mighty.
[24] Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
[25] He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in
a lordly dish.
[26] She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's
hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she
had pierced and stricken through his temples.
[27] At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed,
he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
[28] The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his
chariots?
[29] Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
[30] Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a
damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of
needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks
of them that take the spoil?
[31] So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him
be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty
years.
[1] And the children of Israel did evil in the sight
of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
[2] And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
[3] And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against
them;
[4] And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither
sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
[5] For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as
grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number:
and they entered into the land to destroy it.
[6] And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and
the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
[7] And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD
because of the Midianites,
[8] That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and
brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
[9] And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave
you their land;
[10] And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
[11] And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
[12] And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The
LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
[13] And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why
then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers
told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD
hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
[14] And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and
thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
[15] And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
[16] And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
[17] And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then
shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
[18] Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring
forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou
come again.
[19] And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of
an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot,
and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
[20] And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the
unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he
did so.
[21] Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was
in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up
fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the
angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
[22] And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon
said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to
face.
[23] And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou
shalt not die.
[24] Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
[25] And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old,
and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove
that is by it:
[26] And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock,
in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice
with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
[27] Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had
said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the
men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
[28] And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,
the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and
the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
[29] And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when
they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this
thing.
[30] Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that
he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath
cut down the grove that was by it.
[31] And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal?
will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it
is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath
cast down his altar.
[32] Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
[33] Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of
Jezreel.
[34] But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet;
and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.
[35] And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was
gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and
unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
[36] And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said,
[37] Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be
on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know
that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
[38] And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
[39] And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,
and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with
the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let
there be dew.
[40] And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground.
[1] Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people
that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so
that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of
Moreh, in the valley.
[2] And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too
many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
[3] Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount
Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there
remained ten thousand.
[4] And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring
them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be,
that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with
thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same
shall not go.
[5] So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth,
him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his
knees to drink.
[6] And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon
their knees to drink water.
[7] And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped
will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the
other people go every man unto his place.
[8] So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and
he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those
three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
[9] And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
[10] But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down
to the host:
[11] And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands
be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his
servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
[12] And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the
east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels
were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
[13] And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream
unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley
bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that
it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
[14] And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the
sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God
delivered Midian, and all the host.
[15] And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of
Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of
Midian.
[16] And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he
put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the
pitchers.
[17] And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,
when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye
do.
[18] When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow
ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the
LORD, and of Gideon.
[19] So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the
outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but
newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that
were in their hands.
[20] And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,
and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
[21] And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all
the host ran, and cried, and fled.
[22] And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every
man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled
to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
[23] And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali,
and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
[24] And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,
Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto
Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together,
and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
[25] And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb,
and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the
other side Jordan.
[1] And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast
thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with
the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
[2] And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is
not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
[3] God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and
Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was
abated toward him, when he had said that.
[4] And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three
hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
[5] And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after
Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
[6] And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
[7] And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the
wilderness and with briers.
[8] And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and
the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
[9] And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again
in peace, I will break down this tower.
[10] Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children
of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
[11] And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the
east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
[12] And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took
the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
[13] And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was
up,
[14] And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him:
and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
threescore and seventeen men.
[15] And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and
Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are
weary?
[16] And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness
and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
[17] And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
[18] Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they
whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one
resembled the children of a king.
[19] And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as
the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
[20] And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the
youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
[21] Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as
the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna,
and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
[22] Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both
thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the
hand of Midian.
[23] And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall
my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
[24] And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye
would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden
earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
[25] And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a
garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
[26] And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and
purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were
about their camels' necks.
[27] And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in
Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a
snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
[28] Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they
lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in
the days of Gideon.
[29] And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
[30] And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he
had many wives.
[31] And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,
whose name he called Abimelech.
[32] And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried
in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
[33] And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children
of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith
their god.
[34] And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who
had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
[35] Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
[1] And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to
Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the
family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
[2] Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is
better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and
ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I
am your bone and your flesh.
[3] And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for
they said, He is our brother.
[4] And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the
house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which
followed him.
[5] And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren
the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone:
notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid
himself.
[6] And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was
in Shechem.
[7] And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of
mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken
unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
[8] The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they
said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
[9] But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,
wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[10] And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
[11] But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and
my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[12] Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
[13] And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth
God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[14] Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over
us.
[15] And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come
out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
[16] Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have
made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house,
and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
[17] (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and
delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
[18] And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have
slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made
Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he
is your brother;)
[19] If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with
his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in
you:
[20] But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of
Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem,
and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
[21] And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,
for fear of Abimelech his brother.
[22] When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
[23] Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
[24] That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal
might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew
them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his
brethren.
[25] And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the
mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was
told Abimelech.
[26] And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to
Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
[27] And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,
and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and
did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
[28] And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul
his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we
serve him?
[29] And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I
remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
[30] And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the
son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
[31] And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal
the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify
the city against thee.
[32] Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,
and lie in wait in the field:
[33] And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up,
thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the
people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as
thou shalt find occasion.
[34] And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by
night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
[35] And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the
gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him,
from lying in wait.
[36] And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest
the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
[37] And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the
middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
[38] Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou
saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that
thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
[39] And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with
Abimelech.
[40] And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were
overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
[41] And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his
brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
[42] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into
the field; and they told Abimelech.
[43] And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and
laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out
of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
[44] And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward,
and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies
ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
[45] And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the
city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed
it with salt.
[46] And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they
entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
[47] And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together.
[48] And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people
that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough
from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the
people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have
done.
[49] And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and
followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon
them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand
men and women.
[50] Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and
took it.
[51] But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all
the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them
up to the top of the tower.
[52] And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went
hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
[53] And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's
head, and all to brake his skull.
[54] Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and
said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman
slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
[55] And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they
departed every man unto his place.
[56] Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto
his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
[57] And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
[1] And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel
Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in
Shamir in mount Ephraim.
[2] And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
[3] And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and
two years.
[4] And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had
thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the
land of Gilead.
[5] And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
[6] And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon,
and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of
the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
[7] And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them
into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
[8] And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan
in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
[9] Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also
against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that
Israel was sore distressed.
[10] And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have
sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served
Baalim.
[11] And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver
you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and
from the Philistines?
[12] The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
[13] Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more.
[14] Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you
in the time of your tribulation.
[15] And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee,
this day.
[16] And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the
LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
[17] Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in
Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped
in Mizpeh.
[18] And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man
is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head
over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
[1] Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of
valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
[2] And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and
they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our
father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
[3] Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob:
and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
[4] And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon
made war against Israel.
[5] And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against
Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
[6] And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may
fight with the children of Ammon.
[7] And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are
in distress?
[8] And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again
to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of
Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
[9] And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home
again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before
me, shall I be your head?
[10] And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness
between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
[11] Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made
him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the
LORD in Mizpeh.
[12] And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of
Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to
fight in my land?
[13] And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers
of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt,
from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands
again peaceably.
[14] And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of
Ammon:
[15] And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the
land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
[16] But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the
wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
[17] Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me,
I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken
thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not
consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
[18] Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land
of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab,
and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab:
for Arnon was the border of Moab.
[19] And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king
of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy
land into my place.
[20] But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against
Israel.
[21] And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into
the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of
the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
[22] And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even
unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
[23] So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from
before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
[24] Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to
possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them
will we possess.
[25] And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against
them,
[26] While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her
towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three
hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
[27] Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong
to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of
Israel and the children of Ammon.
[28] Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the
words of Jephthah which he sent him.
[29] Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over
Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of
Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
[30] And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt
without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
[31] Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my
house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall
surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
[32] So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against
them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
[33] And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even
twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great
slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of
Israel.
[34] And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his
daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only
child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
[35] And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and
said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of
them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go
back.
[36] And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth
unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy
mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies,
even of the children of Ammon.
[37] And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me
alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my
virginity, I and my fellows.
[38] And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went
with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
[39] And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned
unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and
she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
[40] That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
[1] And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves
together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou
over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with
thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
[2] And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of
their hands.
[3] And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands,
and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into
my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
[4] Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought
with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye
Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
[5] And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the
Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped
said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an
Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
[6] Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth:
for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him
at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty
and two thousand.
[7] And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
[8] And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
[9] And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad,
and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel
seven years.
[10] Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
[11] And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
[12] And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the
country of Zebulun.
[13] And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged
Israel.
[14] And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore
and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
[15] And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
[1] And the children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines
forty years.
[2] And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
[3] And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto
her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son.
[4] Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
[5] For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall
come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and
he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
[6] Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came
unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very
terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
[7] But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the
child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
[8] Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of
God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do
unto the child that shall be born.
[9] And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came
again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not
with her.
[10] And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said
unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other
day.
[11] And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and
said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
[12] And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order
the child, and how shall we do unto him?
[13] And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto
the woman let her beware.
[14] She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded
her let her observe.
[15] And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us
detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
[16] And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me,
I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must
offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
[17] And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that
when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
[18] And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after
my name, seeing it is secret?
[19] So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a
rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife
looked on.
[20] For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off
the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And
Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
[21] But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his
wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
[22] And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have
seen God.
[23] But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he
would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time
have told us such things as these.
[24] And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child
grew, and the LORD blessed him.
[25] And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp
of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
[1] And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman
in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
[2] And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have
seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get
her for me to wife.
[3] Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman
among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to
take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father,
Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
[4] But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that
he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines
had dominion over Israel.
[5] Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,
and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against
him.
[6] And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him
as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not
his father or his mother what he had done.
[7] And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson
well.
[8] And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in
the carcase of the lion.
[9] And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to
his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them
that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
[10] So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a
feast; for so used the young men to do.
[11] And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
companions to be with him.
[12] And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you:
if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find
it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
[13] But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets
and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle,
that we may hear it.
[14] And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of
the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the
riddle.
[15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest
we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that
we have? is it not so?
[16] And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me,
and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people,
and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my
father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
[17] And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore
upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
[18] And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the
sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion?
And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found
out my riddle.
[19] And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to
Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of
garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and
he went up to his father's house.
[20] But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as
his friend.
[1] But it came to pass within a while after, in the
time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I
will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to
go in.
[2] And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated
her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer
than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
[3] And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than
the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
[4] And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,
and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
[5] And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the
standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the
standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
[6] Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,
Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given
her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father
with fire.
[7] And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be
avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
[8] And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went
down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
[9] Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi.
[10] And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they
answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
[11] Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam,
and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?
what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did
unto me, so have I done unto them.
[12] And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may
deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear
unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
[13] And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,
and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they
bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
[14] And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and
the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his
arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his
hands.
[15] And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and
took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
[16] And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with
the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
[17] And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he
cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
[18] And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou
hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I
die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
[19] But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came
water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this
day.
[20] And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
[1] Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an
harlot, and went in unto her.
[2] And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they
compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and
were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill
him.
[3] And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar
and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an
hill that is before Hebron.
[4] And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
[5] And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto
her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we
may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give
thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
[6] And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
[7] And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs
that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
[8] Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green
withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
[9] Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.
And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the
withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength
was not known.
[10] And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told
me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
[11] And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that
never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
[12] Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait
abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
[13] And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and
told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If
thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
[14] And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away
with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
[15] And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine
heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told
me wherein thy great strength lieth.
[16] And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and
urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
[17] That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not
come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my
mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall
become weak, and be like any other man.
[18] And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent
and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he
hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto
her, and brought money in their hand.
[19] And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,
and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from him.
[20] And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke
out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake
myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
[21] But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him
down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the
prison house.
[22] Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was
shaven.
[23] Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said,
Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
[24] And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said,
Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our
country, which slew many of us.
[25] And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of
the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
[26] And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me
that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon
them.
[27] Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the
Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men
and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
[28] And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me,
I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may
be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
[29] And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house
stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the
other with his left.
[30] And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed
himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the
people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than
they which he slew in his life.
[31] Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and
took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the
burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
[1] And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name
was Micah.
[2] And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver
that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in
mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed
be thou of the LORD, my son.
[3] And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from
my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I
will restore it unto thee.
[4] Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two
hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
[5] And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
[6] In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that
which was right in his own eyes.
[7] And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of
Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
[8] And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn
where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of
Micah, as he journeyed.
[9] And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I
am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
[10] And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and
a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of
apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
[11] And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man
was unto him as one of his sons.
[12] And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his
priest, and was in the house of Micah.
[13] Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I
have a Levite to my priest.
[1] In those days there was no king in Israel: and in
those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for
unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes
of Israel.
[2] And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and
to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came
to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
[3] When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the
young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who
brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou
here?
[4] And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath
hired me, and I am his priest.
[5] And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we
may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
[6] And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your
way wherein ye go.
[7] Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people
that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians,
quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them
to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business
with any man.
[8] And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their
brethren said unto them, What say ye?
[9] And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have
seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful
to go, and to enter to possess the land.
[10] When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large
land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of
any thing that is in the earth.
[11] And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
[12] And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah:
wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is
behind Kirjath-jearim.
[13] And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house
of Micah.
[14] Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of
Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses
an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore
consider what ye have to do.
[15] And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man
the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
[16] And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which
were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
[17] And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in
thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six
hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
[18] And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image,
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto
them, What do ye?
[19] And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy
mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for
thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a
tribe and a family in Israel?
[20] And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
[21] So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle
and the carriage before them.
[22] And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that
were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook
the children of Dan.
[23] And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their
faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a
company?
[24] And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the
priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye
say unto me, What aileth thee?
[25] And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard
among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the
lives of thy household.
[26] And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that
they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
[27] And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which
he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and
they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
[28] And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they
had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by
Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
[29] And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan
their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish
at the first.
[30] And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the
son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe
of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
[31] And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the
time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
[1] And it came to pass in those days, when there was
no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of
mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
[2] And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from
him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
[3] And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto
her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of
asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the
damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
[4] And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he
abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
[5] And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the
morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son
in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
[6] And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for
the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry
all night, and let thine heart be merry.
[7] And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:
therefore he lodged there again.
[8] And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and
the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried
until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
[9] And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his
servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the
day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth
to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you
early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
[10] But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with
him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
[11] And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of
the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
[12] And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into
the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass
over to Gibeah.
[13] And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of
these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
[14] And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon
them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
[15] And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and
when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man
that took them into his house to lodging.
[16] And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field
at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the
men of the place were Benjamites.
[17] And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the
street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest
thou?
[18] And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the
side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am
now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to
house.
[19] Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is
bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which
is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
[20] And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy
wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
[21] So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the
asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
[22] Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the
city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the
door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth
the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
[23] And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, Nay, my
brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come
into mine house, do not this folly.
[24] Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I
will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto
you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
[25] But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his
concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her
all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her
go.
[26] Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the
door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
[27] And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the
house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was
fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
[28] And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then
the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his
place.
[29] And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold
on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces,
and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
[30] And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land
of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
[1] Then all the children of Israel went out, and the
congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
[2] And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen
that drew sword.
[3] (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were
gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
[4] And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered
and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to
lodge.
[5] And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round
about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have
they forced, that she is dead.
[6] And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her
throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have
committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
[7] Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and
counsel.
[8] And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us
go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
[9] But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will
go up by lot against it;
[10] And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to
fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of
Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
[11] So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit
together as one man.
[12] And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
[13] Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are
in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But
the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the
children of Israel:
[14] But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of
the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
[15] And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of
Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
[16] Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men
lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
[17] And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
[18] And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God,
and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle
against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
[19] And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah.
[20] And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the
men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
[21] And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and
destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand
men.
[22] And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set
their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the
first day.
[23] (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until
even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against
him.)
[24] And the children of Israel came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day.
[25] And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day,
and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen
thousand men; all these drew the sword.
[26] Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and
came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted
that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the
LORD.
[27] And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of
the covenant of God was there in those days,
[28] And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children
of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to
morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
[29] And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
[30] And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin
on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other
times.
[31] And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were
drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as
at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and
the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
[32] And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us,
as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them
from the city unto the highways.
[33] And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put
themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth
out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
[34] And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all
Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
[35] And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of
Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an
hundred men: all these drew the sword.
[36] So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men
of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in
wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
[37] And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers
in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the
sword.
[38] Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the
liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of
the city.
[39] And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely
they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
[40] But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar
of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city
ascended up to heaven.
[41] And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were
amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
[42] Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the
way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of
the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
[43] Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and
trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
[44] And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were
men of valour.
[45] And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of
Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued
hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
[46] So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five
thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
[47] But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock
Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
[48] And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin,
and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as
the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that
they came to.
[1] Now the men of
[2] And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even
before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
[3] And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel,
that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
[4] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and
built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
[5] And the children of
[6] And the children of
[7] How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn
by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
[8] And they said, What one is there of the tribes of
[9] For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
[10] And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the
valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
[11] And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy
every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
[12] And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred
young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought
them unto the camp to
[13] And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of
Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
[14] And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives
which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they
sufficed them not.
[15] And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD
had made a breach in the tribes of
[16] Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives
for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
[17] And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be
escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of
[18] Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the
children of
[19] Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh
yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the
highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
[20] Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and
lie in wait in the vineyards;
[21] And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife
of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
[22] And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us
to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes:
because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give
unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
[23] And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according
to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and
returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
[24] And the children of
[25] In those days there was no king in
[1] Now it came to pass in the days when the judges
ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah
went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
[2] And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
[3] And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two
sons.
[4] And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one
was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten
years.
[5] And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was
left of her two sons and her husband.
[6] Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from
the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD
had visited his people in giving them bread.
[7] Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of
Judah.
[8] And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her
mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead,
and with me.
[9] The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house
of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
[10] And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
[11] And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me?
are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
[12] Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to
night, and should also bear sons;
[13] Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for
them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your
sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
[14] And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
[15] And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
[16] And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
[17] Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD
do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
[18] When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then
she left speaking unto her.
[19] So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass,
when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and
they said, Is this Naomi?
[20] And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the
Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
[21] I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why
then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the
Almighty hath afflicted me?
[22] So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law,
with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem
in the beginning of barley harvest.
[1] And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a
mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
[2] And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she
said unto her, Go, my daughter.
[3] And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of
the kindred of Elimelech.
[4] And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
[5] Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
[6] And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It
is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
[7] And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until
now, that she tarried a little in the house.
[8] Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my
maidens:
[9] Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when
thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men
have drawn.
[10] Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and
said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
[11] And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me,
all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy
nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
[12] The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of
the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
[13] Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that
thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid,
though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
[14] And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of
the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
[15] And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
[16] And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and
leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
[17] So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
[18] And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law
saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had
reserved after she was sufficed.
[19] And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to
day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee.
And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's
name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
[20] And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD,
who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi
said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
[21] And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep
fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
[22] And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my
daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any
other field.
[23] So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of
barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
[1] Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My
daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
[2] And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
[3] Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon
thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man,
until he shall have done eating and drinking.
[4] And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place
where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee
down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
[5] And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
[6] And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
[7] And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered
his feet, and laid her down.
[8] And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
[9] And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine
handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near
kinsman.
[10] And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou
hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as
thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
[11] And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou
requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous
woman.
[12] And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
[13] Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will
perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part:
but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of
a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
[14] And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before
one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into
the floor.
[15] Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.
And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her:
and she went into the city.
[16] And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my
daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
[17] And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said
to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
[18] Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the
matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the
thing this day.
[1] Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down
there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said,
Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
[2] And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down
here. And they sat down.
[3] And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of
[4] And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the
inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem
it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is
none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem
it.
[5] Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up
the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
[6] And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine
own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
[7] Now this was the manner in former time in
[8] Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew
off his shoe.
[9] And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are
witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that
was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
[10] Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased
to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of
his place: ye are witnesses this day.
[11] And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like
Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou
worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
[12] And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto
Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
[13] So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto
her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
[14] And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not
left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in
[15] And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher
of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better
to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
[16] And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
nurse unto it.
[17] And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
father of David.
[18] Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
[19] And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
[20] And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
[21] And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
[22] And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
[1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim,
of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
[2] And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
[3] And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in
[4] And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his
wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
[5] But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but
the LORD had shut up her womb.
[6] And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
[7] And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the
LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
[8] Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and
why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than
ten sons?
[9] So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in
[10] And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and
wept sore.
[11] And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him
unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his
head.
[12] And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that
Eli marked her mouth.
[13] Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
[14] And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
wine from thee.
[15] And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a
sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured
out my soul before the LORD.
[16] Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
[17] Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
[18] And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
[19] And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the
LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah
his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
[20] Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after
Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of the LORD.
[21] And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the
LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
[22] But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not
go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear
before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
[23] And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;
tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the
woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
[24] And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto
the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
[25] And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
[26] And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the
woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
[27] For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition
which I asked of him:
[28] Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
[1] And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth
in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
[2] There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:
neither is there any rock like our God.
[3] Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of
your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
[4] The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are
girded with strength.
[5] They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they
that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath
many children is waxed feeble.
[6] The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,
and bringeth up.
[7] The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth
up.
[8] He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the
throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set
the world upon them.
[9] He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent
in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
[10] The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of
heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth;
and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
[11] And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister
unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
[12] Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
[13] And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething,
with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
[14] And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all
that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
[15] Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said
to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not
have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
[16] And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
[17] Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD:
for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
[18] But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a
linen ephod.
[19] Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him
from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly
sacrifice.
[20] And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee
seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto
their own home.
[21] And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three
sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
[22] Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[23] And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your
evil dealings by all this people.
[24] Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the
LORD's people to transgress.
[25] If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a
man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
[26] And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD,
and also with men.
[27] And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in
Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
[28] And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my
priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me?
and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of
the children of Israel?
[29] Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I
have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make
yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
[30] Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the
LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they
that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
[31] Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm
of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
[32] And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house
for ever.
[33] And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase
of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
[34] And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
[35] And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according
to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure
house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
[36] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine
house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I
may eat a piece of bread.
[1] And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD
before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no
open vision.
[2] And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
[3] And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where
the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
[4] That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
[5] And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And
he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
[6] And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called
not, my son; lie down again.
[7] Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the
LORD yet revealed unto him.
[8] And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived
that the LORD had called the child.
[9] Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel
went and lay down in his place.
[10] And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
[11] And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
[12] In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have
spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
[13] For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he
restrained them not.
[14] And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
[15] And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house
of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
[16] Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,
Here am I.
[17] And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I
pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
[18] And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he
said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
[19] And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground.
[20] And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of the LORD.
[21] And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed
himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
[1] And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now
Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer:
and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
[2] And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when
they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of
the army in the field about four thousand men.
[3] And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel
said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us
fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it
cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
[4] So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the
ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims:
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant
of God.
[5] And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all
Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
[6] And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,
What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they
understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
[7] And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the
camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
[8] Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the
wilderness.
[9] Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye
be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves
like men, and fight.
[10] And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled
every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell
of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
[11] And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
[12] And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
[13] And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching:
for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city,
and told it, all the city cried out.
[14] And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
[15] Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that
he could not see.
[16] And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
[17] And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and
thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
[18] And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that
he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake,
and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty
years.
[19] And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and
that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and
travailed; for her pains came upon her.
[20] And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said
unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did
she regard it.
[21] And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law
and her husband.
[22] And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God
is taken.
[1] And the Philistines took the ark of God, and
brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
[2] When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
[3] And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took
Dagon, and set him in his place again.
[4] And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of
Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the
stump of Dagon was left to him.
[5] Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into
Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
[6] But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he
destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts
thereof.
[7] And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of
the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and
upon Dagon our god.
[8] They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines
unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And
they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And
they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
[9] And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of
the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the
men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret
parts.
[10] Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,
as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our
people.
[11] So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the
Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go
again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a
deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy
there.
[12] And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the
cry of the city went up to heaven.
[1] And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the
Philistines seven months.
[2] And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to
his place.
[3] And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be
healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
[4] Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice,
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on
you all, and on your lords.
[5] Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and
from off your land.
[6] Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and
Pharoah hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did
they not let the people go, and they departed?
[7] Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which
there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves
home from them:
[8] And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the
jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the
side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
[9] And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh,
then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that is
not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
[10] And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at home:
[11] And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer
with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
[12] And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and
went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right
hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the
border of Beth-shemesh.
[13] And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
[14] And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and
stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the
cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
[15] And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone:
and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices
the same day unto the LORD.
[16] And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they
returned to Ekron the same day.
[17] And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for
a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
[18] And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of
the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the
ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua,
the Beth-shemite.
[19] And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into
the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore
and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the
people with a great slaughter.
[20] And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this
holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
[21] And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down,
and fetch it up to you.
[1] And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched
up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill,
and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
[2] And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented
after the LORD.
[3] And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do
return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth
from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and
he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
[4] Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and
served the LORD only.
[5] And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for
you unto the LORD.
[6] And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it
out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned
against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
[7] And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against
Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the
Philistines.
[8] And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the
LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
[9] And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD
heard him.
[10] And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines
drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder
on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten
before Israel.
[11] And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the
Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
[12] Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and
called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
[13] So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the
coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the
days of Samuel.
[14] And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did
Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between
Israel and the Amorites.
[15] And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
[16] And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
[17] And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he
judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
[1] And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he
made his sons judges over Israel.
[2] Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second,
Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
[3] And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
[4] Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came
to Samuel unto Ramah,
[5] And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in
thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
[6] But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
[7] And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people
in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have
rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
[8] According to all the works which they have done since the day that I
brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken
me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
[9] Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly
unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
[10] And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king.
[11] And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
[12] And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to
make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
[13] And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
[14] And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
[15] And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants.
[16] And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
[17] He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
[18] And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
[19] Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and
they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
[20] That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may
judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
[21] And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them
in the ears of the LORD.
[22] And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make
them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his
city.
[1] Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was
Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of
Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
[2] And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a
goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than
he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
[3] And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul
his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
[4] And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of
Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim,
and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but
they found them not.
[5] And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his
servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring
for the asses, and take thought for us.
[6] And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now
let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
[7] Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a
present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
[8] And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here
at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of
God, to tell us our way.
[9] (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he
spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was
beforetime called a Seer.)
[10] Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they
went unto the city where the man of God was.
[11] And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens
going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
[12] And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the
people to day in the high place:
[13] As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,
before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he
come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be
bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
[14] And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
[15] Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,
saying,
[16] To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that
he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked
upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
[17] And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man
whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
[18] Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the seer's house is.
[19] And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me
unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let
thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
[20] And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy
mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is
it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
[21] And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the
tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
[22] And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the
parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,
which were about thirty persons.
[23] And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee,
of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
[24] And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and
set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before
thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I
have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
[25] And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel
communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
[26] And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the
day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may
send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel,
abroad.
[27] And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou
still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
[1] Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it
upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath
anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
[2] When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men
by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say
unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father
hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do
for my son?
[3] Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to
Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread,
and another carrying a bottle of wine:
[4] And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which
thou shalt receive of their hands.
[5] After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to
the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high
place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and
they shall prophesy:
[6] And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
[7] And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
[8] And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come
down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace
offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what
thou shalt do.
[9] And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
[10] And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of
prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among
them.
[11] And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another,
What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the
prophets?
[12] And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their
father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
[13] And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
[14] And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye?
And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we
came to Samuel.
[15] And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
you.
[16] And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses
were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him
not.
[17] And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
[18] And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed
you:
[19] And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out
of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay,
but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by
your tribes, and by your thousands.
[20] And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
[21] When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their
families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken:
and when they sought him, he could not be found.
[22] Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet
come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the
stuff.
[23] And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the
people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
[24] And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath
chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people
shouted, and said, God save the king.
[25] Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it
in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away,
every man to his house.
[26] And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band
of men, whose hearts God had touched.
[27] But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And
they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
[1] Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped
against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a
covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
[2] And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make
a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for
a reproach upon all Israel.
[3] And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite,
that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there
be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
[4] Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in
the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
[5] And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul
said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of
the men of Jabesh.
[6] And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,
and his anger was kindled greatly.
[7] And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done
unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out
with one consent.
[8] And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
[9] And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto
the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have
help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were
glad.
[10] Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto
you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
[11] And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three
companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and
slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they
which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
[12] And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul
reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
[13] And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for
to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
[14] Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and
renew the kingdom there.
[15] And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace
offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced
greatly.
[1] And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have
hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king
over you.
[2] And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you
from my childhood unto this day.
[3] Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I
defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to
blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
[4] And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither
hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
[5] And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they
answered, He is witness.
[6] And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses
and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
[7] Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the
LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your
fathers.
[8] When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the
LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out
of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
[9] And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand
of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines,
and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
[10] And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we
have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver
us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
[11] And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,
and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled
safe.
[12] And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the
LORD your God was your king.
[13] Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have
desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
[14] If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and
not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the
king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
[15] But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against
the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as
it was against your fathers.
[16] Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will
do before your eyes.
[17] Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness
is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
[18] So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
[19] And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the
LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil,
to ask us a king.
[20] And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with
all your heart;
[21] And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things,
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
[22] For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
[23] Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD
in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
[24] Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great things he hath done for you.
[25] But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye
and your king.
[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned
two years over Israel,
[2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand
were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to
his tent.
[3] And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba,
and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
[4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines.
And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
[5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with
Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the
sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in
Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
[6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the
people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
[7] And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him.
[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the
days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at
Michmash;
[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself
therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now
would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
[14] But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a
man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
[15] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of
Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six
hundred men.
[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash.
[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another
company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim
toward the wilderness.
[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for
the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
[20] But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
[21] Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
[22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither
sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and
Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
[1] Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the
son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go
over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not
his father.
[2] And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six
hundred men;
[3] And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of
Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And
the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
[4] And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto
the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp
rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the
other Seneh.
[5] The forefront of the one was situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
[6] And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and
let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the
LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or
by few.
[7] And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart:
turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
[8] Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we
will discover ourselves unto them.
[9] If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will
stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
[10] But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the
LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
[11] And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of
the holes where they had hid themselves.
[12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer,
and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto
his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the
hand of Israel.
[13] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer
slew after him.
[14] And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of
oxen might plow.
[15] And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all
the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth
quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
[16] And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
[17] Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and
see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer
were not there.
[18] And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark
of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
[19] And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the
noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul
said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
[20] And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled
themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was
against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
[21] Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that
time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even
they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
[22] Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed
hard after them in the battle.
[23] So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto
Beth-aven.
[24] And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had
adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until
evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted
any food.
[25] And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon
the ground.
[26] And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey
dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
[27] But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were
enlightened.
[28] Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged
the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this
day. And the people were faint.
[29] Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey.
[30] How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the
spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much
greater slaughter among the Philistines?
[31] And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon:
and the people were very faint.
[32] And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the
blood.
[33] Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the
LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll
a great stone unto me this day.
[34] And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto
them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all
the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
[35] And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD.
[36] And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and
spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And
they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us
draw near hither unto God.
[37] And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered
him not that day.
[38] And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people:
and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
[39] For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the
people that answered him.
[40] Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee.
[41] Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect
lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
[42] And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken.
[43] Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And
Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the
rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
[44] And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan.
[45] And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not
one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.
So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
[46] Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the
Philistines went to their own place.
[47] So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and
whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
[48] And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered
Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
[49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and
the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and
the name of the younger Michal:
[50] And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz:
and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's
uncle.
[51] And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was
the son of Abiel.
[52] And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of
Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto
him.
[1] Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to
anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou
unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3] Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep,
camel and ass.
[4] And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim,
two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5] And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[6] And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among
the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the
children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
[7] And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to
Shur, that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9] But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that
they destroyed utterly.
[10] Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
[11] It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is
turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
[12] And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is
gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
[13] And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of
the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14] And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16] Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the
LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17] And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast
thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?
[18] And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be
consumed.
[19] Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy
God in Gilgal.
[22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from being king.
[24] And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed
the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and
obeyed their voice.
[25] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that
I may worship the LORD.
[26] And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou
hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being
king over Israel.
[27] And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt
of his mantle, and it rent.
[28] And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
[29] And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is
not a man, that he should repent.
[30] Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God.
[31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
[32] Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past.
[33] And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall
thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the
LORD in Gilgal.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah
of Saul.
[35] And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
[1] And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine
horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have
provided me a king among his sons.
[2] And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he Will kill me. And
the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the
LORD.
[3] And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou
shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
[4] And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And
the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
[5] And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD:
sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse
and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
[6] And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab,
and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
[7] But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on
the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not
as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh
on the heart.
[8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
[9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the
LORD chosen this.
[10] Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
[11] And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come
hither.
[12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint
him: for this is he.
[13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
[14] But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD troubled him.
[15] And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from
God troubleth thee.
[16] Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to
seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass,
when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand,
and thou shalt be well.
[17] And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play
well, and bring him to me.
[18] Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a
son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant
man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD
is with him.
[19] Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David
thy son, which is with the sheep.
[20] And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a
kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
[21] And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him
greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
[22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand
before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
[23] And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and
was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their
armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to
Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
[2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
[3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
[4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[5] And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before
him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto
them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine,
and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
[9] If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give
me a man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose
name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old
man in the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the
firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
[14] And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
[15] But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
[17] And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an
ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy
brethren;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
[19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and
spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
[24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,
and were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth
him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his
daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be
done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from
Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it
be done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know
thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou
mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
[30] And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
[31] And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed
them before Saul: and he sent for him.
[32] And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
[33] And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war
from his youth.
[34] And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and
there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
[35] And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of
his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him.
[36] Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the
living God.
[37] David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of
the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of
this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
[38] And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
[39] And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go;
for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for
I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
[40] And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a
scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
[41] And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man
that bare the shield went before him.
[42] And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
[43] And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to
me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
[44] And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
[45] Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD
of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
[46] This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the
host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild
beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
[47] And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with
sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our
hands.
[48] And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew
nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the
Philistine.
[49] And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into
his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
[50] So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the
hand of David.
[51] Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his
sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his
head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they
fled.
[52] And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And
the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto
Gath, and unto Ekron.
[53] And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
[54] And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
[55] And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
[56] And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
[57] And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner
took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his
hand.
[58] And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
[1] And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David,
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
[2] And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
[3] Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his
own soul.
[4] And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and
gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to
his girdle.
[5] And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself
wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight
of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
[6] And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with
instruments of musick.
[7] And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
[8] And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
[9] And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
[10] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
[11] And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to
the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
[12] And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and
was departed from Saul.
[13] Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over
a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
[14] And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was
with him.
[15] Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
[16] But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came
in before them.
[17] And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles.
For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him.
[18] And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
[19] But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should
have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to
wife.
[20] And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him.
[21] And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him,
and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to
David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
[22] And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants
love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
[23] And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And
David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
[24] And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake
David.
[25] And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not
any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the
king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the
Philistines.
[26] And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well
to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
[27] Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave
them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul
gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
[28] And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal
Saul's daughter loved him.
[29] And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's
enemy continually.
[30] Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to
pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all
the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
[1] And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all
his servants, that they should kill David.
[2] But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told
David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee,
take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide
thyself:
[3] And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou
art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will
tell thee.
[4] And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto
him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath
not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to theeward very good:
[5] For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and
the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst
rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David
without a cause?
[6] And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As
the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
[7] And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things.
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times
past.
[8] And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
[9] And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his
house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
[10] And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin;
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the
wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
[11] Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay
him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not
thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
[12] So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled,
and escaped.
[13] And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow
of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
[14] And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
[15] And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him
up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
[16] And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in
the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
[17] And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent
away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me,
Let me go; why should I kill thee?
[18] So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told
him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
[19] And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
[20] And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over
them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also
prophesied.
[21] And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they
prophesied also.
[22] Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in
Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold,
they be at Naioth in Ramah.
[23] And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was
upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in
Ramah.
[24] And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore
they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
[1] And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and
said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my
sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
[2] And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my
father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and
why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
[3] And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth
that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know
this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
there is but a step between me and death.
[4] Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will
even do it for thee.
[5] And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and
I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide
myself in the field unto the third day at even.
[6] If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave
of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice
there for all the family.
[7] If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he
be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
[8] Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if
there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to
thy father?
[9] And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that
evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it
thee?
[10] Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy
father answer thee roughly?
[11] And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the
field. And they went out both of them into the field.
[12] And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have
sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if
there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
[13] The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my
father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou
mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
[14] And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of
the LORD, that I die not:
[15] But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for
ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from
the face of the earth.
[16] So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let
the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
[17] And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for
he loved him as he loved his own soul.
[18] Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou
shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
[19] And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down
quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business
was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
[20] And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot
at a mark.
[21] And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If
I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take
them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD
liveth.
[22] But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond
thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
[23] And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold,
the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
[24] So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come,
the king sat him down to eat meat.
[25] And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat
by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's
place was empty.
[26] Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
[27] And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the
month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
[28] And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go
to Bethlehem:
[29] And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a
sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and
now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and
see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
[30] Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast
chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy
mother's nakedness?
[31] For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me,
for he shall surely die.
[32] And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore
shall he be slain? what hath he done?
[33] And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew
that it was determined of his father to slay David.
[34] So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his
father had done him shame.
[35] And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
[36] And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
[37] And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan
had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
[38] And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And
Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
[39] But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
[40] And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him,
Go, carry them to the city.
[41] And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward
the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times:
and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
[42] And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn
both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee,
and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and
Jonathan went into the city.
[1] Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest:
and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art
thou alone, and no man with thee?
[2] And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me
a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business
whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my
servants to such and such a place.
[3] Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread
in mine hand, or what there is present.
[4] And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread
under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept
themselves at least from women.
[5] And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women
have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea,
though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
[6] So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there
but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the
day when it was taken away.
[7] Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of
the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
[8] And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine
hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with
me, because the king's business required haste.
[9] And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the
ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here.
And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
[10] And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
[11] And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the
king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
[12] And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath.
[13] And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle
fall down upon his beard.
[14] Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
[15] Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play
the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
[1] David therefore departed thence, and escaped to
the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it,
they went down thither to him.
[2] And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,
and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he
became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
[3] And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king
of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you,
till I know what God will do for me.
[4] And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him
all the while that David was in the hold.
[5] And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the
forest of Hareth.
[6] When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in
his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
[7] Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards,
and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
[8] That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that
sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is
none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred
up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
[9] Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of
Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub.
[10] And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and
gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
[11] Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of
them to the king.
[12] And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here
I am, my lord.
[13] And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and
the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast
inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at
this day?
[14] Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful
among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at
thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
[15] Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let
not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my
father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
[16] And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
thy father's house.
[17] And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and
slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and
because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of
the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
[18] And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day
fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
[19] And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
sheep, with the edge of the sword.
[20] And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
escaped, and fled after David.
[21] And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
[22] And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the
Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death
of all the persons of thy father's house.
[23] Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh
thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
[1] Then they told David, saying, Behold, the
Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
[2] Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines,
and save Keilah.
[3] And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah:
how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
[4] Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into
thine hand.
[5] So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the
Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great
slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
[6] And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to
David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
[7] And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a
town that hath gates and bars.
[8] And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to
Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
[9] And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him;
and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
[10] Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly
heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
[11] Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come
down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy
servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
[12] Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into
the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
[13] Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
[14] And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in
a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God
delivered him not into his hand.
[15] And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was
in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
[16] And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and
strengthened his hand in God.
[17] And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next
unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
[18] And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in
the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
[19] Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah,
which is on the south of Jeshimon?
[20] Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy
soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
[21] And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on
me.
[22] Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his
haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very
subtilly.
[23] See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where
he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go
with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search
him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
[24] And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men
were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
[25] Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David:
wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And
when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
[26] And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men
on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of
Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take
them.
[27] But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come;
for the Philistines have invaded the land.
[28] Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against
the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
[29] And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at
En-gedi.
[1] And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from
following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in
the wilderness of En-gedi.
[2] Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went
to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
[3] And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul
went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the
cave.
[4] And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD
said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou
mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off
the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
[5] And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because
he had cut off Saul's skirt.
[6] And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this
thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against
him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
[7] So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not
to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
[8] David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David
stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
[9] And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
[10] Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had
delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee:
but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my
lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
[11] Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my
hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not, know
thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I
have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
[12] The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
[13] As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
[14] After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
[15] The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
[16] And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these
words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul
lifted up his voice, and wept.
[17] And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
[18] And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with
me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst
me not.
[19] For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?
wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
[20] And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
[21] Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off
my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's
house.
[22] And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his
men gat them up unto the hold.
[1] And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were
gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And
David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
[2] And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and
the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats:
and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
[3] Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail:
and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but
the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
[4] And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
[5] And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men,
Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
[6] And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be
both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
[7] And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds
which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto
them, all the while they were in Carmel.
[8] Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young
men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee,
whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
[9] And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
[10] And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and
who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away
every man from his master.
[11] Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have
killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
[12] So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and
told him all those sayings.
[13] And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they
girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there
went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
[14] But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,
Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and
he railed on them.
[15] But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither
missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in
the fields:
[16] They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep.
[17] Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a
son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
[18] Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched
corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and
laid them on asses.
[19] And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come
after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
[20] And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the
covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and
she met them.
[21] Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow
hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto
him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
[22] So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of
all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
[23] And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,
and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
[24] And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this
iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and
hear the words of thine handmaid.
[25] Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even
Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him:
but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
[26] Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from
avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek
evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
[27] And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my
lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
[28] I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD
will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles
of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
[29] Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the
soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and
the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a
sling.
[30] And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have
appointed thee ruler over Israel;
[31] That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged
himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember
thine handmaid.
[32] And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which
sent thee this day to meet me:
[33] And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me
this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own
hand.
[34] For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept
me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely
there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth
against the wall.
[35] So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy
voice, and have accepted thy person.
[36] And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he
was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the
morning light.
[37] But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone.
[38] And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote
Nabal, that he died.
[39] And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and
hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of
Nabal upon his own head, And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her
to him to wife.
[40] And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they
spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee to take thee to him to wife.
[41] And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and
said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants
of my lord.
[42] And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of
David, and became his wife.
[43] David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them
his wives.
[44] But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the
son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
[1] And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah,
saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before
Jeshimon?
[2] Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph.
[3] And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after
him into the wilderness.
[4] David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in
very deed.
[5] And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and
David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of
his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
[6] Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me
to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
[7] So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul
lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
[8] Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into
thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the
spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
[9] And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
[10] David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
[11] The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the
LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
[12] So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster;
and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they
were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
[13] Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; a great space being between them:
[14] And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that
criest to the king?
[15] And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is
like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king?
for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
[16] This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye
are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed.
And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his
bolster.
[17] And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son
David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
[18] And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?
for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
[19] Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of
his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an
offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD;
for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the
LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
[20] Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face
of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one
doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
[21] Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold,
I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
[22] And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one
of the young men come over and fetch it.
[23] The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his
faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not
stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
[24] And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so
let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out
of all tribulation.
[25] Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt
both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way,
and Saul returned to his place.
[1] And David said in his heart, I shall now perish
one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me,
to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
[2] And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
[3] And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with
his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and
Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
[4] And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him.
[5] And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes,
let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there:
for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
[6] Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth
unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
[7] And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was
a full year and four months.
[8] And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of
the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
[9] And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and
took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the
apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
[10] And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David
said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites,
and against the south of the Kenites.
[11] And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be
his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
[12] And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
[1] And it came to pass in those days, that the
Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me
to battle, thou and thy men.
[2] And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant
can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine
head for ever.
[3] Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him
in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar
spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
[4] And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in
Gilboa.
[5] And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
[6] And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
[7] Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants
said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
[8] And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray
thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall
name unto thee.
[9] And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to
die?
[10] And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
[11] Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
[12] And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the
woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
[13] And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
[14] And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was
Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
[15] And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by
prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make
known unto me what I shall do.
[16] Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
[17] And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to
David:
[18] Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee
this day.
[19] Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD
also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
[20] Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for
he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
[21] And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,
and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put
my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto
me.
[22] Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of
thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that
thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
[23] But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants,
together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So
he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
[24] And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread
thereof:
[25] And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they
did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together all their
armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
[2] And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
[3] Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews
here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David,
the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or
these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this
day?
[4] And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may
go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down
with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith
should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of
these men?
[5] Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
[6] Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in
the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day
of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
[7] Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the
lords of the Philistines.
[8] And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou
found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may
not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
[9] And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in
my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines
have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
[10] Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's
servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning,
and have light, depart.
[11] So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to
Jezreel.
[1] And it came to pass, when David and his men were
come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and
Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
[2] And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not
any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
[3] So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken
captives.
[4] Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
[5] And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
[6] And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning
him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and
for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
[7] And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee,
bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
[8] And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this
troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt
surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
[9] So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and
came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
[10] But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode
behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
[11] And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David,
and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
[12] And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of
raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten
no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
[13] And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art
thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master
left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
[14] We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the
coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned
Ziklag with fire.
[15] And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?
And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver
me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
[16] And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad
upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great
spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the
land of Judah.
[17] And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the
next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men,
which rode upon camels, and fled.
[18] And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and
David rescued his two wives.
[19] And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to
them: David recovered all.
[20] And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave
before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
[21] And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that
they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook
Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with
him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
[22] Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that
went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them
ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his
children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
[23] Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which
the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that
came against us into our hand.
[24] For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is
that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff:
they shall part alike.
[25] And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and
an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
[26] And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders
of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of
the enemies of the LORD;
[27] To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south
Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
[28] And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in
Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
[29] And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the
cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the
Kenites,
[30] And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in
Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
[31] And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David
himself and his men were wont to haunt.
[1] Now the Philistines fought against
[2] And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
[3] And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and
he was sore wounded of the archers.
[4] Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and
abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
[5] And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him.
[6] So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.
[7] And when the men of
[8] And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in
[9] And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent
into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of
their idols, and among the people.
[10] And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they
fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
[11] And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
[12] All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of
Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh,
and burnt them there.
[13] And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh,
and fasted seven days.
[1] Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when
David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode
two days in Ziklag;
[2] It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out
of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it
was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
[3] And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, Out of the camp of
[4] And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me.
And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the
people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
[5] And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou
that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
[6] And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon
[7] And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I
answered, Here am
[8] And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
[9] And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:
for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
[10] So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could
not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head,
and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my
lord.
[11] Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise
all the men that were with him:
[12] And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and
for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of
[13] And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
[14] And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
[15] And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall
upon him. And he smote him that he died.
[16] And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth
hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
[17] And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son:
[18] (Also he bade them teach the children of
[19] The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen!
[20] Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest
the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
[21] Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with
oil.
[22] From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of
Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
[23] Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were
stronger than lions.
[24] Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
[25] How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,
thou was slain in thine high places.
[26] I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast
thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
[27] How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
[1] And it came to pass after this, that David
inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of
[2] So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
[3] And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with
his household: and they dwelt in the cities of
[4] And the men of
[5] And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said
unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto
your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
[6] And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will
requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
[7] Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for
your master Saul is dead, and also the house of
[8] But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth
the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
[9] And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
[10] Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign
over
[11] And the time that David was king in
[12] And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to
[13] And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,
and met together by the pool of
[14] And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play
before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
[15] Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
[16] And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his
sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place
was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in
[17] And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,
and the men of
[18] And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
[19] And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the
right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
[20] Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he
answered, I am.
[21] And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy
left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But
Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
[22] And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me:
wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face
to Joab thy brother?
[23] Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder
end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind
him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass,
that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
[24] Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down
when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of
the wilderness of
[25] And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
[26] Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for
ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long
shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
[27] And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then
in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
[28] So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued
after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
[29] And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and
passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
[30] And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and
Asahel.
[31] But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's
men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
[32] And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his
father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they
came to Hebron at break of day.
[1] Now there was long war between the house of Saul
and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of
Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
[2] And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
[3] And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
[4] And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth,
Shephatiah the son of Abital;
[5] And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to
David in Hebron.
[6] And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul
and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
[7] And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of
Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my
father's concubine?
[8] Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am
I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of
Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered
thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault
concerning this woman?
[9] So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to
David, even so I do to him;
[10] To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the
throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
[11] And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
[12] And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be
with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
[13] And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I
require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring
Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
[14] And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying,
Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of
the Philistines.
[15] And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
Phaltiel the son of Laish.
[16] And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim.
Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
[17] And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past to be king over you:
[18] Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the
hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
[19] And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also
to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and
that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
[20] So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And
David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
[21] And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all
Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that
thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner
away; and he went in peace.
[22] And, Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a
troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in
Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
[23] When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told
Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away,
and he is gone in peace.
[24] Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold,
Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite
gone?
[25] Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee,
and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
[26] And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after
Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
[27] And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the
gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that
he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
[28] And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are
guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
[29] Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and
let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a
leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that
lacketh bread.
[30] So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
[31] And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,
Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And
king David himself followed the bier.
[32] And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice,
and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
[33] And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool
dieth?
[34] Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man
falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over
him.
[35] And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it
was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste
bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
[36] And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
[37] For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was
not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
[38] And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
[39] And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the
sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil
according to his wickedness.
[1] And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in
Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
[2] And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of
the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to
Benjamin:
[3] And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.)
[4] And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He
was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel,
and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to
flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
[5] And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and
came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at
noon.
[6] And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab
and Baanah his brother escaped.
[7] For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his
head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
[8] And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and
said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy,
which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of
Saul, and of his seed.
[9] And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon
the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of all adversity,
[10] When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought
that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
[11] How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his
own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your
hand, and take you away from the earth?
[12] And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off
their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But
they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in
Hebron.
[1] Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto
Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
[2] Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
[3] So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king
David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed
David king over Israel.
[4] David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years.
[5] In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
[6] And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away
the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot
come in hither.
[7] Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the
city of David.
[8] And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and
smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's
soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the
lame shall not come into the house.
[9] So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And
David built round about from Millo and inward.
[10] And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was
with him.
[11] And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
[12] And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over
Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
[13] And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to
David.
[14] And these be the names of those that were born unto him in
Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
[15] Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[16] And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
[17] But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it,
and went down to the hold.
[18] The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
[19] And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto
David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
[20] And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and
said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of
waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
[21] And there they left their images, and David and his men burned
them.
[22] And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim.
[23] And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry
trees.
[24] And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the
LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
[25] And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the
Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
[1] Again, David gathered together all the chosen men
of Israel, thirty thousand.
[2] And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him
from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is
called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
[3] And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of
the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
Abinadab, drave the new cart.
[4] And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at
Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
[5] And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all
manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and
on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
[6] And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his
hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
[7] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote
him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
[8] And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:
and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
[9] And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the
ark of the LORD come to me?
[10] So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the
city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite.
[11] And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.
[12] And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house
of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So
David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the
city of David with gladness.
[13] And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had
gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
[14] And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
[15] So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
[16] And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal
Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
[17] And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place,
in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
[18] And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
[19] And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude
of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a
good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one
to his house.
[20] Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter
of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
[21] And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me
before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the
people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
[22] And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
had in honour.
[23] Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of
her death.
[1] And it came to pass, when the king sat in his
house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
[2] That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house
of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
[3] And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
the LORD is with thee.
[4] And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying,
[5] Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build
me an house for me to dwell in?
[6] Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought
up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a
tent and in a tabernacle.
[7] In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of
Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to
feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
[8] Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to
be ruler over my people, over Israel:
[9] And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all
thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the
name of the great men that are in the earth.
[10] Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more;
neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
[11] And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD
telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
[12] And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy
bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
[13] He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne
of his kingdom for ever.
[14] I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit
iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the
children of men:
[15] But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul,
whom I put away before thee.
[16] And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
[17] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
[18] Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who
am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
[19] And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou
hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this
the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
[20] And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest
thy servant.
[21] For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou
done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
[22] Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with
our ears.
[23] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a
name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy
people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their
gods?
[24] For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people
unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
[25] And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast
said.
[26] And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts
is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established
before thee.
[27] For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found
in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
[28] And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and
thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
[29] Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken
it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
[1] And after this it came to pass, that David smote
the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand
of the Philistines.
[2] And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down
to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one
full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts.
[3] David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he
went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
[4] And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot
horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
[5] And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
[6] Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians
became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
[7] And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
[8] And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
[9] When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of
Hadadezer,
[10] Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for
Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
[11] Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver
and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
[12] Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king
of Zobah.
[13] And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the
Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
[14] And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
[15] And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and
justice unto all his people.
[16] And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud was recorder;
[17] And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
[18] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and
the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
[1] And David said, Is there yet any that is left of
the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
[2] And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba.
And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba?
And he said, Thy servant is he.
[3] And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan
hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
[4] And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the
king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
[5] Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
[6] Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was
come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said,
Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
[7] And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee
kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of
Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
[8] And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
[9] Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I
have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his
house.
[10] Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
[11] Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the
king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth,
said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
[12] And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all
that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
[13] So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at
the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
[1] And it came to pass after this, that the king of
the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
[2] Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the
hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of
the children of Ammon.
[3] And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters
unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the
city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
[4] Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half
of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away.
[5] When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men
were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
grown, and then return.
[6] And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of
Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of
Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
[7] And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
[8] And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at
the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and
Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
[9] When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before
and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians:
[10] And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai
his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
[11] And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come
and help thee.
[12] Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
[13] And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
[14] And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from
the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
[15] And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they
gathered themselves together.
[16] And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond
the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
[17] And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and
passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array
against David, and fought with him.
[18] And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven
hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach
the captain of their host, who died there.
[19] And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that
they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them.
So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
[1] And it came to pass, after the year was expired,
at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his
servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon,
and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
[2] And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his
bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a
woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
[3] And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not
this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
[4] And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she
returned unto her house.
[5] And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am
with child.
[6] And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab
sent Uriah to David.
[7] And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
[8] And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.
And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of
meat from the king.
[9] But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the
servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
[10] And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his
house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst
thou not go down unto thine house?
[11] And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in
tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open
fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with
my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
[12] And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I
will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
[13] And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants
of his lord, but went not down to his house.
[14] And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to
Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
[15] And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
[16] And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
[17] And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died
also.
[18] Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
[19] And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of
telling the matters of the war unto the king,
[20] And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not
that they would shoot from the wall?
[21] Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went
ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
[22] So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had
sent him for.
[23] And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against
us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the
entering of the gate.
[24] And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some
of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
[25] Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as
another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and
encourage thou him.
[26] And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
she mourned for her husband.
[27] And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David
had done displeased the LORD.
[1] And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came
unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and
the other poor.
[2] The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
[3] But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had
bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his
children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his
bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
[4] And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was
come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that
was come to him.
[5] And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said
to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely
die:
[6] And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity.
[7] And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the
hand of Saul;
[8] And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too
little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
[9] Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil
in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken
his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of
Ammon.
[10] Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;
because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to
be thy wife.
[11] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out
of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them
unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
[12] For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all
Israel, and before the sun.
[13] And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And
Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not
die.
[14] Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the
enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall
surely die.
[15] And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
[16] David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
[17] And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up
from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
[18] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And
the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they
said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would
not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that
the child is dead?
[19] But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived
that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead.
[20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him,
and he did eat.
[21] Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast
done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the
child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
[22] And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for
I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may
live?
[23] But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
[24] And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and
lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD
loved him.
[25] And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his
name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
[26] And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took
the royal city.
[27] And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
[28] Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
[29] And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it.
[30] And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof
was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
[31] And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them
pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children
of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
[1] And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the
son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of
David loved her.
[2] And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for
she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
[3] But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah
David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
[4] And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from
day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's sister.
[5] And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make
thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray
thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my
sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
[6] So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come
to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come,
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
[7] Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's
house, and dress him meat.
[8] So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.
And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake
the cakes.
[9] And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused
to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man
from him.
[10] And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I
may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought
them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
[11] And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her,
and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
[12] And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
[13] And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto
the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
[14] Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her.
[15] Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said
unto her, Arise, be gone.
[16] And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me
away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not
hearken unto her.
[17] Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put
now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
[18] And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such
robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant
brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
[19] And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers
colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
[20] And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been
with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not
this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
[21] But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
[22] And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
[23] And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all
the king's sons.
[24] And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant
hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy
servant.
[25] And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go,
lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go,
but blessed him.
[26] Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go
with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
[27] But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons
go with him.
[28] Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when
Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then
kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous and be valiant.
[29] And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had
commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his
mule, and fled.
[30] And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came
to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one
of them left.
[31] Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
[32] And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said,
Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons;
for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been
determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
[33] Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
[34] But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the
hill side behind him.
[35] And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as
thy servant said, so it is.
[36] And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,
that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the
king also and all his servants wept very sore.
[37] But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of
Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
[38] So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
[39] And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he
was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
[1] Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the
king's heart was toward Absalom.
[2] And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning
apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long
time mourned for the dead:
[3] And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put
the words in her mouth.
[4] And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
[5] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
[6] And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew
him.
[7] And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they
said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of
his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall
quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name
nor remainder upon the earth.
[8] And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give
charge concerning thee.
[9] And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be
guiltless.
[10] And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to
me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
[11] Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God,
that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest
they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair
of thy son fall to the earth.
[12] Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one
word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
[13] And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing
against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
[14] For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he
devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
[15] Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord
the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said,
I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the
request of his handmaid.
[16] For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of
the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of
God.
[17] Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and
bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
[18] Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the
king now speak.
[19] And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?
And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can
turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath
spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the
mouth of thine handmaid:
[20] To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this
thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know
all things that are in the earth.
[21] And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
[22] And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and
thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found
grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the
request of his servant.
[23] So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
[24] And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
[25] But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there
was no blemish in him.
[26] And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that
he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
[27] And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,
whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
[28] So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the
king's face.
[29] Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but
he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not
come.
[30] Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near
mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants
set the field on fire.
[31] Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto
him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
[32] And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come
hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from
Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me
see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
[33] So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground
before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
[1] And it came to pass after this, that Absalom
prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
[2] And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and
it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for
judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he
said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
[3] And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but
there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
[4] Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that
every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him
justice!
[5] And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him
obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
[6] And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king
for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
[7] And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD,
in Hebron.
[8] For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve
the LORD.
[9] And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to
Hebron.
[10] But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
[11] And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were
called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
[12] And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller,
from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy
was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
[13] And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men
of Israel are after Absalom.
[14] And David said unto all his servants that were with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom:
make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and
smite the city with the edge of the sword.
[15] And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants
are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
[16] And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the
king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
[17] And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried
in a place that was far off.
[18] And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after
him from Gath, passed on before the king.
[19] Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger,
and also an exile.
[20] Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go
up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy
brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
[21] And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as
my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be,
whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
[22] And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite
passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
[23] And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the
people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
[24] And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the
ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went
up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
[25] And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the
city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again,
and shew me both it, and his habitation:
[26] But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I,
let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
[27] The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?
return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and
Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
[28] See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come
word from you to certify me.
[29] Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
[30] And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he
went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people
that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they
went up.
[31] And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness.
[32] And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the
mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him
with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
[33] Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt
be a burden unto me:
[34] But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now
also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
[35] And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's
house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
[36] Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's
son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing
that ye can hear.
[37] So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into
Jerusalem.
[1] And when David was a little past the top of the
hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of
raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
[2] And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer
fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the
wilderness may drink.
[3] And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house
of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
[4] Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained
unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace
in thy sight, my lord, O king.
[5] And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man
of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he
came forth, and cursed still as he came.
[6] And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his
left.
[7] And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody
man, and thou man of Belial:
[8] The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,
in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into
the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief,
because thou art a bloody man.
[9] Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this
dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his
head.
[10] And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall
then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
[11] And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this
Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden
him.
[12] It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the
LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
[13] And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the
hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him,
and cast dust.
[14] And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,
and refreshed themselves there.
[15] And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
[16] And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was
come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save
the king.
[17] And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why
wentest thou not with thy friend?
[18] And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this
people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I
abide.
[19] And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence
of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
[20] Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we
shall do.
[21] And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's
concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear
that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with
thee be strong.
[22] So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and
Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
[23] And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days,
was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of
Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
[1] Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now
choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this
night:
[2] And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will
make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will
smite the king only:
[3] And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou
seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
[4] And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
[5] Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear
likewise what he saith.
[6] And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not;
speak thou.
[7] And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given
is not good at this time.
[8] For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be
mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps
in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the
people.
[9] Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it
will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever
heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
[10] And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and
they which be with him are valiant men.
[11] Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto
thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for
multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
[12] So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,
and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of
all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
[13] Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one
small stone found there.
[14] And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai
the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had
appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD
might bring evil upon Absalom.
[15] Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and
thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus
have I counselled.
[16] Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this
night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
[17] Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be
seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and
told king David.
[18] Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both
of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in
his court; whither they went down.
[19] And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and
spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
[20] And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they
said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone
over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they
returned to Jerusalem.
[21] And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up
out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and
pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
[22] Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they
passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was
not gone over Jordan.
[23] And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he
saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put
his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the
sepulchre of his father.
[24] Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and
all the men of Israel with him.
[25] And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which
Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
[26] So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
[27] And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi
the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of
Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
[28] Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and
barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched
pulse,
[29] And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is
hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
[1] And David numbered the people that were with him,
and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
[2] And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of
Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's
brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king
said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
[3] But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee
away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for
us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that
thou succour us out of the city.
[4] And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And
the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by
thousands.
[5] And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people
heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
[6] So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim;
[7] Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David,
and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
[8] For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:
and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
[9] And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule,
and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught
hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the
mule that was under him went away.
[10] And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
[11] And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest
him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have
given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
[12] And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the
king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai,
saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
[13] Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:
for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set
thyself against me.
[14] Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three
darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was
yet alive in the midst of the oak.
[15] And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote
Absalom, and slew him.
[16] And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
[17] And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood,
and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to
his tent.
[18] Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a
pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name
in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called
unto this day, Absalom's place.
[19] Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the
king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
[20] And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but
thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings,
because the king's son is dead.
[21] Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And
Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
[22] Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever,
let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou
run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
[23] But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
[24] And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to
the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and
behold a man running alone.
[25] And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he
be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
[26] And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called
unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said,
He also bringeth tidings.
[27] And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is
like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good
man, and cometh with good tidings.
[28] And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell
down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD
thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my
lord the king.
[29] And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great
tumult, but I knew not what it was.
[30] And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he
turned aside, and stood still.
[31] And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king:
for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
[32] And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And
Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee
to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
[33] And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the
gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son
Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
[1] And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth
and mourneth for Absalom.
[2] And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the
people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
[3] And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people
being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
[4] But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
[5] And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed
this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and
the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the
lives of thy concubines;
[6] In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou
hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for
this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day,
then it had pleased thee well.
[7] Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy
servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry
one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil
that befell thee from thy youth until now.
[8] Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the
people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came
before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
[9] And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of
Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he
delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the
land for Absalom.
[10] And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now
therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
[11] And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king
back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to
his house.
[12] Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then
are ye the last to bring back the king?
[13] And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God
do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me
continually in the room of Joab.
[14] And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart
of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy
servants.
[15] So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal,
to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
[16] And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,
hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
[17] And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the
servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with
him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
[18] And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's
household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down
before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
[19] And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me,
neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my
lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
[20] For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I
am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my
lord the king.
[21] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei
be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
[22] And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah,
that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death
this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
[23] Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the
king sware unto him.
[24] And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and
had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes,
from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
[25] And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the
king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,
Mephibosheth?
[26] And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy
servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the
king; because thy servant is lame.
[27] And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my
lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
[28] For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the
king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own
table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
[29] And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy
matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
[30] And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,
forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
[31] And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over
Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
[32] Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he
had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very
great man.
[33] And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I
will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
[34] And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I
should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
[35] I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good
and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more
the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant
be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
[36] Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why
should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
[37] Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in
mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But
behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to
him what shall seem good unto thee.
[38] And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do
to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require
of me, that will I do for thee.
[39] And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come
over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own
place.
[40] Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and
all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
[41] And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto
the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have
brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
[42] And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the
king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we
eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
[43] And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have
ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did
ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our
king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men
of Israel.
[1] And there happened to be there a man of Belial,
whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet,
and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of
Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
[2] So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba
the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even
to Jerusalem.
[3] And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten
women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward,
and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of
their death, living in widowhood.
[4] Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within
three days, and be thou here present.
[5] So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer
than the set time which he had appointed him.
[6] And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after
him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
[7] And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to
pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[8] When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went
before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and
upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof;
and as he went forth it fell out.
[9] And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab
took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
[10] But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground,
and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued
after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[11] And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth
Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
[12] And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when
the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one
that came by him stood still.
[13] When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on
after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[14] And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went
also after him.
[15] And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they
cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people
that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
[16] Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray
you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
[17] And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab?
And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine
handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
[18] Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
[19] I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou
seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the
inheritance of the LORD?
[20] And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I
should swallow up or destroy.
[21] The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of
Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David:
deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto
Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
[22] Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut
off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a
trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab
returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
[23] Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
[24] And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder:
[25] And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
[26] And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
[1] Then there was a famine in the days of David
three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD
answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the
Gibeonites.
[2] And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the
Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the
Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to
slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
[3] Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of
the LORD?
[4] And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of
Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And
he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
[5] And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that
devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the
coasts of Israel,
[6] Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang
them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king
said, I will give them.
[7] But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of
Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and
Jonathan the son of Saul.
[8] But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the
daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite:
[9] And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and
were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning
of barley harvest.
[10] And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for
her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them
out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by
day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
[11] And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the
concubine of Saul, had done.
[12] And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of
Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had
slain Saul in Gilboa:
[13] And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
[14] And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they
performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the
land.
[15] Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and
David waxed faint.
[16] And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of
whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded
with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
[17] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou
shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of
Israel.
[18] And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with
the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of
the sons of the giant.
[19] And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where
Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
[20] And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great
stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four
and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
[21] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother
of David slew him.
[22] These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
[1] And David spake unto the LORD the words of this
song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his
enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
[2] And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
[3] The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the
horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me
from violence.
[4] I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
[5] When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made
me afraid;
[6] The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me;
[7] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he
did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
[8] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved
and shook, because he was wroth.
[9] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[10] He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under
his feet.
[11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the
wings of the wind.
[12] And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and
thick clouds of the skies.
[13] Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
[14] The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his
voice.
[15] And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and
discomfited them.
[16] And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world
were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his
nostrils.
[17] He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
[18] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
[19] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
[20] He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
[21] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
[22] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
[23] For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I
did not depart from them.
[24] I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine
iniquity.
[25] Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
[26] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
[27] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
[28] And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon
the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
[29] For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my
darkness.
[30] For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
[31] As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he
is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
[32] For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
[33] God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
[34] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high
places.
[35] He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
[36] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness
hath made me great.
[37] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
[38] I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not
again until I had consumed them.
[39] And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not
arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
[40] For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me.
[41] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might
destroy them that hate me.
[42] They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he
answered them not.
[43] Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp
them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
[44] Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou
hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve
me.
[45] Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,
they shall be obedient unto me.
[46] Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their
close places.
[47] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of
the rock of my salvation.
[48] It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under
me,
[49] And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted
me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from
the violent man.
[50] Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
and I will sing praises unto thy name.
[51] He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
[1] Now these be the last words of David. David the
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the
God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
[2] The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
[3] The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that
ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
[4] And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.
[5] Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my
salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
[6] But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
[7] But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the
staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
[8] These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite
that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite:
he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
[9] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there
gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
[10] He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and
his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day;
and the people returned after him only to spoil.
[11] And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground
full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
[12] But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew
the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
[13] And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched
in the valley of Rephaim.
[14] And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
was then in Bethlehem.
[15] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
[16] And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it,
and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it
out unto the LORD.
[17] And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is
not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore
he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
[18] And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them,
and had the name among three.
[19] Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
[20] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down
also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
[21] And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear
in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of
the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
[22] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among three mighty men.
[23] He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And David set him over his guard.
[24] Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son
of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[25] Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
[26] Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
[27] Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
[28] Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
[29] Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out
of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
[30] Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
[31] Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
[32] Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
[33] Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
[34] Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
[35] Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
[36] Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
[37] Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab
the son of Zeruiah,
[38] Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
[39] Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
[1] And again the anger of the LORD was kindled
against
[2] For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with
him, Go now through all the tribes of
[3] And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the
people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord
the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
[4] Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against
the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from
the presence of the king, to number the people of
[5] And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side
of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
[6] Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they
came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
[7] And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hibites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even
to Beer-sheba.
[8] So when they had gone through all the land, they came to
[9] And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king:
and there were in
[10] And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and
now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have
done very foolishly.
[11] For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came
unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
[12] Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
[13] So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven
years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months
before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days'
pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him
that sent me.
[14] And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into
the hand of man.
[15] So the LORD sent a pestilence upon
[16] And when the angel stretched out his hand upon
[17] And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the
people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep,
what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my
father's house.
[18] And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an
altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
[19] And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD
commanded.
[20] And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on
toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face
upon the ground.
[21] And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his
servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar
unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
[22] And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up
what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and
threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
[23] All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And
Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
[24] And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of
thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of
that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the
oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
[25] And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the
plague was stayed from
[1] Now king David was old and stricken in years; and
they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
[2] Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my
lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her
cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
[3] So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of
[4] And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered
to him: but the king knew her not.
[5] Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be
king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before
him.
[6] And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why
hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him
after Absalom.
[7] And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
[8] But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan
the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David,
were not with Adonijah.
[9] And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons,
and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
[10] But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon
his brother, he called not.
[11] Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and
David our lord knoweth it not?
[12] Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that
thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
[13] Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not
thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy
son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth
Adonijah reign?
[14] Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will
come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
[15] And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king
was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
[16] And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king
said, What wouldest thou?
[17] And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God
unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me,
and he shall sit upon my throne.
[18] And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou
knowest it not:
[19] And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and
hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the
captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
[20] And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,
that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king
after him.
[21] Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep
with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
[22] And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet
also came in.
[23] And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when
he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face
to the ground.
[24] And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
[25] For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle
and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains
of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before
him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
[26] But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
[27] Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it
unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
[28] Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came
into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
[29] And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,
[30] Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne
in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
[31] Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence
to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
[32] And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
[33] The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your
lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down
to Gihon:
[34] And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there
king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
[35] Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my
throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler
over Israel and over Judah.
[36] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen:
the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
[37] As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with
Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
[38] So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused
Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
[39] And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save
king Solomon.
[40] And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with
pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of
them.
[41] And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they
had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he
said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
[42] And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the
priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man,
and bringest good tidings.
[43] And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king
David hath made Solomon king.
[44] And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
[45] And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king
in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang
again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
[46] And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
[47] And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David,
saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne
greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
[48] And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
[49] And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose
up, and went every man his way.
[50] And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar.
[51] And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let
king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the
sword.
[52] And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall
not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him,
he shall die.
[53] So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And
he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to
thine house.
[1] Now the days of David drew nigh that he should
die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
[2] I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew
thyself a man;
[3] And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to
keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his
testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in
all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
[4] That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me,
saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with
all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a
man on the throne of Israel.
[5] Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son
of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of
war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his
loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
[6] Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace.
[7] But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let
them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
[8] And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite
of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim:
but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying,
I will not put thee to death with the sword.
[9] Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and
knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to
the grave with blood.
[10] So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David.
[11] And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
[12] Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his
kingdom was established greatly.
[13] And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
[14] He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,
Say on.
[15] And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
[16] And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto
him, Say on.
[17] And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he
will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
[18] And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
[19] Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for
Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she
sat on his right hand.
[20] Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee,
say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not
say thee nay.
[21] And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy
brother to wife.
[22] And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost
thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for
he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for
Joab the son of Zeruiah.
[23] Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and
more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
[24] Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and
set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he
promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
[25] And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he fell upon him that he died.
[26] And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,
unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before
David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted.
[27] So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;
that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house
of Eli in Shiloh.
[28] Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
[29] And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle
of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
[30] And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him,
Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah
brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
[31] And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him,
and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed,
from me, and from the house of my father.
[32] And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell
upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword,
my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of
the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
[33] Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon
the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
[34] So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew
him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
[35] And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the
host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
[36] And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build
thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any
whither.
[37] For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over
the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy
blood shall be upon thine own head.
[38] And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the
king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
days.
[39] And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the
servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they
told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
[40] And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish
to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
[41] And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
[42] And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I
not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a
certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any wither, that thou
shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
[43] Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
[44] The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness
which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore
the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
[45] And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before the LORD for ever.
[46] So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out,
and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of
Solomon.
[1] And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David,
until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD,
and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
[2] Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no
house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
[3] And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his
father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
[4] And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the
great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
[5] In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God
said, Ask what I shall give thee.
[6] And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father
great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness,
and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great
kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this
day.
[7] And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of
David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come
in.
[8] And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast
chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
[9] Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this
thy so great a people?
[10] And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
[11] And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast
not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor
hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding
to discern judgment;
[12] Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a
wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
[13] And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both
riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto
thee all thy days.
[14] And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
[15] And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up
burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his
servants.
[16] Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and
stood before him.
[17] And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one
house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
[18] And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that
this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with
us in the house, save we two in the house.
[19] And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
[20] And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
bosom.
[21] And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it
was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my
son, which I did bear.
[22] And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the
dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is
my son. Thus they spake before the king.
[23] Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and
thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my
son is the living.
[24] And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
before the king.
[25] And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to
the one, and half to the other.
[26] Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for
her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor
thine, but divide it.
[27] Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in
no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
[28] And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do
judgment.
[1] So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
[2] And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok
the priest,
[3] Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud, the recorder.
[4] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests:
[5] And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the
son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
[6] And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was
over the tribute.
[7] And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made
provision.
[8] And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
[9] The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and
Elon-beth-hanan:
[10] The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the
land of Hepher:
[11] The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath
the daughter of Solomon to wife:
[12] Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and
all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
[13] The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of
Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region
of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen
bars:
[14] Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
[15] Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
[16] Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
[17] Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
[18] Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
[19] Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only
officer which was in the land.
[20] Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
[21] And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land
of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and
served Solomon all the days of his life.
[22] And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and threescore measures of meal,
[23] Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
[24] For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,
from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he
had peace on all sides round about him.
[25] And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and
under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
[26] And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
[27] And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all
that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked
nothing.
[28] Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they
unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
[29] And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
[30] And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the
east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
[31] For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman,
and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations
round about.
[32] And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand
and five.
[33] And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of
fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
[34] And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
[1] And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto
Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his
father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
[2] And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
[3] Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto
the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side,
until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
[4] But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that
there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
[5] And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD
my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will
set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
[6] Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give
hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou
knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto
the Sidonians.
[7] And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he
rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto
David a wise son over this great people.
[8] And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of
cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
[9] My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I
will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me,
and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and
thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
[10] So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all
his desire.
[11] And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food
to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram
year by year.
[12] And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was
peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
[13] And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was
thirty thousand men.
[14] And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month by courses: a
month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the
levy.
[15] And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
[16] Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in
the work.
[17] And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
[18] And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
[1] And it came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
[2] And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits.
[3] And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the
length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the
breadth thereof before the house.
[4] And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
[5] And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the
oracle: and he made chambers round about:
[6] The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six
cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of
the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be
fastened in the walls of the house.
[7] And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe
nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
[8] The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the
middle into the third.
[9] So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with
beams and boards of cedar.
[10] And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
[11] And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
[12] Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk
in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy
father:
[13] And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
my people Israel.
[14] So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
[15] And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,
both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them
on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
[16] And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the
floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within,
even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
[17] And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits
long.
[18] And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
[19] And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the
ark of the covenant of the LORD.
[20] And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he
overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
[21] So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a
partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with
gold.
[22] And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished
all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with
gold.
[23] And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten
cubits high.
[24] And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the
other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the
uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
[25] And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one
measure and one size.
[26] The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
[27] And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched
forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one
wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings
touched one another in the midst of the house.
[28] And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
[29] And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
[30] And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
without.
[31] And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
[32] The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with
gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
[33] So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.
[34] And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
[35] And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:
and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
[36] And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a
row of cedar beams.
[37] In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
laid, in the month Zif:
[38] And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth
month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according
to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
[1] But Solomon was building his own house thirteen
years, and he finished all his house.
[2] He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof
was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height
thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon
the pillars.
[3] And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
[4] And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in
three ranks.
[5] And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light
was against light in three ranks.
[6] And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the
other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
[7] Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the
porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to
the other.
[8] And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,
which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter,
whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
[9] All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the
coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
[10] And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones
of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
[11] And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,
and cedars.
[12] And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed
stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the
LORD, and for the porch of the house.
[13] And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
[14] He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and
understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king
Solomon, and wrought all his work.
[15] For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:
and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
[16] And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of
the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of
the other chapiter was five cubits:
[17] And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter,
and seven for the other chapiter.
[18] And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one
network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and
so did he for the other chapiter.
[19] And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of
lily work in the porch, four cubits.
[20] And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above,
over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two
hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
[21] And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up
the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left
pillar, and he called the name thereof Boaz.
[22] And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of
the pillars finished.
[23] And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of
thirty cubits did compass it round about.
[24] And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing
it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two
rows, when it was cast.
[25] It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
[26] And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought
like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand
baths.
[27] And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one
base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
[28] And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and
the borders were between the ledges:
[29] And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen,
and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the
lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
[30] And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the
four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters
molten, at the side of every addition.
[31] And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but
the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half:
and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not
round.
[32] And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the
wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a
half a cubit.
[33] And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all
molten.
[34] And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:
and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
[35] And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a
cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders
thereof were of the same.
[36] For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders
thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the
proportion of every one, and additions round about.
[37] After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one size.
[38] Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths:
and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
[39] And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on
the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house
eastward over against the south.
[40] And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So
Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house
of the LORD:
[41] The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on
the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
[42] And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows
of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that
were upon the pillars;
[43] And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
[44] And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
[45] And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of
bright brass.
[46] In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zarthan.
[47] And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
[48] And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of
the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread
was,
[49] And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five
on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs
of gold,
[50] And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,
and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the
inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of
the temple.
[51] So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of
the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had
dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the
treasures of the house of the LORD.
[1] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and
all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of
Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
[2] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at
the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
[3] And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
[4] And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those
did the priests and the Levites bring up.
[5] And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were
assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
[6] And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto
his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the
wings of the cherubims.
[7] For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
[8] And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen
out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and
there they are unto this day.
[9] There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
[10] And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
[11] So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
[12] Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick
darkness.
[13] I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for
thee to abide in for ever.
[14] And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the
congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
[15] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with
his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
[16] Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I
chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name
might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
[17] And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
[18] And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine
heart.
[19] Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
[20] And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen
up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD
promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
[21] And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant
of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the
land of Egypt.
[22] And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
[23] And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy
servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
[24] Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst
him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand,
as it is this day.
[25] Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my
sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their
way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
[26] And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
[27] But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have
builded?
[28] Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which
thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
[29] That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even
toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou
mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
[30] And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven
thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
[31] If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon
him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
[32] Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the
righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
[33] When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy
name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
[34] Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
[35] When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and
turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
[36] Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance.
[37] If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the
land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
[38] What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all
thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and
spread forth his hands toward this house:
[39] Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for
thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
[40] That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
[41] Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,
but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
[42] (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and
of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
[43] Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all
that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know
thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that
this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
[44] If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou
hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
[45] Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
[46] If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry
them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
[47] Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of
them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done
perversely, we have committed wickedness;
[48] And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their
soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto
thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which
thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
[49] Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
[50] And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them
compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion
on them:
[51] For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
[52] That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,
and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all
that they call for unto thee.
[53] For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth,
to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when
thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
[54] And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of
the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
[55] And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a
loud voice, saying,
[56] Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his
good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
[57] The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him
not leave us, nor forsake us:
[58] That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he
commanded our fathers.
[59] And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before
the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the
cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the
matter shall require:
[60] That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and
that there is none else.
[61] Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk
in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
[62] And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the
LORD.
[63] And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house
of the LORD.
[64] The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that
was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
[65] And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt,
before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
[66] On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness
that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
[1] And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished
the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's
desire which he was pleased to do,
[2] That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
appeared unto him at Gibeon.
[3] And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which
thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually.
[4] And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have
commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
[5] Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for
ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man upon the throne of Israel.
[6] But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children,
and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you,
but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
[7] Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;
and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight;
and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
[8] And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus
unto this land, and to this house?
[9] And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon
other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD
brought upon them all this evil.
[10] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
[11] (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees
and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
[12] And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had
given him; and they pleased him not.
[13] And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my
brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
[14] And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
[15] And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for
to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of
Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
[16] For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt
it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for
a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
[17] And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
[18] and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
[19] And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his
chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build
in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
[20] And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
[21] Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did
Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
[22] But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they
were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and
rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
[23] These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the
work.
[24] But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her
house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
[25] And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and
peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt
incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
[26] And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is
beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
[27] And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge
of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
[28] And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred
and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
[1] And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of
Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard
questions.
[2] And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that
bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
[3] And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid
from the king, which he told her not.
[4] And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the
house that he had built,
[5] And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his
ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit
in her.
[6] And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine
own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
[7] Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
[8] Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
[9] Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on
the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he
thee king, to do judgment and justice.
[10] And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance
of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
[11] And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought
in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
[12] And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the
LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there
came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
[13] And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.
So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
[14] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
[15] Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the
spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the
country.
[16] And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
[17] And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
[18] Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with the best gold.
[19] The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round
behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two
lions stood beside the stays.
[20] And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon
the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
[21] And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the
vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of
silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
[22] For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram:
once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory,
and apes, and peacocks.
[23] So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and
for wisdom.
[24] And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God
had put in his heart.
[25] And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a
rate year by year.
[26] And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
[27] And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars
made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
[28] And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
[29] And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels
of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of
the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their
means.
[1] But king Solomon loved many strange women,
together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
[2] Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of
Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto
these in love.
[3] And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
[4] For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD
his God, as was the heart of David his father.
[5] For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
[6] And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.
[7] Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of
the children of Ammon.
[8] And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
[9] And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned
from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
[10] And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
[11] Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of
thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to
thy servant.
[12] Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's
sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
[13] Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I
have chosen.
[14] And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
[15] For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain
of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in
Edom;
[16] (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had
cut off every male in Edom:)
[17] That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
[18] And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt;
which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
[19] And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he
gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
[20] And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the
sons of Pharaoh.
[21] And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,
and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me
depart, that I may go to mine own country.
[22] Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,
that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered,
Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
[23] And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
[24] And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when
David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and
reigned in Damascus.
[25] And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside
the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
[26] And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's
servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his
hand against the king.
[27] And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
[28] And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing
the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of
the house of Joseph.
[29] And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he
had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
[30] And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
[31] And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes to thee:
[32] (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel:)
[33] Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth
the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which
is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David
his father.
[34] Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I
will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom
I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
[35] But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes.
[36] And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to
put my name there.
[37] And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that
thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
[38] And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes
and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and
build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
[39] And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
[40] Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death
of Solomon.
[41] And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his
wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
[42] And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
[43] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
[1] And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were
come to Shechem to make him king.
[2] And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in
Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and
Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
[3] That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation
of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
[4] Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the
grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us,
lighter, and we will serve thee.
[5] And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to
me. And the people departed.
[6] And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may
answer this people?
[7] And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this
people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to
them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
[8] But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood
before him:
[9] And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put
upon us lighter?
[10] And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt
thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
[11] And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will
add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
[12] So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
[13] And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's
counsel that they gave him;
[14] And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My
father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
[15] Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was
from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah
the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
[16] So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have
we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine
own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
[17] But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
[18] Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all
Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed
to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
[19] So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
[20] And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come
again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king
over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe
of Judah only.
[21] And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen
men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the
kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
[22] But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
[23] Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto
all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
[24] Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing
is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to
depart, according to the word of the LORD.
[25] Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein;
and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
[26] And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the
house of David:
[27] If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even
unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam
king of Judah.
[28] Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and
said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[29] And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
[30] And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before
the one, even unto Dan.
[31] And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest
of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
[32] And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the
altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and
he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
[33] So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of
his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered
upon the altar, and burnt incense.
[1] And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah
by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn
incense.
[2] And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house
of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high
places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
[3] And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the
LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon
it shall be poured out.
[4] And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man
of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand
from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth
against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
[5] The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
[6] And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the
face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me
again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored
him again, and became as it was before.
[7] And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and
refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
[8] And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half
thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink
water in this place:
[9] For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
[10] So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to
Bethel.
[11] Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and
told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the
words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
[12] And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had
seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
[13] And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him
the ass: and he rode thereon,
[14] And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak:
and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he
said, I am.
[15] Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
[16] And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
[17] For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no
bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
[18] He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel
spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into
thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
[19] So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank
water.
[20] And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the
LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
[21] And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and
hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
[22] But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place,
of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy
carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
[23] And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had
brought back.
[24] And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and
his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood
by the carcase.
[25] And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,
and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city
where the old prophet dwelt.
[26] And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of
the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn
him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
[27] And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they
saddled him.
[28] And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and
the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn
the ass.
[29] And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it
upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to
mourn and to bury him.
[30] And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over
him, saying, Alas, my brother!
[31] And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his
sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of
God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
[32] For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the
altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the
cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
[33] After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made
again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would,
he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
[34] And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut
it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
[1] At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell
sick.
[2] And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to
Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be
king over this people.
[3] And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey,
and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
[4] And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came
to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by
reason of his age.
[5] And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh
to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou
say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself
to be another woman.
[6] And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came
in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou
thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
[7] Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I
exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
[8] And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and
who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine
eyes;
[9] But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast
gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and
hast cast me behind thy back:
[10] Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam,
and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that
is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
[11] Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath
spoken it.
[12] Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy
feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
[13] And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing
toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
[14] Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall
cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
[15] For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water,
and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their
fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their
groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
[16] And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who
did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
[17] And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
[18] And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the
prophet.
[19] And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
[20] And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and
he slept with this fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
[21] And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years
in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of
Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
[22] And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him
to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their
fathers had done.
[23] For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on
every high hill, and under every green tree.
[24] And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according
to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
[25] And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
[26] And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the
shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[27] And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed
them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the
king's house.
[28] And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that
the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
[29] Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[30] And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
[31] And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the
son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
[2] Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
[3] And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart
of David his father.
[4] Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp
in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
[5] Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and
turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life,
save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
[6] And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his
life.
[7] Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was
war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
[8] And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
[9] And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa
over Judah.
[10] And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
[11] And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did
David his father.
[12] And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made.
[13] And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,
because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt
it by the brook Kidron.
[14] But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was
perfect with the LORD all his days.
[15] And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and
the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and
gold, and vessels.
[16] And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
[17] And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
[18] Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and
delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to
Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at
Damascus, saying,
[19] There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and
thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come
and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
[20] So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the
hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and
Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
[21] And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off
building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
[22] Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was
exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin,
and Mizpah.
[23] The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he
did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he
was diseased in his feet.
[24] And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
[25] And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
[26] And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[27] And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired
against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the
Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
[28] Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead.
[29] And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house
of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed
him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Ahijah the Shilonite:
[30] Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made
Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to
anger.
[31] Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[32] And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
[33] In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
[34] And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[1] Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of
Hanani against Baasha, saying,
[2] Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince
over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast
made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
[3] Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity
of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat.
[4] Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
[5] Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[6] So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah
his son reigned in his stead.
[7] And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the
word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil
that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work
of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
[8] In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son
of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
[9] And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza
steward of his house in Tirzah.
[10] And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
[11] And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that
pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
[12] Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
[13] For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which
they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of
Israel to anger with their vanities.
[14] Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[15] In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign
seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which
belonged to the Philistines.
[16] And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired,
and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of
the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
[17] And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
[18] And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that
he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over
him with fire, and died,
[19] For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the
LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make
Israel to sin.
[20] Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[21] Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the
people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed
Omri.
[22] But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
[23] In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
[24] And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver,
and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after
the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
[25] But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than
all that were before him.
[26] For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in
his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to
anger with their vanities.
[27] Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that
he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
[28] So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab
his son reigned in his stead.
[29] And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab
the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over
Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
[30] And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above
all that were before him.
[31] And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk
in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the
daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and
worshipped him.
[32] And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria.
[33] And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
[34] In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his
youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua
the son of Nun.
[1] And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the
inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before
whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my
word.
[2] And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
[3] Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the
brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
[4] And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
[5] So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went
and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
[6] And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread
and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
[7] And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because
there had been no rain in the land.
[8] And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
[9] Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
[10] So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of
the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called
to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may
drink.
[11] And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
[12] And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an
handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am
gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we
may eat it, and die.
[13] And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:
but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make
for thee and for thy son.
[14] For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth
rain upon the earth.
[15] And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,
and he, and her house, did eat many days.
[16] And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil
fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
[17] And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman,
the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there
was no breath left in him.
[18] And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man
of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my
son?
[19] And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her
bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed.
[20] And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
[21] And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto
the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into
him again.
[22] And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
[23] And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber
into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy
son liveth.
[24] And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a
man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
[1] And it came to pass after many days, that the
word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself
unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
[2] And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore
famine in Samaria.
[3] And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now
Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
[4] For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that
Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them
with bread and water.)
[5] And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of
water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses
and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
[6] So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
[7] And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew
him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
[8] And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
here.
[9] And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy
servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
[10] As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither
my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he
took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
[11] And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
[12] And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the
Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and
tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear
the LORD from my youth.
[13] Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets
of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a
cave, and fed them with bread and water?
[14] And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and
he shall slay me.
[15] And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
[16] So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet
Elijah.
[17] And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
[18] And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou
hast followed Baalim.
[19] Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves
four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
[20] So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Carmel.
[21] And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow
him. And the people answered him not a word.
[22] Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet
of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
[23] Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under:
[24] And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name
of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the
people answered and said, It is well spoken.
[25] And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock
for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of
your gods, but put no fire under.
[26] And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O
Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped
upon the altar which was made.
[27] And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
[28] And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
[29] And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied
until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither
voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
[30] And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the
people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was
broken down.
[31] And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying,
Israel shall be thy name:
[32] And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and
he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of
seed.
[33] And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and
laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
[34] And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second
time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
[35] And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench
also with water.
[36] And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham,
Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and
that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
[37] Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art
the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
[38] Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in
the trench.
[39] And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they
said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
[40] And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one
of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook
Kishon, and slew them there.
[41] And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is
a sound of abundance of rain.
[42] So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top
of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between
his knees,
[43] And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven
times.
[44] And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold,
there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go
up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop
thee not.
[45] And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black
with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to
Jezreel.
[46] And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
[1] And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done,
and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
[2] Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods
do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by
to morrow about this time.
[3] And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
[4] But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came
and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might
die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not
better than my fathers.
[5] And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
[6] And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and
a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
[7] And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched
him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
[8] And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of
that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
[9] And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
[10] And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and
they seek my life, to take it away.
[11] And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And,
behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and
brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind:
and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
[12] And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.
[13] And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in
his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And,
behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
[14] And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and
they seek my life, to take it away.
[15] And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness
of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
[16] And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over
Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be
prophet in thy room.
[17] And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall
Elisha slay.
[18] Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
[19] So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
[20] And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I
pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he
said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
[21] And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto
the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered unto him.
[1] And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his
host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and
chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
[2] And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and
said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
[3] Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even the goodliest, are mine.
[4] And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according
to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
[5] And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad,
saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy
silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
[6] Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and
they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be,
that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and
take it away.
[7] Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said,
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me
for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I
denied him not.
[8] And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not
unto him, nor consent.
[9] Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the
king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but
this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word
again.
[10] And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and
more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people
that follow me.
[11] And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him
that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
[12] And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions,that he said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
[13] And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will
deliver it in to thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
[14] And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by
the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order
the battle? And he answered, Thou.
[15] Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and
they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the
people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
[16] And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk
in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
[17] And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;
and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of
Samaria.
[18] And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive;
or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
[19] So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the
city, and the army which followed them.
[20] And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel
pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the
horsemen.
[21] And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
[22] And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go,
strengthen thy self, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of
the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
[23] And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are
gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight
against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
[24] And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place,
and put captains in their rooms:
[25] And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse
for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the
plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their
voice, and did so.
[26] And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad
numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
[27] And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and
went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little
flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
[28] And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of
the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this
great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[29] And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it
was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel
slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
[30] But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell
upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled,
and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
[31] And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the
kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put
sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of
Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
[32] So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their
heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I
pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
[33] Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then
he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him
to come up into the chariot.
[34] And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from
thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus,
as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this
covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
[35] And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused
to smite him.
[36] Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of
the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
[37] Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
[38] So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
[39] And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy
servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside,
and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be
missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent
of silver.
[40] And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the
king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided
it.
[41] And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king
of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
[42] And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go
out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life
shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
[43] And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and
came to Samaria.
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace
of Ahab king of Samaria.
[2] And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may
have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will
give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will
give thee the worth of it in money.
[3] And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give
the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
[4] And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the
word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not
give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and
turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
[5] But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy
spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
[6] And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite,
and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee,
I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee
my vineyard.
[7] And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom
of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee
the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[8] So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal,
and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city,
dwelling with Naboth.
[9] And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:
[10] And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him
out, and stone him, that he may die.
[11] And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were
the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was
written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
[12] They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
[13] And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him:
and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the
presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then
they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he
died.
[14] Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
[15] And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and
was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is
not alive, but dead.
[16] And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that
Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take
possession of it.
[17] And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[18] Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:
behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
[19] And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast
thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall
dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
[20] And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the
sight of the LORD.
[21] Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and
him that is shut up and left in Israel,
[22] And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation
wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
[23] And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
[24] Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
[25] But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
[26] And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
Israel.
[27] And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went softly.
[28] And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[29] Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days
will I bring the evil upon his house.
[1] And they continued three years without war
between
[2] And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
[3] And the king of
[4] And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to
Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of
[5] And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of
[6] Then the king of
[7] And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might inquire of him?
[8] And the king of
[9] Then the king of
[10] And the king of
[11] And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he
said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou
have consumed them.
[12] And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead,
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
[13] And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,
saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with
one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and
speak that which is good.
[14] And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me,
that will I speak.
[15] So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered
him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
[16] And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that
thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
[17] And he said, I saw all
[18] And the king of
[19] And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the
LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his
right hand and on his left.
[20] And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and
fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that
manner.
[21] And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will persuade him.
[22] And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he
said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
[23] Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
[24] But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto thee?
[25] And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
[26] And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto
Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
[27] And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in
peace.
[28] And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
[29] So the king of
[30] And the king of
[31] But the king of
[32] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of
[33] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of
[34] And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
[35] And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in
his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the
wound into the midst of the chariot.
[36] And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going
down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own
country.
[37] So the king died, and was brought to
[38] And one washed the chariot in the pool of
[39] Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the
ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
[40] So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
[41] And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over
[42] Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty and five years in
[43] And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not
aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless
the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense
yet in the high places.
[44] And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of
[45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed,
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
[46] And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
father Asa, he took out of the land.
[47] There was then no king in
[48] Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but
they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
[49] Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
[50] And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his
stead.
[51] Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over
[52] And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
[53] For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the
LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
[1] Then
[2] And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that
was in
[3] But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the
god of Ekron?
[4] Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from
that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
[5] And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are ye now turned back?
[6] And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said
unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou
sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not
come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[7] And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to
meet you, and told you these words?
[8] And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle
of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
[9] Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And
he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
[10] And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man
of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[11] Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his
fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king
said, Come down quickly.
[12] And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let
fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God
came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[13] And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And
the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my
life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
[14] Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be
precious in thy sight.
[15] And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be
not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
[16] And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come
down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[17] So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
[18] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1] And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up
Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
[2] And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD
hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
[3] And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master
from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
[4] And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
[5] And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,
and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from
thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
[6] And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD
hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
[7] And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view
afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
[8] And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the
waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on
dry ground.
[9] And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
[10] And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou
see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it
shall not be so.
[11] And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
[12] And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot
of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold
of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
[13] He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
[14] And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten
the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
[15] And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw
him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet
him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
[16] And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants
fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some
mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
[17] And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They
sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
[18] And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he
said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
[19] And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught,
and the ground barren.
[20] And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him.
[21] And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt
in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there
shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
[22] So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
[23] And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by
the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and
said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
[24] And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name
of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty
and two children of them.
[25] And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria.
[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over
Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years.
[2] And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his
father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father
had made.
[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
[4] And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king
of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the
wool.
[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel.
[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The
king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people,
and my horses as thy horses.
[8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way
through the wilderness of Edom.
[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water
for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
[10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
[11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that
we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the
hands of Elijah.
[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
[13] And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with
thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy
mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called
these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
[14] And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
[15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
[16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
[17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye
see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both
ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
[18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
[19] And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and
shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good
piece of land with stones.
[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was
filled with water.
[21] And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to
fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
[22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
[23] And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
[24] And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
[25] And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast
every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water,
and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones
thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
[26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him,
he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto
the king of Edom: but they could not.
[27] Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead,
and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great
indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their
own land.
[1] Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of
the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come
to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
[2] And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what
hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
[3] Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
[4] And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and
upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set
aside that which is full.
[5] So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
[6] And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
[7] Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the
oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
[8] And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a
great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft
as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
[9] And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is
an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
[10] Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us
set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it
shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
[11] And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
[12] And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when
he had called her, she stood before him.
[13] And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been
careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou
be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I
dwell among mine own people.
[14] And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
[15] And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the
door.
[16] And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou
shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie
unto thine handmaid.
[17] And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha
had said unto her, according to the time of life.
[18] And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to
his father to the reapers.
[19] And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a
lad, Carry him to his mother.
[20] And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on
her knees till noon, and then died.
[21] And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and
shut the door upon him, and went out.
[22] And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,
one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God,
and come again.
[23] And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither
new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
[24] Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
[25] So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it
came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his
servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
[26] Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well
with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well.
[27] And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by
the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let
her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me,
and hath not told me.
[28] Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
[29] Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in
thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
[30] And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
[31] And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face
of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again
to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
[32] And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was
dead, and laid upon his bed.
[33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed
unto the LORD.
[34] And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his
mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
[35] Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up,
and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the
child opened his eyes.
[36] And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called
her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
[37] Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground, and took up her son, and went out.
[38] And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the
land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto
his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
[39] And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them
into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
[40] So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they
were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God,
there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
[41] But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the
pot.
[42] And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God
bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the
husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
[43] And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred
men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the
LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
[44] So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the LORD.
[1] Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of
Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD
had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he
was a leper.
[2] And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's
wife.
[3] And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the
prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
[4] And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel.
[5] And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver,
and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
[6] And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when
this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant
to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
[7] And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,
that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that
this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider,
I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
[8] And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast
thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is
a prophet in Israel.
[9] So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at
the door of the house of Elisha.
[10] And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the
Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be
clean.
[11] But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,
He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
[12] Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the
waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went
away in a rage.
[13] And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My
father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have
done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
[14] Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto
the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
[15] And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and
came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no
God in all earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of
thy servant.
[16] But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
[17] And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
[18] In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and
I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon,
the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
[19] And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little
way.
[20] But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my
master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which
he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of
him.
[21] So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running
after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
[22] And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of
the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of
garments.
[23] And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and
laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
[24] And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
[25] But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
[26] And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man
turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and
to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and maidservants?
[27] The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto
thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
[1] And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,
Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
[2] Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a
beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go
ye.
[3] And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And
he answered, I will go.
[4] So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down
wood.
[5] But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and
he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
[6] And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place.
And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
[7] Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and
took it.
[8] Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with
his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
[9] And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that
thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
[10] And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told
him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
[11] Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me
which of us is for the king of Israel?
[12] And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha,
the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber.
[13] And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
[14] Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host:
and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
[15] And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And
his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
[16] And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.
[17] And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that
he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha.
[18] And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and
said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha.
[19] And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the
city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them
to Samaria.
[20] And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha
said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened
their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
[21] And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
[22] And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite
those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread
and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
[23] And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten
and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of
Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
[24] And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria
gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
[25] And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged
it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth
part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
[26] And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried
a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
[27] And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help
thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
[28] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,
This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will
eat my son to morrow.
[29] So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the
next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
[30] And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,
that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
[31] Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
[32] But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the
king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to
the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head?
look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door:
is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
[33] And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down
unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for
the LORD any longer?
[1] Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be
sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of
Samaria.
[2] Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God,
and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing
be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.
[3] And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and
they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
[4] If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the
city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
[5] And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria,
behold, there was no man there.
[6] For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of
chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said
one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
[7] Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their
life.
[8] And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they
went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold,
and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another
tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
[9] Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of
good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some
mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the
king's household.
[10] So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told
them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man
there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as
they were.
[11] And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house
within.
[12] And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will
now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into
the city.
[13] And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray
thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they
are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are
even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send
and see.
[14] They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the
host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
[15] And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full
of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And
the messengers returned, and told the king.
[16] And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
[17] And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the
charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as
the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
[18] And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,
saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
[19] And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if
the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
[20] And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the
gate, and he died.
[1] Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he
had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and
sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
[2] And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and
she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven
years.
[3] And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for
her house and for her land.
[4] And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,
saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
[5] And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored
a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My
lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to
life.
[6] And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king
appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and
all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until
now.
[7] And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was
sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
[8] And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go,
meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of
this disease?
[9] So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of
every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before
him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying,
Shall I recover of this disease?
[10] And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
[11] And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:
and the man of God wept.
[12] And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I
know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds
wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and
wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
[13] And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do
this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt
be king over Syria.
[14] So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to
him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest
surely recover.
[15] And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and
dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael
reigned in his stead.
[16] And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign.
[17] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[18] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house
of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of
the LORD.
[19] Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake,
as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
[20] In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a
king over themselves.
[21] So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he
rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the
captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
[22] Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
[23] And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[24] And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
[25] In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
[26] Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter
of Omri king of Israel.
[27] And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the
sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the
house of Ahab.
[28] And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael
king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
[29] And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of
Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the
son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
[1] And Elisha the prophet called one of the children
of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil
in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
[2] And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his
brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
[3] Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus
saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and
flee, and tarry not.
[4] So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramoth-gilead.
[5] And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and
he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all
us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
[6] And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his
head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed
thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
[7] And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge
the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the
LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
[8] For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
[9] 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:
[10] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
[11] Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto
him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto
them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
[12] And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over
Israel.
[13] Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under
him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
[14] So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against
Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael
king of Syria.
[15] But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And
Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the
city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
[16] So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
[17] And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied
the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take
an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
[18] So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith
the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn
thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but
he cometh not again.
[19] Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do
with peace? turn thee behind me.
[20] And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh
not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for
he driveth furiously.
[21] And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And
Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot,
and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the
Jezreelite.
[22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy
mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
[23] And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah.
[24] And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram
between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his
chariot.
[25] Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I
and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon
him;
[26] Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of
his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD.
Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word
of the LORD.
[27] But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of
the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he
fled to Megiddo, and died there.
[28] And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
[29] And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to
reign over Judah.
[30] And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted
her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
[31] And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master?
[32] And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my
side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
[33] And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of
her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under
foot.
[34] And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see
now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
[35] And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the
skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
[36] Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word
of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the
portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
[37] And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the
field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
[1] And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu
wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders,
and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
[2] Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons
are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also,
and armour;
[3] Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set
him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
[4] But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood
not before him: how then shall we stand?
[5] And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the
elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are
thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any
king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
[6] Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be
mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your
master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's
sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought
them up.
[7] And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took
the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and
sent him them to Jezreel.
[8] And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought
the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gate until the morning.
[9] And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and
said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master,
and slew him: but who slew all these?
[10] 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.
[11] So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and
all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none
remaining.
[12] And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at
the shearing house in the way,
[13] Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who
are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
[14] And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew
them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he
any of them.
[15] And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of
Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart
right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be,
give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into
the chariot.
[16] And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they
made him ride in his chariot.
[17] And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which
he spake to Elijah.
[18] And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab
served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
[19] Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great
sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But
Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of
Baal.
[20] And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it.
[21] And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal
came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the
house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
[22] And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
[23] And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of
Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be
here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal
only.
[24] And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu
appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have
brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for
the life of him.
[25] And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and
slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword;
and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house
of Baal.
[26] And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and
burned them.
[27] And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of
Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
[28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
[29] Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel
to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were
in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
[30] And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of
Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
[31] But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel
with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made
Israel to sin.
[32] In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote
them in all the coasts of Israel;
[33] From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even
Gilead and Bashan.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[35] And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria.
And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
[36] And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty
and eight years.
[1] And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that
her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
[2] But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons which were
slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from
Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
[3] And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And
Athaliah did reign over the land.
[4] And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the
house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in
the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
[5] And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A
third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the
watch of the king's house;
[6] And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at
the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be
not broken down.
[7] And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they
shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
[8] And ye shall compass the king around 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.
[9] And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come
in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to
Jehoiada the priest.
[10] And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's
spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
[11] 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.
[12] And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him,
and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
[13] And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people,
she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
[14] And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the
manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people
of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes,
and cried, Treason, Treason.
[15] But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the
officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges:
and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let
her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
[16] And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which
the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
[17] And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the
people that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the
people.
[18] And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and
slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed
officers over the house of the LORD.
[19] And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the
house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's
house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
[20] And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
[21] Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
[1] In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to
reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
[2] And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all
his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
[3] But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
[4] And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated
things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one
that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money
that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
[5] Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be
found.
[6] But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash
the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
[7] Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other
priests , and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now
therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the
breaches of the house.
[8] And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house.
[9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of
it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house
of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that
was brought into the house of the LORD.
[10] And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the
chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in
bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
[11] And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that
did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it
out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
[12] And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was
laid out for the house to repair it.
[13] Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of
silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver,
of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
[14] But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house
of the LORD.
[15] Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered
the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
[16] The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of
the LORD: it was the priests'.
[17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and
took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
[18] And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to
Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
[19] And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in
the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
[21] For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer,
his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in
the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son
of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and
followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom.
[3] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
[4] And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for
he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
[5] (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from
under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents,
as beforetime.
[6] Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove
also in Samaria.)
[7] Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen,
and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed
them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
[8] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
[9] And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
[10] In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
[11] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he
departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel
sin: but he walked therein.
[12] And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his
might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[13] And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
[14] Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And
Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said,
O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
[15] And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
[16] And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And
he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
[17] And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance,
and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in
Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
[18] And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto
the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
[19] And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest
have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst
consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
[20] And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
[21] And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they
spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and
when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and
stood up on his feet.
[22] But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
[23] And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them,
and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as
yet.
[24] So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his
stead.
[25] And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the
cities of Israel.
[1] In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king
of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
[2] He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.
[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not
like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
[4] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
[5] And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
[6] But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that
which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the
children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death
for his own sin.
[7] He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah
by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
[8] Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of
Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
[9] And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast
that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
[10] Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up:
glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt,
that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
[11] But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went
up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
[12] And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
man to their tents.
[13] And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake
down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four
hundred cubits.
[14] And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and
hostages, and returned to Samaria.
[15] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[16] And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
[17] And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
[18] And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[19] Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to
Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
[20] And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
[21] And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years
old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
[22] He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
[23] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned
forty and one years.
[24] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
[25] He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto
the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which
was of Gath-hepher.
[26] For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter:
for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
[27] And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel
from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
[28] Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his
might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged
to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
[29] And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king
of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
[2] Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two
and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Amaziah had done;
[4] Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed
and burnt incense still on the high places.
[5] And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of
his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the
house, judging the people of the land.
[6] And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[7] So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
[8] In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
[9] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin.
[10] And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him
before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
[11] And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[12] This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy
sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it
came to pass.
[13] Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
[14] For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.
[15] And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
[16] Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
[17] In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
[18] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
[19] And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave
Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm
the kingdom in his hand.
[20] And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria.
So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
[21] And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[22] And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his stead.
[23] In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
[24] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
[25] But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob
and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned
in his room.
[26] And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[27] In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son
of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
[28] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
[29] In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Jonoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria.
[30] And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son
of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
[31] And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[32] In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
[33] Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the
daughter of Zadok.
[34] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
[35] Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house
of the LORD.
[36] Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[37] In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king
of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
[38] And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
[1] In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
[2] Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of
the LORD his God, like David his father.
[3] But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his
son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
[4] And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
[5] Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
him.
[6] At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave
the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this
day.
[7] So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying,
I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king
of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
[8] And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to
the king of Assyria.
[9] And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria
went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to
Kir, and slew Rezin.
[10] And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah
the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all
the workmanship thereof.
[11] And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king
Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz
came from Damascus.
[12] And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar:
and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
[13] and he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured
his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the
altar.
[14] And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,
from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the
LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
[15] And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great
altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the
king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all
the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and
sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the
sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
[16] Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz
commanded.
[17] And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the
laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
[18] And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house,
and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king
of Assyria.
[19] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[20] And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began
Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as
the kings of Israel that were before him.
[3] Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became
his servant, and gave him presents.
[4] And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria,
as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and
bound him in prison.
[5] Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went
up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
[6] In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the
river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
[7] For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the
LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under
the hand of Pharoah king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
[8] And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out
from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had
made.
[9] And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
[10] And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and
under every green tree:
[11] And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the
heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to
provoke the LORD to anger:
[12] For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye
shall not do this thing.
[13] Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all
the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and
keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
[14] Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like
to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
[15] And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they
followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round
about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do
like them.
[16] And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the
host of heaven, and served Baal.
[17] And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in
the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
[18] Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out
of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
[19] Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but
walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
[20] And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them,
and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his
sight.
[21] For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam
the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and
made them sin a great sin.
[22] For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which
he did; they departed not from them;
[23] Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by
all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land
to Assyria unto this day.
[24] And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah,
and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
[25] And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some
of them.
[26] Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the
manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and,
behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the
land.
[27] Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of
the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and
let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
[28] Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria
came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
[29] Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the
houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their
cities wherein they dwelt.
[30] And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
[31] And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt
their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
[32] So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of
them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the
high places.
[33] They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner
of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
[34] Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the
LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after
the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he
named Israel;
[35] With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor
sacrifice to them:
[36] But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with
great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye
worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
[37] And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and
ye shall not fear other gods.
[38] And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods.
[39] But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies.
[40] Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former
manner.
[41] So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images,
both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do
they unto this day.
[1] Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea
son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began
to reign.
[2] Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the
daughter of Zachariah.
[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that David his father did.
[4] He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto
those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it
Nehushtan.
[5] He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
[6] For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but
kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
[7] And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went
forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
[8] He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,
from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
[9] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was
the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of
Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
[10] And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year
of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was
taken.
[11] And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put
them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the
Medes:
[12] Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but
transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
[13] Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
[14] And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I
bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three
hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
[15] And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of
the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
[16] At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the
temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had
overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
[17] And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh
from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they
went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood
by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's
field.
[18] And when they had called to the king, there came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
[19] And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
[20] Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and
strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against
me?
[21] Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed,
even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce
it: so is Pharoah king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
[22] But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that
he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said
to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
[23] Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of
Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy
part to set riders upon them.
[24] How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least
of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
[25] Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it?
The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[26] Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto
Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the
people that are on the wall.
[27] But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy
master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which
sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss
with you.
[28] Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of
Assyria:
[29] Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you out of his hand:
[30] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD
will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of
the king of Assyria.
[31] Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every
man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the
waters of his cistern:
[32] Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land
of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of
honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he
persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
[33] Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria?
[34] Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
[35] Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver
Jerusalem out of mine hand?
[36] But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for
the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
[37] Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with
their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
[1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the LORD.
[2] And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
[3] And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth.
[4] It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh,
whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and
will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy
prayer for the remnant that are left.
[5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[6] And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus
saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which
the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
[7] Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,
and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in
his own land.
[8] So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
[9] And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
[10] Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy
God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be
delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[11] Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all
lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were
in Thelasar?
[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of
the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
[14] And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before
the LORD.
[15] And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of
Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
[16] LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and
see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living God.
[17] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations
and their lands,
[18] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but
the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
[19] Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD
God, even thou only.
[20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
[21] This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
[22] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast
thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
[23] By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said,
With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains,
to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his
borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
[24] I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my
feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
[25] Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient
times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest
be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
[26] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed
and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as
the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
[27] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
[28] Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine
ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and
I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of
the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruits thereof.
[30] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[31] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it
with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
[33] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
[34] For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for
my servant David's sake.
[35] And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went
out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead
corpses.
[36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
[37] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his
stead.
[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And
the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
[2] Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying,
[3] I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee
in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
[4] And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
[5] Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith
the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy
tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the
house of the LORD.
[6] And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this
city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
[7] And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on
the boil, and he recovered.
[8] And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
[9] And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the
LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forth ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees?
[10] And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go
down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
[11] And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
[12] At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had
been sick.
[13] And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of
his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious
ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his
treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
[14] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,
What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
[15] And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
[16] And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
[17] Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house,and that
which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
[18] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
[19] Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
[20] And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he
made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[21] And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned
in his stead.
[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to
reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Hephzi-bah.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
Israel.
[3] For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king
of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
[4] And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD
said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of the LORD.
[6] And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and
used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
[7] And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the
house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put
my name for ever:
[8] Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that
I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses
commanded them.
[9] But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil
than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
[10] And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
[11] Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and
hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and
hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
[12] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears
shall tingle.
[13] And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it, and turning it upside down.
[14] And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver
them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil
to all their enemies;
[15] Because they have done that which was evil in my sight,and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even
unto this day.
[16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to
sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
[17] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his
sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
[18] And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden
of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
[19] Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
[20] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
father Manasseh did.
[21] And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served
the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
[22] And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the
way of the LORD.
[23] And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king
in his own house.
[24] And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
[25] Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[26] And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and
Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Josiah was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked
in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or
to the left.
[3] And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the
house of the LORD, saying,
[4] Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which
is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have
gathered of the people:
[5] And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers
of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
[6] Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and
hewn stone to repair the house.
[7] Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was
delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
[8] And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have
found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book
to Shaphan, and he read it.
[9] And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word
again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the
house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have
the oversight of the house of the LORD.
[10] And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
[11] And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book
of the law, that he rent his clothes.
[12] And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a
servant of the king's, saying,
[13] Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath
of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened
unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written
concerning us.
[14] So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of
Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem
in the college;) and they communed with her.
[15] And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the
man that sent you to me,
[16] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of
Judah hath read:
[17] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be
quenched.
[18] But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD,
thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the
words which thou hast heard;
[19] Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a
curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee,
saith the LORD.
[20] Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou
shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the
evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
[1] And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all
the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
[2] And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the
prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the
LORD.
[3] And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD,
to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and
his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of
this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the
covenant.
[4] And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of
the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple
of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for
all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of
Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
[5] And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had
ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the
places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the
sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
[6] And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without
Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and
stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the
children of the people.
[7] And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house
of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
[8] And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to
Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the
entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a
man's left hand at the gate of the city.
[9] Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar
of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their
brethren.
[10] And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of
Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire
to Molech.
[11] And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to
the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of
Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the
chariots of the sun with fire.
[12] And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in
the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them
down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
[13] And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the
right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had
builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the
abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of
Ammon, did the king defile.
[14] And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and
filled their places with the bones of men.
[15] Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar
and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it
small to powder, and burned the grove.
[16] And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were
there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and
burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD
which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
[17] Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the
city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah,
and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
[18] And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let
his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
[19] And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger,
Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in
Bethel.
[20] And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon
the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
[21] And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover
unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
[22] Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the
judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of
the kings of Judah;
[23] But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover
was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
[24] Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and
the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land
of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words
of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the
house of the LORD.
[25] And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the
LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might,
according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
[26] Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his
great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the
provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
[27] And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I
have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen,
and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
[28] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[29] In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king
of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he
slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
[30] And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people
of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him
king in his father's stead.
[31] Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[32] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
[33] And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of
an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
[34] And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room
of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away:
and he came to Egypt, and died there.
[35] And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted
the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to
his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
[36] Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the
daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
[37] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
[1] In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came
up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled
against him.
[2] And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of
the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which
he spake by his servants the prophets.
[3] Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to
remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that
he did;
[4] And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
[5] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[6] So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his stead.
[7] And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for
the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates
all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
[8] Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
[9] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father had done.
[10] At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
[11] And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
[12] And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,
he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and
the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
[13] And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels
of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the
LORD had said.
[14] And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
[15] And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother,
and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[16] And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and
smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
[17] And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
[18] Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[19] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
[20] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
[1] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his
reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar
king of
[2] And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
[3] And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the
city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
[4] And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by
the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the
Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward
the plain.
[5] And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook
him in the plains of
[6] So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of
[7] And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to
[8] And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is
the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
[9] And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all
the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
[10] And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down the walls of
[11] Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the king of
[12] But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be
vinedressers and husbandmen.
[13] And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the
Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to
[14] And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
[15] And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold,
in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
[16] The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for
the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
[17] The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter
upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the
wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass:
and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
[18] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
[19] And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in
the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of
the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the
city:
[20] And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them
to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
[21] And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the
land of Hamath. So
[22] And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
[23] And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard
that the king of
[24] And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them,
Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the
king of
[25] But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him,
and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with
him at Mizpah.
[26] And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose, and came to
[27] And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the
captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that
he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
prison;
[28] And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of
the kings that were with him in Babylon;
[29] And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually
before him all the days of his life.
[30] And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king,
a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
[1] Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
[2] Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
[3] Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
[4] Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[5] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[6] And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[7] And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
[8] The sons of Ham;
[9] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah;
[10] And
[11] And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[12] And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and
Caphthorim.
[13] And
[14] The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
[15] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
[16] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
[17] The sons of Shem;
[18] And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
[19] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
[20] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
[21] Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[22] And Ebal, and Abimael, and
[23] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of
Joktan.
[24] Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
[25] Eber, Peleg, Reu,
[26] Serug, Nahor, Terah,
[27] Abram; the same is Abraham.
[28] The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
[29] These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[30] Mishma and Dumah,
[31] Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
[32] Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and
Jokshan, and
[33] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
[34] And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and
[35] The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
[36] The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and
Timna, and Amalek.
[37] The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
[38] And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and
Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
[39] And the sons of Lothan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's
sister.
[40] The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
[41] The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
[42] The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan;
Uz, and Aran.
[43] Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any
king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of
his city was Dinhabah.
[44] And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead.
[45] And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
reigned in his stead.
[46] And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote
Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
Avith.
[47] And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
[48] And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his stead.
[49] And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in
his stead.
[50] And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the
name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of
Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
[51] Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke
Aliah, duke Jetheth,
[52] Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
[53] Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
[54] Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
[1] These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
[2] Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[3] The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born
unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
[4] And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the
sons of Judah were five.
[5] The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
[6] And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and
Dara: five of them in all.
[7] And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed.
[8] And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
[9] The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and
Ram, and Chelubai.
[10] And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the
children of Judah;
[11] And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
[12] And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
[13] And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and
Shimma the third,
[14] Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
[15] Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
[16] Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah;
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
[17] And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the
Ishmeelite.
[18] And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and
of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
[19] And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare
him Hur.
[20] And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
[21] And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father
of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him
Segub.
[22] And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
[23] And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,
with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged
to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
[24] And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
[25] And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the
firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
[26] Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the
mother of Onam.
[27] And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
Jamin, and Eker.
[28] And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
[29] And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him
Ahban, and Molid.
[30] And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without
children.
[31] And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And
the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
[32] And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether and Jonathan:
and Jether died without children.
[33] And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of
Jerahmeel.
[34] Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant,
an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
[35] And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she
bare him Attai.
[36] And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
[37] And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
[38] And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
[39] And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
[40] And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
[41] And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
[42] Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his
firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of
Hebron.
[43] And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
[44] And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat
Shammai.
[45] And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of
Beth-zur.
[46] And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and
Haran begat Gazez.
[47] And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet,
and Ephah, and Shaaph.
[48] Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
[49] She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
[50] These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
[51] Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
[52] And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half
of the Manahethites.
[53] And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites.
[54] The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the
house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
[55] And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came
of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
[1] Now these were the sons of David, which were born
unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the
second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
[2] The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of
Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
[3] The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his
wife.
[4] These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven
years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
[5] And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
[6] Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
[7] And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[8] And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
[9] These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines,
and Tamar their sister.
[10] And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
[11] Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
[12] Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
[13] Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
[14] Amon his son, Josiah his son.
[15] And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
[16] And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
[17] And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
[18] Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah.
[19] And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons
of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
[20] And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed,
five.
[21] And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
[22] And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
[23] And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
[24] And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
[1] The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and
Hur, and Shobal.
[2] And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai
and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
[3] And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and
Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
[4] And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These
are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
[5] And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
[6] And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.
These were the sons of Naarah.
[7] And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
[8] And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son
of Harum.
[9] And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother
called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
[10] And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be
with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
And God granted him that which he requested.
[11] And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father
of Eshton.
[12] And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of
Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
[13] And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
Othniel; Hathath.
[14] And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of
the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
[15] And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:
and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
[16] And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
[17] And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:
and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
[18] And his wife Jehudiajah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber
the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons
of Bithiah the daughter of Pharoah, which Mered took.
[19] And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of
Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
[20] And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and
Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
[21] The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that
wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
[22] And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had
the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.
[23] These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and
hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
[24] The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
Shaul:
[25] Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
[26] And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Shimei his
son.
[27] And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had
not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children
of Judah.
[28] And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
[29] And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
[30] And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
[31] And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
[32] And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan,
five cities:
[33] And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
[34] And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
[35] And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel,
[36] And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel,
and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
[37] And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,
the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
[38] These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and
the house of their fathers increased greatly.
[39] And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of
the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
[40] And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and
quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
[41] And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and
destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there
was pasture there for their flocks.
[42] And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
[43] And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and
dwelt there unto this day.
[1] Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel,
(for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
[2] For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
[3] The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hannoch,
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
[4] The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
[5] Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
[6] Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away
captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
[7] And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
[8] And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who
dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
[9] And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead.
[10] And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell
by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of
Gilead.
[11] And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of
Bashan unto Salchah:
[12] Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan.
[13] And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
[14] These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of
Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of
Jahdo, the son of Buz;
[15] Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
[16] And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all
the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
[17] All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
[18] The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with
bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and
threescore, that went out to the war.
[19] And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and
Nodab.
[20] And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered
into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
[21] And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of
men an hundred thousand.
[22] For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And
they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
[23] And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:
they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
[24] And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher,
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
[25] And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a
whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before
them.
[26] And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,
and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and
brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this
day.
[1] The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[2] And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[3] And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons
also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[4] Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
[5] And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
[6] And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
[7] Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
[8] And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
[9] And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
[10] And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's
office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
[11] And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
[12] And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
[13] And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
[14] And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
[15] And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
[16] The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
[17] And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
[18] And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[19] The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers.
[20] Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
[21] Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
[22] The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his
son,
[23] Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
[24] Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
[25] And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
[26] As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his
son,
[27] Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
[28] And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
[29] The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his
son,
[30] Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
[31] And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the
house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
[32] And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of
the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in
Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
[33] And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of
the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
[34] The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son
of Toah,
[35] The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai,
[36] The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of
Zephaniah,
[37] The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah,
[38] The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel.
[39] And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the
son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
[40] The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
[41] The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
[42] The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
[43] The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
[44] And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan
the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
[45] The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
[46] The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
[47] The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
[48] Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of
service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
[49] But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt
offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of
the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that
Moses the servant of God had commanded.
[50] And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
[51] Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
[52] Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
[53] Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
[54] Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in
their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for
theirs was the lot.
[55] And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
thereof round about it.
[56] But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
[57] And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and
Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
[58] And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
[59] And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
[60] And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities
throughout their families were thirteen cities.
[61] And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe
of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
[62] And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
[63] Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their
families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of
the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
[64] And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with
their suburbs.
[65] And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
[66] And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
[67] And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
[68] And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
[69] And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
[70] And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and
Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
[71] Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
suburbs:
[72] And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath
with her suburbs,
[73] And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
[74] And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon
with her suburbs,
[75] And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
[76] And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
[77] Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun. Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
[78] And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of
Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness
with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
[79] Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
[80] And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
[81] And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
[1] Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and Shimron, four.
[2] And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they
were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of
David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
[3] And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
[4] And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they
had many wives and sons.
[5] And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant
men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven
thousand.
[6] The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
[7] And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and
Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were
reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
[8] And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these
are the sons of Becher.
[9] And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,
heads of the house of the fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand
and two hundred.
[10] The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar.
[11] All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,
mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to
go out for war and battle.
[12] Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons
of Aher.
[13] The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,
the sons of Bilhah.
[14] The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine
the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
[15] And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose
sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and
Zelophehad had daughters.
[16] And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name
Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and
Rakem.
[17] And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
[18] And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
[19] And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
[20] And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath
his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
[21] And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom
the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to
take away their cattle.
[22] And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came
to comfort him.
[23] And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and
he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
[24] (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and
the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
[25] And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan
his son,
[26] Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
[27] Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
[28] And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns
thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
[29] And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her
towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In
these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
[30] The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister.
[31] And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith.
[32] And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their
sister.
[33] And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are
the children of Japhlet.
[34] And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
[35] And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,
and Amal.
[36] The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and
Imrah,
[37] Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
[38] And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
[39] And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
[40] All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's
house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number
throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was
twenty and six thousand men.
[1] Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the
second, and Aharah the third,
[2] Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
[3] And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
[4] And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
[5] And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
[6] And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
[7] And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza,
and Ahihud.
[8] And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had
sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
[9] And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and
Malcham,
[10] And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the
fathers.
[11] And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
[12] The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono,
and Lod, with the towns thereof:
[13] Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
[14] And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
[15] And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
[16] And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
[17] And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
[18] Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
[19] And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
[20] And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
[21] And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
[22] And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
[23] And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
[24] And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
[25] And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
[26] And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
[27] And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
[28] These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.
[29] And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was
Maachah:
[30] And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Nadab,
[31] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
[32] And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren
in Jerusalem, over against them.
[33] And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,
and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
[34] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
[35] And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
Ahaz.
[36] And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
[37] And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son:
[38] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
[39] And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush
the second, and Eliphelet the third.
[40] And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had
many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of
Benjamin.
[1] So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and,
behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who
were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
[2] Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their
cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
[3] And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
[4] Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son
of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
[5] And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
[6] And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
[7] And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of
Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
[8] And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of
Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of
Ibnijah;
[9] And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and
fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their
fathers.
[10] And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
[11] And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
[12] And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
[13] And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand
and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of
the house of God.
[14] And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
[15] And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah,
the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
[16] And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of
Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
[17] And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,
and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
[18] Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters
in the companies of the children of Levi.
[19] And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work
of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers,
being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
[20] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time
past, and the Lord was with him.
[21] And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[22] All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two
hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages,
whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
[23] So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the
house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
[24] In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,
and south.
[25] And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come
after seven days from time to time with them.
[26] For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set
office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
[27] And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge
was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
[28] And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that
they should bring them in and out by tale.
[29] Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all
the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the
oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
[30] And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the
spices.
[31] And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of
Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the
pans.
[32] And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were
over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
[33] And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who
remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day
and night.
[34] These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their
generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
[35] And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
was Maachah:
[36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner,
and Nadab,
[37] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
[38] And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren
at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
[39] And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,
and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
[40] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.
[41] And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and
Ahaz.
[42] And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
[43] And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel
his son.
[44] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
[1] Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and
the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in
mount Gilboa.
[2] And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of
Saul.
[3] And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and
he was wounded of the archers.
[4] Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell
upon it.
[5] And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
on the sword, and died.
[6] So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
[7] And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and
fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
[8] And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
[9] And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour,
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto
their idols, and to the people.
[10] And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened
his head in the temple of Dagon.
[11] And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done
to Saul,
[12] They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul,
and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones
under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
[13] So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the
LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking
counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
[14] And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
[1] Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto
Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
[2] And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he
that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people
Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
[3] Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and
David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed
David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
[4] And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where
the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
[5] And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come
hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
[6] And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief
and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
[7] And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of
David.
[8] And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and
Joab repaired the rest of the city.
[9] So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with
him.
[10] These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make
him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
[11] And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam,
and Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three
hundred slain by him at one time.
[12] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one
of the three mighties.
[13] He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and
the people fled from before the Philistines.
[14] And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered
it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
[15] Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,
into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the
valley of Rephaim.
[16] And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was
then at Bethlehem.
[17] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
[18] And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the
LORD,
[19] And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I
drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with
the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it.
These things did these three mightiest.
[20] And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for
lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among
the three.
[21] Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
[22] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and
slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
[23] And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;
and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down
to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew
him with his own spear.
[24] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among the three mighties.
[25] Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the
first three: and David set him over his guard.
[26] Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of
Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[27] Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
[28] Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
[29] Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
[30] Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
[31] Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
[32] Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
[33] Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
[34] The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the
Hararite,
[35] Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
[36] Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
[37] Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
[38] Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
[39] Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab
the son of Zeruiah,
[40] Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
[41] Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
[42] Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,
and thirty with him,
[43] Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
[44] Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the
Aroerite,
[45] Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
[46] Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite,
[47] Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
[1] Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag,
while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were
among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
[2] They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
[3] The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu
the Antothite,
[4] And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over
the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the
Gederathite,
[5] Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
[6] Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the
Korhites,
[7] And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
[8] And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the
hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that
could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and
were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
[9] Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
[10] Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
[11] Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
[12] Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
[13] Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
[14] These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
[15] These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it
had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,
both toward the east, and toward the west.
[16] And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold
unto David.
[17] And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them,
If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you:
but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in
mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
[18] Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,
and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace,
peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
[19] And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of
the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
[20] As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
[21] And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were
all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
[22] For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until
it was a great host, like the host of God.
[23] And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the
war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according
to the word of the LORD.
[24] The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand
and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
[25] Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
[26] Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
[27] And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were
three thousand and seven hundred;
[28] And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house
twenty and two captains.
[29] And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house
of Saul.
[30] And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred,
mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
[31] And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and make David king.
[32] And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them
were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
[33] Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of
double heart.
[34] And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and
spear thirty and seven thousand.
[35] And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six
hundred.
[36] And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
[37] And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of
war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
[38] All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of
Israel were of one heart to make David king.
[39] And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for
their brethren had prepared for them.
[40] Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun
and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen,
and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and
oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
[1] And David consulted with the captains of
thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
[2] And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good
unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our
brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them
also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that
they may gather themselves unto us:
[3] And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not
at it in the days of Saul.
[4] And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
[5] So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto
the entering of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
[6] And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
[7] And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
[8] And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and
with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with
cymbals, and with trumpets.
[9] And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth
his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
[10] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote
him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
[11] And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon
Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
[12] And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the
ark of God home to me?
[13] So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
[14] And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his
house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that
he had.
[1] Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David,
and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
[2] And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over
Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
[3] And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons
and daughters.
[4] Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua,
and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
[5] And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
[6] And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[7] And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
[8] And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all
Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and
went out against them.
[9] And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
[10] And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto
him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
[11] So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then
David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking
forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
[12] And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment,
and they were burned with fire.
[13] And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the
valley.
[14] Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go
not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the
mulberry trees.
[15] And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone
forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
[16] David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host
of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
[17] And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought
the fear of him upon all nations.
[1] And David made him houses in the city of David,
and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
[2] Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him
for ever.
[3] And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
[4] And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
[5] Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
[6] Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred and twenty:
[7] Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
[8] Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred:
[9] Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
[10] Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twelve.
[11] And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
[12] And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of
the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
[13] For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a
breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
[14] So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up
the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
[15] And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of
the LORD.
[16] And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
[17] So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his
brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
[18] And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben,
and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, the porters.
[19] So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound
with cymbals of brass;
[20] And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
[21] And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
[22] And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
[23] And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[24] And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets
before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[25] So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over
thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house
of Obed-edom with joy.
[26] And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
[27] And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the
Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the
song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
[28] Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
making a noise with psalteries and harps.
[29] And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to
the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw
king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
[1] So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the
midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt
sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
[2] And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and
the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
[3] And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every
one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
[4] And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
[5] Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel
with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
[6] Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually
before the ark of the covenant of God.
[7] Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD
into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
[8] Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds
among the people.
[9] Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
[10] Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
[11] Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
[12] Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and
the judgments of his mouth;
[13] O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
[14] He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
[15] Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations;
[16] Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath
unto Isaac;
[17] And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for
an everlasting covenant,
[18] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
[19] When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
[20] And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to
another people;
[21] He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes,
[22] Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
[23] Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his
salvation.
[24] Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all
nations.
[25] For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be
feared above all gods.
[26] For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
[27] Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in
his place.
[28] Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
[29] Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
[30] Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable,
that it be not moved.
[31] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say
among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
[32] Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice,
and all that is therein.
[33] Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the
LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
[34] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever.
[35] And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy
name, and glory in thy praise.
[36] Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the
people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
[37] So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph
and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work
required:
[38] And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom
also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
[39] And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
[40] To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt
offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is
written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
[41] And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen,
who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy
endureth for ever;
[42] And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for
those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the
sons of Jeduthun were porters.
[43] And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
returned to bless his house.
[1] Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house,
that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but
the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
[2] Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God
is with thee.
[3] And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan,
saying,
[4] Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not
build me an house to dwell in:
[5] For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up
Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle
to another.
[6] Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of
the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye
not built me an house of cedars?
[7] Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
[8] And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have
cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the
name of the great men that are in the earth.
[9] Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant
them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
[10] And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that
the LORD will build thee an house.
[11] And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must
go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which
shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
[12] He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
[13] I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take
my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
[14] But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and
his throne shall be established for evermore.
[15] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
[16] And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am
I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
[17] And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast
also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded
me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
[18] What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?
for thou knowest thy servant.
[19] O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart,
hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
[20] O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside
thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[21] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom
God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and
terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt?
[22] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever;
and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
[23] Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning
thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou
hast said.
[24] Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and
let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
[25] For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him
an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
[26] And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto
thy servant:
[27] Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be
blessed for ever.
[1] Now after this it came to pass, that David smote
the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand
of the Philistines.
[2] And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts.
[3] And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
[4] And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot
horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
[5] And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
[6] Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became
David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
[7] And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
[8] Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought
David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars,
and the vessels of brass.
[9] Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host
of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
[10] He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare,
and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten
him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of
gold and silver and brass.
[11] Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and
the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and
from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
[12] Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt eighteen thousand.
[13] And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
[14] So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice
among all his people.
[15] And Joab the son Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud, recorder.
[16] And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
[17] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
[1] Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the
king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
[2] And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort
him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the
children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
[3] But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest
thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee?
are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy
out the land?
[4] Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off
their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
[5] Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And
he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
[6] And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves
odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of
silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of
Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
[7] So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of
Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of
Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
[8] And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
[9] And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in
the field.
[10] Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and
behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against
the Syrians.
[11] And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai
his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
[12] And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help
thee.
[13] Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good
in his sight.
[14] So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the
Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
[15] And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they
likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab
came to Jerusalem.
[16] And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
[17] And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when
David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
[18] But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captain of the host.
[19] And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
[1] And it came to pass, that after the year was
expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of
the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and
destroyed it.
[2] And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found
it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was
set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the
city.
[3] And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with
saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the
cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
[4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was
of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
[5] And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like
a weaver's beam.
[6] And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great
stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six
on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
[7] But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
brother slew him.
[8] These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
[1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked
David to number Israel.
[2] And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number
Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I
may know it.
[3] And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many
more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?
why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to
Israel?
[4] Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
[5] And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And
all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that
drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that
drew sword.
[6] But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word
was abominable to Joab.
[7] And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
[8] And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done
this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I
have done very foolishly.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
[10] Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
[11] So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Choose thee
[12] Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before
thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three
days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of
the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise
thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
[13] And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall
into the hand of man.
[14] So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
[15] And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the
angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the
LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
[16] And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand
between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched
out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
[17] And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to
be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for
these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God,
be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be
plagued.
[18] Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that
David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite.
[19] And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name
of the LORD.
[20] And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with
him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
[21] And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went
out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the
ground.
[22] Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt
grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
[23] And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the
king do that which is good in his eyes: lo,I give thee the oxen also for burnt
offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat
offering; I give it all.
[24] And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the
full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost.
[25] So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by
weight.
[26] And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him
from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
[27] And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again
into the sheath thereof.
[28] At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
[29] For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness,
and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at
Gibeon.
[30] But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
[1] Then David said, This is the house of the LORD
God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
[2] And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in
the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house
of God.
[3] And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of
the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
[4] Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre
brought much cedar wood to David.
[5] And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house
that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of
glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it.
So David prepared abundantly before his death.
[6] Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an
house for the LORD God of Israel.
[7] And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to
build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
[8] But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood
abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my
name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
[9] Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and
I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be
Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
[10] He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I
will be his father; and I will establish throne of his kingdom over Israel for
ever.
[11] Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the
house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
[12] Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee
charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
[13] Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes
and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong,
and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
[14] Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the
LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of
silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
[15] Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of
work.
[16] Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no
number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
[17] David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
[18] Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest
on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
[19] Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise
therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be
built to the name of the LORD.
[1] So when David was old and full of days, he made
Solomon his son king over Israel.
[2] And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
[3] Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and
upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight
thousand.
[4] Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of
the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
[5] Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the
LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
[6] And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[7] Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
[8] The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,
three.
[9] The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These
were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
[10] And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
[11] And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and
Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to
their father's house.
[12] The sons of Kohath; Amram, Ishar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
[13] The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that
he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn
incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for
ever.
[14] Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the
tribe of Levi.
[15] The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
[16] Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
[17] And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had
none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
[18] Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
[19] Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
[20] Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
[21] The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar,
and Kish.
[22] And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their
brethren the sons of Kish took them.
[23] The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
[24] These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even
the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their
polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age
of twenty years and upward.
[25] For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
[26] And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
[27] For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from
twenty years old and above:
[28] Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the
service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in
the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of
God;
[29] Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering,
and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for
that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
[30] And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and
likewise at even;
[31] And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in
the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order
commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
[32] And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of
Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
[1] Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron.
The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[2] But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Elezar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
[3] And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and
Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
[4] And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of
the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the
sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
[5] Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the
governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons
of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
[6] And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the
priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one
taken for Ithamar.
[7] Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
[8] The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
[9] The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
[10] The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
[11] The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
[12] The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
[13] The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
[14] The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
[15] The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
[16] The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
[17] The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
[18] The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah.
[19] These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the
house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the
LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
[20] And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram;
Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
[21] Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was
Isshiah.
[22] Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
[23] And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
[24] Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
[25] The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
[26] The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
[27] The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and
Ibri.
[28] Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
[29] Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
[30] The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were
the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
[31] These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the
chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers
over against their younger brethren.
[1] Moreover David and the captains of the host
separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,
who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the
number of the workmen according to their service was:
[2] Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and
Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied
according to the order of the king.
[3] Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who
prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
[4] Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,
and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
[5] All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of
God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
daughters.
[6] All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house
of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house
of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
[7] So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in
the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
[8] And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar.
[9] Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
[10] The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[11] The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[12] The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[13] The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[14] The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[15] The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[16] The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[17] The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[18] The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[19] The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[20] The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[21] The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[22] The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[23] The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[24] The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
[25] The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[26] The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[27] The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[28] The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
[29] The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
[30] The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
[31] The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve.
[1] Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the
Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
[2] And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael
the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
[3] Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
[4] Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the
fifth,
[5] Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God
blessed him.
[6] Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the
house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
[7] The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose
brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
[8] All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of
Obed-edom.
[9] And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
[10] Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,
(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
[11] Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all
the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
[12] Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief
men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
[13] And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to
the house of their fathers, for every gate.
[14] And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
[15] To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
[16] To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
[17] Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a
day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
[18] At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
[19] These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and
among the sons of Merari.
[20] And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of
God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
[21] As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
[22] The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over
the treasures of the house of the LORD.
[23] Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites:
[24] And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the
treasures.
[25] And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
[26] 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.
[27] Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the
house of the LORD.
[28] And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had
dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
[29] Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges.
[30] And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a
thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side
Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the
king.
[31] Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year
of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them
mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
[32] And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven
hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God,
and affairs of the king.
[1] Now the children of Israel after their number, to
wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their
officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and
went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course
were twenty and four thousand.
[2] Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[3] Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the
host for the first month.
[4] And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of
his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and
four thousand.
[5] The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
[6] This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the
thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
[7] The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of
Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
[8] The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and
in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[9] The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[10] The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite,
of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[11] The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[12] The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[13] The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[14] The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
[15] The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[16] Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of
Maachah:
[17] Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
Zadok:
[18] Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri
the son of Michael:
[19] Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the
son of Azriel:
[20] Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
[21] Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
[22] Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
[23] But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and
under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of
the heavens.
[24] Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,
because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in
the account of the chronicles of king David.
[25] And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and
over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in
the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
[26] And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
[27] And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase
of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
[28] And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the
low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
[29] And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite:
and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
[30] Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses
was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
[31] And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the
rulers of the substance which was king David's.
[32] Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a
scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
[33] And Ahithophel was the king's counseller: and Hushai the Archite
was the king's companion:
[34] And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar:
and the general of the king's army was Joab.
[1] And David assembled all the princes of Israel,
the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to
the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the
hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king,
and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the
valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
[2] Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of
rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God,
and had made ready for the building:
[3] But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name,
because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
[4] Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my
father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the
ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of
my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
[5] And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath
chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over
Israel.
[6] And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my
courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
[7] Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to
do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
[8] Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the
LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of
the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an
inheritance for your children after you for ever.
[9] And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
for ever.
[10] Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for
the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
[11] Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of
the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers
thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
[12] And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of
the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries
of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
[13] Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all
the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of
service in the house of the LORD.
[14] He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments
of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight,
for all instruments of every kind of service:
[15] Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps
of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for
the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for
the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
[16] And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every
table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
[17] Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and
for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of silver:
[18] And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for
the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and
covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
[19] All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his
hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
[20] And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be
with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished
all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
[21] And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they
shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be
with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any
manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy
commandment.
[1] Furthermore David the king said unto all the
congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and
tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD
God.
[2] Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things
of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours,
and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
[3] Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the
house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
[4] Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
[5] The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver,
and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then
is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
[6] Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel,
and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's
work, offered willingly,
[7] And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand
talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of
brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
[8] And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the
treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
[9] Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because
with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also
rejoiced with great joy.
[10] Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and
David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of
[11] Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is
thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
[12] Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all;
and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great,
and to give strength unto all.
[13] Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious
name.
[14] But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine
own have we given thee.
[15] For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our
fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
[16] O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee
an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
[17] I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are
present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
[18] O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this
for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
prepare their heart unto thee:
[19] And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
[20] And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your
God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed
down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
[21] And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings,
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
[22] And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and
anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
[23] Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David
his father, and prospered; and all
[24] And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise
of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
[25] And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
[26] Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all
[27] And the time that he reigned over
[28] And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour:
and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
[29] Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet,
and in the book of Gad the seer,
[30] With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,
and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
[1] And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in
his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
[2] Then Solomon spake unto all
[3] So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high
place that was at
[4] But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the
place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at
[5] Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the
congregation sought unto it.
[6] And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt
offerings upon it.
[7] In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask
what I shall give thee.
[8] And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David
my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
[9] Now , O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be
established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the
earth in multitude.
[10] Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in
before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
[11] And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou
hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies,
neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for
thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
[12] Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee
riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have
been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
[13] Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at
[14] And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand
and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the
chariot cities, and with the king at
[15] And the king made silver and gold at
[16] And Solomon had horses brought out of
[17] And they fetched up, and brought forth out of
[1] And Solomon determined to build an house for the
name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
[2] And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear
burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and
six hundred to oversee them.
[3] And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
[4] Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate
it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an
ordinance for ever to
[5] And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all
gods.
[6] But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven
of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house,
save only to burn sacrifice before him?
[7] Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can
skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem,
whom David my father did provide.
[8] Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
[9] Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am
about to build shall be wonderful great.
[10] And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures
of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
[11] Then Huram the king of
[12] Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of
[13] And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of
Huram my father's,
[14] The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a
man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in
stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be
put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy
father.
[15] Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
[16] And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need:
and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shall carry it
up to Jerusalem.
[17] And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the
[18] And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
[1] Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD
at
[2] And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the
fourth year of his reign.
[3] Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the
building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was
threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
[4] And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it
was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an
hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
[5] And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
[6] And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the
gold was gold of Parvaim.
[7] He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls
thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
[8] And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits:
and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
[9] And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he
overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
[10] And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and
overlaid them with gold.
[11] And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of
the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the
other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
[12] And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the
wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing
of the other cherub.
[13] The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
[14] And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
[15] Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits
high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
[16] And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of
the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
[17] And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right
hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand
Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
[1] Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits
the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the
height thereof.
[2] Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in
compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did
compass it round about.
[3] And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round
about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were
cast, when it was cast.
[4] It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking
toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder
parts were inward.
[5] And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like
the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held
three thousand baths.
[6] He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand,and five on
the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering
they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
[7] And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and
set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
[8] He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the
right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
[9] Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,
and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
[10] And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against
the south.
[11] And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram
finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
[12] To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which
were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two
pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
[13] And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of
pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which
were upon the pillars.
[14] He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
[15] One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
[16] The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD
of bright brass.
[17] In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredathah.
[18] Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the
weight of the brass could not be found out.
[19] And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,
the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
[20] Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn
after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
[21] And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and
that perfect gold;
[22] And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers,
of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most
holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
[1] Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house
of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his
father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,
put he among the treasures of the house of God.
[2] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which
is Zion.
[3] Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king
in the feast which was in the seventh month.
[4] And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
[5] And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and
the Levites bring up.
[6] Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were
assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not
be told nor numbered for multitude.
[7] And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto
his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the
wings of the cherubims:
[8] For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
[9] And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves
were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And
there it is unto this day.
[10] There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put
therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel,
when they came out of Egypt.
[11] And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then
wait by course:
[12] Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of
Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white
linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the
altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
[13] It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to
make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick,
and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever:
that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
[14] So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
[1] Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he
would dwell in the thick darkness.
[2] But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for
thy dwelling for ever.
[3] And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of
Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
[4] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his
hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
[5] Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of
Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that
my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people
Israel:
[6] But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have
chosen David to be over my people Israel.
[7] Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
[8] But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine
heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine
heart:
[9] Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which
shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
[10] The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for
I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel,
as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of
Israel.
[11] And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD,
that he made with the children of Israel.
[12] And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
[13] For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the
court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
[14] And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the
heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
[15] Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which
thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with
thine hand, as it is this day.
[16] Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take
heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
[17] Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which
thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
[18] But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
which I have built!
[19] Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy
servant prayeth before thee:
[20] That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the
place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken
unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
[21] Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy
dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
[22] If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to
make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
[23] Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by
requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
[24] And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name,
and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
[25] Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to
their fathers.
[26] When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name,
and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
[27] Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they
should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people
for an inheritance.
[28] If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in
the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
[29] Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any
man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and
his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
[30] Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
[31] That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
[32] Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people
Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy
mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
[33] Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and
do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of
the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may
know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
[34] If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast
chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
[35] Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
[36] If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and
they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
[37] Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We
have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
[38] If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul
in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and
pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the
city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy
name:
[39] Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy
people which have sinned against thee.
[40] Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine
ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
[41] Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and
the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
[42] O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the
mercies of David thy servant.
[1] Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the
fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;
and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
[2] And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because
the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
[3] And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and
the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to
the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For
he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
[4] Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
[5] And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people
dedicated the house of God.
[6] And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the
LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their
ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
[7] Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before
the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the
peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able
to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
[8] Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto
the river of Egypt.
[9] And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the
dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
[10] And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the
LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
[11] Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house:
and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in
his own house, he prosperously effected.
[12] And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I
have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of
sacrifice.
[13] If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
[14] If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
[15] Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
[16] For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may
be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
[17] And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father
walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe
my statues and my judgments;
[18] Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be
ruler in Israel.
[19] But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments,
which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship
them;
[20] Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have
given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast
out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all
nations.
[21] And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every
one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto
this land, and unto this house?
[22] And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of
their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought
all this evil upon them.
[1] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years,
wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
[2] That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built
them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
[3] And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
[4] And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,
which he built in Hamath.
[5] Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
[6] And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the
chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to
build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his
dominion.
[7] As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were
not of Israel,
[8] But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom
the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until
this day.
[9] But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his
work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his
chariots and horsemen.
[10] And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two
hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
[11] And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of
David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not
dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy,
whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
[12] Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of
the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
[13] Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the
commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn
feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in
the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
[14] And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the
courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to
praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the
porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God
commanded.
[15] And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the
priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
[16] Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of
the LORD was perfected.
[17] Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in
the land of Edom.
[18] And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants
that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to
Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them
to king Solomon.
[1] And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of
Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and
precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all
that was in her heart.
[2] And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid
from Solomon which he told her not.
[3] And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the
house that he had built,
[4] And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their
apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there
was no more spirit in her.
[5] And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine
own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
[6] Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told
me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
[7] Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
[8] Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on
his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to
establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment
and justice.
[9] And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice
as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
[10] And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which
brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
[11] And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the
LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there
were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
[12] And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she
turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
[13] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
[14] Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings
of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
[15] And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
[16] And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
[17] Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with pure gold.
[18] And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place,
and two lions standing by the stays:
[19] And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon
the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
[20] And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all
the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were
of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
[21] For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:
every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
[22] And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and
wisdom.
[23] And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to
hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
[24] And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
[25] And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem.
[26] And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land
of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
[27] And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees
made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
[28] And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all
lands.
[29] Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of
Nebat?
[30] And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
[31] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
[1] And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were
all Israel come to make him king.
[2] And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in
Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it,
that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
[3] And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and
spake to Rehoboam, saying,
[4] Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat
the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us,
and we will serve thee.
[5] And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the
people departed.
[6] And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood
before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me
to return answer to this people?
[7] And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and
please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
[8] But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took
counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before
him.
[9] And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer
to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that
thy father did put upon us?
[10] And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's
loins.
[11] For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
[12] So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day,
as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
[13] And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the
counsel of the old men,
[14] And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My
father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
[15] So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of
God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah
the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
[16] And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them,
the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we
have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel:
and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
[17] But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
[18] Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the
children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made
speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
[19] And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
[1] And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he
gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand
chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring
the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
[2] But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
[3] Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
[4] Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they
obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
[5] And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in
Judah.
[6] He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
[7] And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
[8] And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
[9] And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
[10] And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in
Benjamin fenced cities.
[11] And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and
store of victual, and of oil and wine.
[12] And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
[13] And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to
him out of all their coasts.
[14] For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came
to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
[15] And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the
devils, and for the calves which he had made.
[16] And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their
hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the
LORD God of their fathers.
[17] So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the
son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of
David and Solomon.
[18] And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of
David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
[19] Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
[20] And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
[21] And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his
wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore
concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
[22] And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler
among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
[23] And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout
all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave
them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
[1] And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had
established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of
the LORD, and all Israel with him.
[2] And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against
the LORD,
[3] With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and
the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the
Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
[4] And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to
Jerusalem.
[5] Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of
Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also
left you in the hand of Shishak.
[6] Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD is righteous.
[7] And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the
LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall
not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
[8] Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
[9] So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house;
he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[10] Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed
them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the
king's house.
[11] And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard
came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
[12] And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him
that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
[13] So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess.
[14] And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the
LORD.
[15] Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in
the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?
And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
[16] And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began
Abijah to reign over Judah.
[2] He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and
Jeroboam.
[3] And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of
war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in
array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of
valour.
[4] And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,
and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
[5] Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom
over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of
salt?
[6] Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of
David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
[7] And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,
and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
[8] And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of
the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden
calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
[9] Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and
the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other
lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and
seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
[10] But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites wait upon their business:
[11] And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every
evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
[12] And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his
priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel,
fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
[13] But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they
were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
[14] And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the
trumpets.
[15] Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah
shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah
and Judah.
[16] And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered
them into their hand.
[17] And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so
there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
[18] Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and
the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their
fathers.
[19] And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel
with the towns thereof, and Jeshnah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with
the towns thereof.
[20] Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
[21] But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat
twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
[22] And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
[1] So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the
land was quiet ten years.
[2] And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD
his God:
[3] For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high
places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
[4] And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment.
[5] Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and
the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
[6] And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
[7] Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us;
because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given
us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
[8] And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of
Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew
bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
[9] And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of
a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
[10] Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in
the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
[11] And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us,
O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
[12] So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and
the Ethiopians fled.
[13] And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar:
and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for
they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away
very much spoil.
[14] And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of
the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much spoil in them.
[15] They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
[1] And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son
of Oded:
[2] And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and
all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye
seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
[3] Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
[4] But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel,
and sought him, he was found of them.
[5] And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
countries.
[6] And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did
vex them with all adversity.
[7] Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your
work shall be rewarded.
[8] And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the
prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land
of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount
Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the
LORD.
[9] And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
[10] So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
[11] And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which
they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
[12] And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their
fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
[13] That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put
to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
[14] And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
[15] And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all
their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them:
and the LORD gave them rest round about.
[16] And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed
her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down
her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
[17] But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
[18] And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
[19] And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa.
[1] In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa
Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent
that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
[2] Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the
house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria,
that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
[3] There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my
father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
[4] And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his
armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and
Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
[5] And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building
of Ramah, and let his work cease.
[6] Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones
of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built
therewith Geba and Mizpah.
[7] And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said
unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the
LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine
hand.
[8] Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered
them into thine hand.
[9] For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have
wars.
[10] Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;
for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of
the people the same time.
[11] And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[12] And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in
his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought
not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
[13] And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign.
[14] And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for
himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with
sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and
they made a very great burning for him.
[1] And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself against Israel.
[2] And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set
garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his
father had taken.
[3] And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first
ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
[4] But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
[5] Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah
brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
[6] And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he
took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
[7] Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to
Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah,
to teach in the cities of Judah.
[8] And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and
Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and
Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram,
priests.
[9] And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD
with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the
people.
[10] And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands
that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
[11] Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven
hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
[12] And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah
castles, and cities of store.
[13] And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of
war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
[14] And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their
fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him
mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
[15] And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred
and fourscore thousand.
[16] And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered
himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
[17] And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed
men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
[18] And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore
thousand ready prepared for the war.
[19] These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the
fenced cities throughout all Judah.
[1] Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in
abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
[2] And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab
killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with
him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
[3] And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt
thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my
people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
[4] And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
[5] Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or
shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's
hand.
[6] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might inquire of him?
[7] And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied
good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
[8] And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said,
Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
[9] And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of
them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the
entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before
them.
[10] And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed.
[11] And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead,
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
[12] And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying,
Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let
thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
[13] And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that
will I speak.
[14] And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye
up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
[15] And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that
thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
[16] Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them
return therefore every man to his house in peace.
[17] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
[18] Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand
and on his left.
[19] And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he
may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner,
and another saying after that manner.
[20] Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
[21] And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of
all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also
prevail: go out, and do even so.
[22] Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
[23] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto thee?
[24] And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
[25] Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back
to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
[26] And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return
in peace.
[27] And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not
the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
[28] So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramoth-gilead.
[29] And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of
Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
[30] Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots
that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with
the king of Israel.
[31] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed
about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God
moved them to depart from him.
[32] For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots
perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from
pursuing him.
[33] And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man,
Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
[34] And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the
time of the sun going down he died.
[1] And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his
house in peace to Jerusalem.
[2] And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said
to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate
the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
[3] Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek
God.
[4] And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through
the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the
LORD God of their fathers.
[5] And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of
Judah, city by city,
[6] And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for
man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
[7] Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do
it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor
taking of gifts.
[8] Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the
LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
[9] And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the
LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
[10] And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell
in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes
and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD,
and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not
trespass.
[11] And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of
the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for
all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal
courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
[1] It came to pass after this also, that the
children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the
Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
[2] Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a
great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and,
behold, they be Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
[3] And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
[4] And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
[5] And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in
the house of the LORD, before the new court,
[6] And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and
rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is
there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
[7] Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land
before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for
ever?
[8] And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for
thy name, saying,
[9] If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence,
or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in
this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
[10] And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir,
whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of
Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
[11] Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
[12] O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against
this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our
eyes are upon thee.
[13] And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
[14] Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the
son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the
Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
[15] And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
[16] To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the
cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the
wilderness of Jeruel.
[17] Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with
you.
[18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the
LORD.
[19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud
voice on high.
[20] And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear
me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so
shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
[21] And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers
unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out
before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
[22] And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against
Judah; and they were smitten.
[23] For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants
of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end
of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
[24] And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they
looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped.
[25] And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of
them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and
precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
[26] And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place
was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
[27] Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for
the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
[28] And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets
unto the house of the LORD.
[29] And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,
when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
[30] So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest
round about.
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from
it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
[33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people
had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
[36] And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and
they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go
to Tarshish.
[1] Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in
his stead.
[2] And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,
and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the
sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
[3] And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and
of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
[4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also
of the princes of Israel.
[5] Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the
house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
[7] Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of
the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to
him and to his sons for ever.
[8] In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah,
and made themselves a king.
[9] Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with
him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in,
and the captains of the chariots.
[10] So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this
day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had
forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
[11] Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
[12] And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
[13] But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms
of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house,
which were better than thyself:
[14] Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
[15] And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until
thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
[16] Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
[17] And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away
all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and
his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest
of his sons.
[18] And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
[19] And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore
diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his
fathers.
[20] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit
they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
[1] And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his
youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians
to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah reigned.
[2] Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter
of Omri.
[3] He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was
his counseller to do wickedly.
[4] Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of
Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his
destruction.
[5] He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of
Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and
the Syrians smote Joram.
[6] And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which
were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah
the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at
Jezreel, because he was sick.
[7] And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for
when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom
the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
[8] And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the
house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of
Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
[9] And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried
him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with
all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
[10] But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
[11] But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him
and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram,
the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him
from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
[12] And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and
Athaliah reigned over the land.
[1] And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened
himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and
Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son
of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
[2] And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all
the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to
Jerusalem.
[3] And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house
of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD
hath said of the sons of David.
[4] This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on
the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
[5] And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at
the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the
house of the LORD.
[6] But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and
they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all
the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
[7] And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with
his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be
put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
[8] So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come
in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada
the priest dismissed not the courses.
[9] Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in
the house of God.
[10] And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand,
from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the
altar and the temple, by the king round about.
[11] Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown,
and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed
him, and said, God save the king.
[12] Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and
praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
[13] And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the
entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people
of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with
instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent
her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
[14] Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that
were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and
whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay
her not in the house of the LORD.
[15] So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of
the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
[16] And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
[17] Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down,
and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of
Baal before the altars.
[18] Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the
hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the
LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of
Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
[19] And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that
none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
[20] And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the
king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
[21] And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet,
after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
[1] Joash was seven years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of
Beer-sheba.
[2] And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the
days of Jehoiada the priest.
[3] And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and
daughters.
[4] And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the
house of the LORD.
[5] And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to
them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair
the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.
Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
[6] And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why
hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of
Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of
the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
[7] For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house
of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.
[8] And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without
at the gate of the house of the LORD.
[9] And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring
in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in
the wilderness.
[10] And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in,
and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
[11] Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto
the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was
much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied
the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by
day, and gathered money in abundance.
[12] And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the
service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the
house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of
the LORD.
[13] So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and
they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
[14] And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the
LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of
gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD
continually all the days of Jehoiada.
[15] But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
[16] And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because
he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
[17] Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made
obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
[18] And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and
served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their
trespass.
[19] Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;
and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
[20] And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the
priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why
transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye
have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
[21] And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
[22] Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD
look upon it, and require it.
[23] And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria
came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all
the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them
unto the king of Damascus.
[24] For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and
the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken
the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
[25] And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of
Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him
in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
[26] And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of
Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
[27] Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon
him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the
story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not
with a perfect heart.
[3] Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that
he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
[4] But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law
in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not
die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every
man shall die for his own sin.
[5] Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains
over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their
fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to
go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
[6] He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel
for an hundred talents of silver.
[7] But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army
of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.
[8] But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
[9] And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the
hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God
answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
[10] Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him
out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled
against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
[11] And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and
went to the valley of salt, and smote of the chidren of Seir ten thousand.
[12] And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry
away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from
the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
[13] But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they
should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria
even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
[14] Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter
of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them
up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto
them.
[15] Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
[16] And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto
him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be
smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to
destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my
counsel.
[17] Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son
of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one
another in the face.
[18] And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give
thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
[19] Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart
lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
[20] But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might
deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods
of Edom.
[21] So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in
the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth
to Judah.
[22] And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every
man to his tent.
[23] And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
[24] And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that
were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's
house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
[25] And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
[27] Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the
LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish:
but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
[28] And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers
in the city of Judah.
[1] Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
[2] He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
[3] Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of
Jerusalem.
[4] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Amaziah did.
[5] And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in
the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
[6] And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
[7] And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
[8] And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad
even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
[9] Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
[10] Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he
had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also,
and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
[11] Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war
by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the
scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's
captains.
[12] The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of
valour were two thousand and six hundred.
[13] And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven
thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king
against the enemy.
[14] And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
[15] And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on
the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And
his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
[16] But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the
LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
[17] And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore
priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
[18] And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the
priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from
the LORD God.
[19] Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in
his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the
incense altar.
[20] And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him,
and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from
thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
[21] And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and
dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of
the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of
the land.
[22] Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
[23] So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his
fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said,
He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Jotham was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of
the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
[3] He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
[4] Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
[5] He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against
them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of
silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much
did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
[6] So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the
LORD his God.
[7] Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways,
lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
[8] He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
[9] And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city
of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right
in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
[2] For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also
molten images for Baalim.
[3] Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the
LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
[4] He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
[5] Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king
of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them
captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand
of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
[6] For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the
LORD God of their fathers.
[7] And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son,
and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
[8] And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren
two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil
from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
[9] But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he
went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold,
because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered
them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto
heaven.
[10] And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even
with you, sins against the LORD your God?
[11] Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye
have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon
you.
[12] Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the
son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of
Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the
war,
[13] And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for
whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our
sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath
against Israel.
[14] So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes
and all the congregation.
[15] And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the
captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and
arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed
them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to
Samaria.
[16] At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help
him.
[17] For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away
captives.
[18] The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and
of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth,
and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof,
Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
[19] For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for
he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
[20] And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed
him, but strengthened him not.
[21] For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out
of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of
Assyria: but he helped him not.
[22] And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against
the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
[23] For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and
he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I
sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of
all Israel.
[24] And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut
in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house
of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
[25] And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
[26] Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[27] And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,
even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of
Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
[1] Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and
twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that David his father had done.
[3] He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
[4] And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them
together into the east street,
[5] And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves,
and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place.
[6] For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the
eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their
faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
[7] Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the
lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy
place unto the God of Israel.
[8] Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he
hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with
your eyes.
[9] For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
[10] Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of
Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
[11] My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to
stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn
incense.
[12] Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son
of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the
son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the
son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
[13] And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of
Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
[14] And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of
Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
[15] And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and
came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to
cleanse the house of the LORD.
[16] And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD,
to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the
temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites
took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
[17] Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and
on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they
sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the
first month they made an end.
[18] Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed
all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the
vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
[19] Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they
are before the altar of the LORD.
[20] Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the
city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
[21] And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs,
and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary,
and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on
the altar of the LORD.
[22] So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood,
and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
[23] And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the
king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
[24] And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with
their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king
commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all
Israel.
[25] And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with
psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad
the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD
by his prophets.
[26] And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the
priests with the trumpets.
[27] And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the
trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
[28] And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters
sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
[29] And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that
were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
[30] Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to
sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And
they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
[31] Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves
unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the
house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank
offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
[32] And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation
brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred
lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
[33] And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand
sheep.
[34] But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the
burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the
work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the
Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
[35] And also the burnt offerings were in abundance,with the fat of the
peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the
service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
[36] And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared
the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
[1] And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and
wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house
of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
[2] For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
[3] For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not
sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves
together to Jerusalem.
[4] And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
[5] So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all
Israel, from Beer-sheba 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.
[6] So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king,
saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac,
and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of
the hand of the kings of Assyria.
[7] And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to
desolation, as ye see.
[8] Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield
yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath
sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his
wrath may turn away from you.
[9] For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children
shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall
come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and
will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
[10] So the posts passed from city to city through the country of
Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and
mocked them.
[11] Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled
themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
[12] Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
[13] And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of
unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
[14] And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and
all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
[15] Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second
month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves,
and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
[16] And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the
law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they
received of the hand of the Levites.
[17] For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every
one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
[18] For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar,
and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover
otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good
LORD pardon every one
[19] That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers,
though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
[20] And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
[21] And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the
feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and
the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the
LORD.
[22] And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the
good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days,
offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their
fathers.
[23] And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and
they kept other seven days with gladness.
[24] For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a
thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests
sanctified themselves.
[25] And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the
Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers
that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
[26] So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon
the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
[27] Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and
their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place,
even unto heaven.
[1] Now when all this was finished, all Israel that
were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces,
and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly
destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his
possession, into their own cities.
[2] And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites
after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and
Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give
thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
[3] He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt
offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as
it is written in the law of the LORD.
[4] Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the
portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the
law of the LORD.
[5] And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel
brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of
all the increase of the fields; and the tithe of all things brought they in
abundantly.
[6] And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the
tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid
them by heaps.
[7] In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,
and finished them in the seventh month.
[8] And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they
blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
[9] Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning
the heaps.
[10] And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,
and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath
blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
[11] Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the
LORD; and they prepared them,
[12] And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated
things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his
brother was the next.
[13] And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and
Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers
under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of
Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
[14] And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east,
was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the
LORD, and the most holy things.
[15] And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to
give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
[16] Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward,
even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion
for their service in their charges according to their courses;
[17] Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their
courses;
[18] And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and
their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set
office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
[19] Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of
the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed
by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that
were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
[20] And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which
was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
[21] And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God,
and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all
his heart, and prospered.
[1] After these things, and the establishment
thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped
against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
[2] And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was
purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
[3] He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the
waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
[4] So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why
should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
[5] Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was
broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired
Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
[6] And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to
them, saying,
[7] Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us
than with him:
[8] With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help
us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah.
[9] After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to
Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with
him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem,
saying,
[10] Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that
ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
[11] Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by
famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand
of the king of Assyria?
[12] Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his
altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one
altar, and burn incense upon it?
[13] Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of
other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to
deliver their lands out of mine hand?
[14] Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your
God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
[15] Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on
this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was
able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers:
how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
[16] And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against
his servant Hezekiah.
[17] He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to
speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not
delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah
deliver his people out of mine hand.
[18] Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the
people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble
them; that they might take the city.
[19] And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of
the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
[20] And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
[21] And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of
valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he
returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the
house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with
the sword.
[22] Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from
the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other,
and guided them on every side.
[23] And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to
Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations
from thenceforth.
[24] In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the
LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
[25] But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto
him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon
Judah and Jerusalem.
[26] Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his
heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD
came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
[27] And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made
himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for
spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
[28] Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and
stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
[29] Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
[30] This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and
brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his works.
[31] Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of
Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land,
God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
[32] Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,
they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in
the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[33] And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
[2] But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
Israel.
[3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
[4] Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had
said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of the LORD.
[6] And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of
the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much
evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
[7] And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house
of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I
put my name for ever:
[8] Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the
land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do
all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and
the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
[9] So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and
to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children
of Israel.
[10] And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would
not hearken.
[11] Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of
the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with
fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
[12] And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and
humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
[13] And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
[14] Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the
west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate,
and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put
captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
[15] And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of
the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the
LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
[16] And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of
Israel.
[17] Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet
unto the LORD their God only.
[18] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God,
and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of
Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
[19] His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin,
and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up
groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among
the sayings of the seers.
[20] So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own
house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
[21] Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned two years in Jerusalem.
[22] But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did
Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which
Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
[23] And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had
humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
[24] And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own
house.
[25] But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
[1] Josiah was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked
in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to
the left.
[3] For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he
began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he
began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and
the carved images, and the molten images.
[4] And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the
images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the
carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of
them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
[5] And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and
cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
[6] And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even
unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
[7] And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had
beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all
the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
[8] Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the
land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the
house of the LORD his God.
[9] And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the
money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the
doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant
of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
[10] And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight
of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the
house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
[11] Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn
stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of
Judah had destroyed.
[12] And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were
Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and
Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the
Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
[13] Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of
all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there
were scribes, and officers, and porters.
[14] And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house
of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by
Moses.
[15] And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to
Shaphan.
[16] And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word
back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
[17] And they have gathered together the money that was found in the
house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to
the hand of the workmen.
[18] Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
[19] And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law,
that he rent his clothes.
[20] And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and
Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the
king's, saying,
[21] Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in
Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great
is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have
not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
[22] And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah,
keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they
spake to her to that effect.
[23] And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye
the man that sent you to me,
[24] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book
which they have read before the king of Judah:
[25] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be
quenched.
[26] And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD,
so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the
words which thou hast heard;
[27] Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself
before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy
clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
[28] Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that
I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they
brought the king word again.
[29] Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah
and Jerusalem.
[30] And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and
all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the
book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
[31] And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to
perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
[32] And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to
stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of
God, the God of their fathers.
[33] And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries
that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in
Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they
departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
[1] Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in
Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first
month.
[2] And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the LORD,
[3] And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy
unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David
king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve
now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
[4] And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your
courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the
writing of Solomon his son.
[5] And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the
families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of
the families of the Levites.
[6] So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your
brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
[7] And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for
the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
[8] And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and
to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God,
gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred
small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
[9] Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites
for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
[10] So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place,
and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
[11] And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood
from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
[12] And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give
according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the
LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
[13] And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance:
but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and
divided them speedily among all the people.
[14] And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests:
because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt
offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for
themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
[15] And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to
the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer;
and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service;
for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
[16] So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep
the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD,
according to the commandment of king Josiah.
[17] And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at
that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
[18] And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days
of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover
as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that
were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[19] In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover
kept.
[20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of
Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out
against him.
[21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with
thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the
house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee
from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
[22] Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised
himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of
Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
[23] And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his
servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
[24] His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in
the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died,
and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and
Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[25] And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the
singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them
an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to
that which was written in the law of the LORD,
[27] And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah.
[1] Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son
of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in
[2] Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned three months in
[3] And the king of
[4] And the king of
[5] Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eleven years in
[6] Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of
[7] Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD
to
[8] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of
[9] Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned three months and ten days in
[10] And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and
brought him to
[11] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in
[12] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,
and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of
the LORD.
[13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of
[14] Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of
the LORD which he had hallowed in
[15] And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers,
rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on
his dwelling place:
[16] But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people,
till there was no remedy.
[17] Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew
their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he
gave them all into his hand.
[18] And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his
princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
[19] And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
[20] And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
kingdom of Persia:
[21] To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the
land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
[22] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
[23] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath
the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house
in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The
LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
[1] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
[2] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given
me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house
at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
[3] Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and
let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD
God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
[4] And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the
men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with
beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in
[5] Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the
priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up
to build the house of the LORD which is in
[6] And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious
things, beside all that was willingly offered.
[7] Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them
in the house of his gods;
[8] Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of
Judah.
[9] And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
[10] Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred
and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
[11] All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four
hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that
were brought up from
[1] Now these are the children of the province that
went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came
again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
[2] Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of
Israel:
[3] The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
[4] The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
[5] The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
[6] The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
[7] The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[8] The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
[9] The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
[10] The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
[11] The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
[12] The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
[13] The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
[14] The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
[15] The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
[16] The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
[17] The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
[18] The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
[19] The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
[20] The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
[21] The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
[22] The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
[23] The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
[24] The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
[25] The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred
and forty and three.
[26] The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
[27] The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
[28] The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
[29] The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
[30] The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
[31] The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
[32] The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
[33] The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
[34] The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
[35] The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
[36] The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
[37] The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
[38] The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
[39] The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
[40] The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of
Hodaviah, seventy and four.
[41] The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
[42] The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children
of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita,
the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
[43] The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
[44] The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of
Padon,
[45] The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of
Akkub,
[46] The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of
Hanan,
[47] The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of
Reaiah,
[48] The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of
Gazzam,
[49] The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of
Besai,
[50] The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of
Nephusim,
[51] The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
[52] The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
[53] The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Thamah,
[54] The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
[55] The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
[56] The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
[57] The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
[58] All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were
three hundred ninety and two.
[59] And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and
their seed, whether they were of Israel:
[60] The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
[61] And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters
of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
[62] These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from
the priesthood.
[63] And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
[64] The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
[65] Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred
singing men and singing women.
[66] Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two
hundred forty and five;
[67] Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six
thousand seven hundred and twenty.
[68] And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house
of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set
it up in his place:
[69] They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work
threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver,
and one hundred priests' garments.
[70] So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the
singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all
Israel in their cities.
[1] And when the seventh month was come, and the
children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together
as one man to Jerusalem.
[2] Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the
altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written
in the law of Moses the man of God.
[3] And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them
because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings
thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
[4] They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and
offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the
duty of every day required;
[5] And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of
every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
[6] From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt
offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not
yet laid.
[7] They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they
had of Cyrus king of Persia.
[8] Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and
the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem;
and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the
work of the house of the LORD.
[9] Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his
sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of
God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
[10] And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the
LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the
sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David
king of Israel.
[11] And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto
the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.
And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD,
because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
[12] But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who
were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this
house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted
aloud for joy:
[13] So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy
from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud
shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
[1] Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God
of Israel;
[2] Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and
said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we
do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which
brought us up hither.
[3] But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers
of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto
our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as
king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
[4] Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of
Judah, and troubled them in building,
[5] And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all
the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of
Persia.
[6] And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote
they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
[7] And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and
the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing
of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian
tongue.
[8] Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
[9] Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the
rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites,
the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
Dehavites, and the Elamites,
[10] And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar
brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this
side the river, and at such a time.
[11] This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a
time.
[12] Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to
us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have
set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
[13] Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and
the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and
so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
[14] Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was
not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and
certified the king;
[15] That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers:
so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a
rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved
sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
[16] We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the
walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the
river.
[17] Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria,
and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
[18] The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
[19] And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that
this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion
and sedition have been made therein.
[20] There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled
over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid
unto them.
[21] Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this
city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
[22] Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow
to the hurt of the kings?
[23] Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum,
and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to
Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
[24] Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So
it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
[1] Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and
Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and
Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
[2] Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with
them were the prophets of God helping them.
[3] At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who
hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
[4] Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the
men that make this building?
[5] But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they
could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they
returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
[6] The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river,
and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this
side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
[7] They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius
the king, all peace.
[8] Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea,
to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber
is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their
hands.
[9] Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded
you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
[10] We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the
names of the men that were the chief of them.
[11] And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of
the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many
years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
[12] But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto
wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the
Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
[13] But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
[14] And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them
into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of
Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he
had made governor;
[15] And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
[16] Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the
house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it
been in building, and yet it is not finished.
[17] Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search
made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so,
that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at
Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
[1] Then Darius the king made a decree, and search
was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in
Babylon.
[2] And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
[3] In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a
decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the
place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be
strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof
threescore cubits;
[4] With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let
the expences be given out of the king's house:
[5] And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God,
which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and
brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is
at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
[6] Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and
your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from
thence:
[7] Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the
Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
[8] Moreover I made a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these
Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of
the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that
they be not hindered.
[9] And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and
lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and
oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it
be given them day by day without fail:
[10] That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of
heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
[11] Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word,
let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged
thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
[12] And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all
kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this
house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done
with speed.
[13] Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and
their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did
speedily.
[14] And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they
builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel,
and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
Persia.
[15] And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,
which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
[16] And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God
with joy,
[17] And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all
Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
[18] And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in
their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written
in the book of Moses.
[19] And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth day of the first month.
[20] For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and
for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
[21] And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity,
and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the
heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
[22] And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto
them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of
Israel.
[1] Now after these things, in the reign of
Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son
of Hilkiah,
[2] The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
[3] The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
[4] The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
[5] The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son
of Aaron the chief priest:
[6] This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law
of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all
his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
[7] And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the
priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims,
unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
[8] And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the
seventh year of the king.
[9] For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from
Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,
according to the good hand of his God upon him.
[10] For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to
do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
[11] Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave
unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the
commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
[12] Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the
law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
[13] I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go
up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
[14] Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven
counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of
thy God which is in thine hand;
[15] And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his
counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in
Jerusalem,
[16] And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province
of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests,
offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
[17] That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams,
lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon
the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
[18] And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do
with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
[19] The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house
of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
[20] And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,
which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure
house.
[21] And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done
speedily,
[22] Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of
wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and
salt without prescribing how much.
[23] Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently
done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against
the realm of the king and his sons?
[24] Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be
lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
[25] And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand,
set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the
river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them
not.
[26] And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or
to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
[27] Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing
as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in
Jerusalem:
[28] And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his
counsellers, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened
as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of
Israel chief men to go up with me.
[1] These are now the chief of their fathers, and
this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign
of Artaxerxes the king.
[2] Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of
the sons of David; Hattush.
[3] Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and
with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
[4] Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with
him two hundred males.
[5] Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males.
[6] Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him
fifty males.
[7] And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him
seventy males.
[8] And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with
him fourscore males.
[9] Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and eighteen males.
[10] And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an
hundred and threescore males.
[11] And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him
twenty and eight males.
[12] And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him
an hundred and ten males.
[13] And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
[14] Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them
seventy males.
[15] And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;
and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the
priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
[16] Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,
and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for
Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
[17] And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place
Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren
the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers
for the house of our God.
[18] And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of
understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
[19] And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his
brethren and their sons, twenty;
[20] Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for
the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were
expressed by name.
[21] Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we
might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and
for our little ones, and for all our substance.
[22] For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto
the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him;
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
[23] So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of
us.
[24] Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
[25] And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers,
and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
[26] I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of
silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
[27] Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of
fine copper, precious as gold.
[28] And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are
holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD
God of your fathers.
[29] Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of
the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem,
in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
[30] So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and
the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our
God.
[31] Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the
first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he
delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
[32] And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
[33] Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the
priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad
the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
[34] By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was
written at that time.
[35] Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were
come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel,
twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs,
twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the
LORD.
[36] And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered
the people, and the house of God.
[1] Now when these things were done, the princes came
to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not
separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their
abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
[2] For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their
sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those
lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this
trespass.
[3] And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and
plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
[4] Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of
the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried
away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
[5] And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and
having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my
hands unto the LORD my God.
[6] And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to
thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass
is grown up unto the heavens.
[7] Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto
this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been
delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity,
and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
[8] And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our
God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place,
that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our
bondage.
[9] For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our
bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the
desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
[10] And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have
forsaken thy commandments,
[11] Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The
land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of
the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one
end to another with their uncleanness.
[12] Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take
their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever:
that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an
inheritance to your children for ever.
[13] And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our
great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our
iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
[14] Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with
the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou
hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
[15] O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet
escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for
we cannot stand before thee because of this.
[1] Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had
confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there
assembled unto him out of
[2] And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of
[3] Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all
the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord,
and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done
according to the law.
[4] Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with
thee: be of good courage, and do it.
[5] Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all
[6] Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the
chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no
bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them
that had been carried away.
[7] And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all
the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto
Jerusalem;
[8] And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to
the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be
forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been
carried away.
[9] Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together
unto
[10] And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have
transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of
[11] Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers,
and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and
from the strange wives.
[12] Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As
thou hast said, so must we do.
[13] But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are
not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are
many that have transgressed in this thing.
[14] Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them
which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with
them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath
of our God for this matter be turned from us.
[15] Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were
employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped
them.
[16] And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with
certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them
by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth
month to examine the matter.
[17] And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives
by the first day of the first month.
[18] And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
[19] And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and
being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
[20] And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
[21] And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and
Jehiel, and Uzziah.
[22] And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel,
Jozabad, and Elasah.
[23] Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
Kelita,)
[24] Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and
Telem, and Uri.
[25] Moreover of
[26] And of the sons of
[27] And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and
Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
[28] Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
[29] And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,
and Sheal, and Ramoth.
[30] And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,
Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
[31] And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
[32] Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
[33] Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
[34] Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
[35] Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
[36] Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
[37] Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
[38] And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
[39] And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
[40] Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
[41] Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
[42] Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
[43] Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and
Joel, Benaiah.
[44] All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by
whom they had children.
[1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And
it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in
Shushan the palace,
[2] That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the
captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
[3] And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of
[4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
[5] And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and
terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and
observe his commandments:
[6] Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou
mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and
night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the
children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's
house have sinned.
[7] We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy
servant Moses.
[8] Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant
Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
[9] But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;
though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet
will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have
chosen to set my name there.
[10] Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
[11] O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the
prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear
thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy
in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
[1] And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the
twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up
the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his
presence.
[2] Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing
thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
sore afraid,
[3] And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not
my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres,
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
[4] Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I
prayed to the God of heaven.
[5] And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the
city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
[6] And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how
long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to
send me; and I set him a time.
[7] Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I
come into Judah;
[8] And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may
give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to
the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter
into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
[9] Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the
king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with
me.
[10] When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the
welfare of the children of Israel.
[11] So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
[12] And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told
I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there
any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
[13] And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which
were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
[14] Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool:
but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
[15] Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
[16] And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had
I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
[17] Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and
let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
[18] Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as
also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up
and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
[19] But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and
despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the
king?
[20] Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he
will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no
portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
[1] Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his
brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and
set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto
the tower of Hananeel.
[2] And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them
builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
[3] But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
[4] And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of
Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
[5] And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not
their necks to the work of their Lord.
[6] Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the
doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
[7] And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the
Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor
on this side the river.
[8] Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the
goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the
apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
[9] And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of
the half part of Jerusalem.
[10] And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over
against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
[11] Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab,
repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
[12] And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
[13] The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they
built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
[14] But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of
part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
[15] But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh,
the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of
Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of
David.
[16] After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half
part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to
the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
[17] After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
[18] After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah.
[19] And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of
Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning
of the wall.
[20] After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the
high priest.
[21] After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz
another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the
house of Eliashib.
[22] And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
[23] After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.
After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
[24] After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from
the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
[25] Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and
the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of
the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
[26] Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against
the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
[27] After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the
great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
[28] From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over
against his house.
[29] After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.
After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east
gate.
[30] After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the
sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah over against his chamber.
[31] After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of
the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the
going up of the corner.
[32] And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired
the goldsmiths and the merchants.
[1] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard
that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked
the Jews.
[2] And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said,
What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?
will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of
the rubbish which are burned?
[3] Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which
they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
[4] Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon
their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
[5] And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out
from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
[6] So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the
half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
[7] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem
were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very
wroth,
[8] And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
[9] Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against
them day and night, because of them.
[10] And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
[11] And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we
come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
[12] And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,
they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us
they will be upon you.
[13] Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,
their spears, and their bows.
[14] And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the
rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the
Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and
your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
[15] And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto
us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to
the wall, every one unto his work.
[16] And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears,
the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all
the house of Judah.
[17] They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with
those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with
the other hand held a weapon.
[18] For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and
so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
[19] And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of
the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall,
one far from another.
[20] In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
[21] So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from
the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
[22] Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one
with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard
to us, and labour on the day.
[23] So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
put them off for washing.
[1] And there was a great cry of the people and of
their wives against their brethren the Jews.
[2] For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:
therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
[3] Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
[4] There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
[5] Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as
their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be
servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither
is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
[6] And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
[7] Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set
a great assembly against them.
[8] And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our
brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your
brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found
nothing to answer.
[9] Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the
fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
[10] I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them
money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
[11] Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the the hundredth part of
the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
[12] Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of
them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath
of them, that they should do according to this promise.
[13] Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his
house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he
shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the
LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
[14] Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in
the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year
of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten
the bread of the governor.
[15] But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable
unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of
silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I,
because of the fear of God.
[16] Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we
any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
[17] Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews
and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are
about us.
[18] Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice
sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts
of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the
bondage was heavy upon this people.
[19] Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done
for this people.
[1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah,
and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded
the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had
not set up the doors upon the gates;)
[2] That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet
together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to
do me mischief.
[3] And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so
that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come
down to you?
[4] Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered
them after the same manner.
[5] Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth
time with an open letter in his hand;
[6] Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu
saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest
the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
[7] And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at
Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to
the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel
together.
[8] Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou
sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
[9] For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened
from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
[10] Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the
son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the
house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for
they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
[11] And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,
being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
[12] And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
[13] Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and
sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might
reproach me.
[14] My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these
their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that
would have put me in fear.
[15] So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month
Elul, in fifty and two days.
[16] And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and
all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down
in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
[17] Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto
Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
[18] For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son
in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the
daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
[19] Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words
to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
[1] Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and
I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were
appointed,
[2] That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace,
charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
[3] And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until
the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them:
and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch,
and every one to be over against his house.
[4] Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,
and the houses were not builded.
[5] And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and
the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I
found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found
written therein,
[6] These are the children of the province, that went up out of the
captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one
unto his city;
[7] Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I
say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
[8] The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
[9] The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
[10] The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
[11] The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,
two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
[12] The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[13] The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
[14] The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
[15] The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
[16] The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
[17] The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
[18] The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
[19] The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
[20] The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
[21] The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
[22] The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
[23] The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
[24] The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
[25] The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
[26] The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
[27] The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
[28] The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
[29] The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred
forty and three.
[30] The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
[31] The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
[32] The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
[33] The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
[34] The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
[35] The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
[36] The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
[37] The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
[38] The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
[39] The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
[40] The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
[41] The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
[42] The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
[43] The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the
children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
[44] The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
[45] The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the
children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children
of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
[46] The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
[47] The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
[48] The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of
Shalmai,
[49] The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar,
[50] The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
[51] The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
[52] The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
[53] The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
[54] The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
[55] The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Tamah,
[56] The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
[57] The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
[58] The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
[59] The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
[60] All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were
three hundred ninety and two.
[61] And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor
their seed, whether they were of Israel.
[62] The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
[63] And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,
the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
[64] These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the
priesthood.
[65] And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
[66] The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
[67] Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were
seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty
and five singing men and singing women.
[68] Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two
hundred forty and five:
[69] Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
hundred and twenty asses.
[70] And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five
hundred and thirty priests' garments.
[71] And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the
work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of
silver.
[72] And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand
drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven
priests' garments.
[73] So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,
and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their
cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their
cities.
[1] And all the people gathered themselves together
as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto
Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had
commanded to Israel.
[2] And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of
men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day
of the seventh month.
[3] And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that
could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book
of the law.
[4] And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand,
Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and
Meshullam.
[5] And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
[6] And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people
answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads,
and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
[7] Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
[8] So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
[9] And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This
day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people
wept, when they heard the words of the law.
[10] Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day
is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your
strength.
[11] So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for
the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
[12] And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that
were declared unto them.
[13] And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the
fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe,
even to understand the words of the law.
[14] And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by
Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the
seventh month:
[15] And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and
in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and
pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick
trees, to make booths, as it is written.
[16] So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves
booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the
courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the
street of the gate of Ephraim.
[17] And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the
captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua
the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there
was very great gladness.
[18] Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in
the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the
eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
[1] Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month
the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and
earth upon them.
[2] And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
[3] And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of
the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they
confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
[4] Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud
voice unto the LORD their God.
[5] Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah,
Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God
for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all
blessing and praise.
[6] Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven
of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein,
the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host
of heaven worshippeth thee.
[7] Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest
him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
[8] And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant
with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to
his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
[9] And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest
their cry by the Red sea;
[10] And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharoah, and on all his
servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt
proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
[11] And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou
threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
[12] Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in
the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they
should go.
[13] Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from
heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and
commandments:
[14] And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them
precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
[15] And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest
forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that
they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
[16] But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,
and hearkened not to thy commandments,
[17] And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou
didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a
captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon,
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest
them not.
[18] Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God
that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
[19] Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them
in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the
way wherein they should go.
[20] Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest
not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
[21] Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
[22] Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide
them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king
of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
[23] Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and
broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their
fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
[24] So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst
before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into
their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do
with them as they would.
[25] And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses
full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in
abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted
themselves in thy great goodness.
[26] Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and
cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against
them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
[27] Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who
vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou
heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest
them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
[28] But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore
leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion
over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from
heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
[29] And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again
unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments,
but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;)
and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
[30] Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against
them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore
gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
[31] Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly
consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
[32] Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible
God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before
thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests,
and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time
of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
[33] Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast
done right, but we have done wickedly:
[34] Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith
thou didst testify against them.
[35] For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great
goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest
before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
[36] Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest
unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are
servants in it:
[37] And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set
over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over
our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
[38] And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and
our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
[1] Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the
Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
[2] Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
[3] Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
[4] Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
[5] Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
[6] Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
[7] Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
[8] Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
[9] And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons
of Henadad, Kadmiel;
[10] And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
[11] Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
[12] Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
[13] Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
[14] The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
[15] Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
[16] Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
[17] Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
[18] Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
[19] Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
[20] Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
[21] Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
[22] Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
[23] Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
[24] Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
[25] Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
[26] And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
[27] Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
[28] And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters,
the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the
people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
[29] They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a
curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the
servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our
Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
[30] And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the
land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
[31] And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the
sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the
holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every
debt.
[32] Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the
third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
[33] For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set
feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement
for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
[34] And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the
people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the
houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar
of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
[35] And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of
all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
[36] Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written
in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the
house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
[37] And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our
offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground
unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities
of our tillage.
[38] And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the
Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes
unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
[39] For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the
offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where
are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the
porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
[1] And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem:
the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in
Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
[2] And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered
themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
[3] Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but
in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to
wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children
of Solomon's servants.
[4] And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the
son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of
Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
[5] And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of
Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son
of Shiloni.
[6] All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men.
[7] And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the
son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the
son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
[8] And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
[9] And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of
Senuah was second over the city.
[10] Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
[11] Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
[12] And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight
hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the
son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
[13] And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:
and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the
son of Immer,
[14] And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and
eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
[15] Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
[16] And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the
oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
[17] And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second
among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of
Jeduthun.
[18] All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and
four.
[19] Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept
the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
[20] And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in
all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
[21] But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the
Nethinims.
[22] The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons
of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
[23] For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain
portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
[24] And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the
son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
[25] And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of
Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in
the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
[26] And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
[27] And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
[28] And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
[29] And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
[30] Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba
unto the valley of Hinnom.
[31] The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
[32] And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
[33] Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
[34] Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
[35] Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
[36] And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
[1] Now these are the priests and the Levites that
went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah,
Ezra,
[2] Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
[3] Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
[4] Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
[5] Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
[6] Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jediah,
[7] Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests
and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
[8] Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,
[9] Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in
the watches.
[10] And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada,
[11] And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
[12] And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
[13] Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
[14] Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
[15] Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
[16] Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
[17] Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
[18] Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
[19] And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
[20] Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
[21] Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
[22] The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,
were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius
the Persian.
[23] The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the
book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
[24] And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give
thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against
ward.
[25] Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
[26] These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the
scribe.
[27] And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the
Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the
dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
[28] And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out
of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of
Netophathi;
[29] Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
[30] And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified
the people, and the gates, and the wall.
[31] Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed
two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right
hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
[32] And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
[33] And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
[34] Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
[35] And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah
the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
[36] And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of
God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
[37] And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up
by the stairs of the city of
[38] And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against
them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond
the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
[39] And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and
above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even
unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
[40] So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of
God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
[41] And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
[42] And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan,
and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah
their overseer.
[43] Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God
had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced:
so that the joy of
[44] And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the
priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites
that waited.
[45] And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,
and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of
Solomon his son.
[46] For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
[47] And all
[1] On that day they read in the book of Moses in the
audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and
the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
[2] Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with
water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
[3] Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
separated from
[4] And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the
chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
[5] And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they
laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of
the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
[6] But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after
certain days obtained I leave of the king:
[7] And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib
did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
[8] And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
[9] Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither
brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the
frankincense.
[10] And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one
to his field.
[11] Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
[12] Then brought all
[13] And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,
and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan
the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and
their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
[14] Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good
deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
[15] In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the
sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold
victuals.
[16] There dwelt men of
[17] Then I contended with the nobles of
[18] Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil
upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon
[19] And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged
that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants
set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath
day.
[20] So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
[21] Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time
forth came they no more on the sabbath.
[22] And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,
and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the
greatness of thy mercy.
[23] In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of
[24] And their children spake half in the speech of
[25] And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of
them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall
not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your
sons, or for yourselves.
[26] Did not Solomon king of
[27] Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
[28] And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
[29] Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood,
and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
[30] Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of
the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
[31] And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
[1] Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus,
(this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from
[2] That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his
kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
[3] In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes
and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the
provinces, being before him:
[4] When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of
his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
[5] And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the
people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small,
seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
[6] Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of
fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of
gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black,
marble.
[7] And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state
of the king.
[8] And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so
the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do
according to every man's pleasure.
[9] Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house
which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
[10] On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine,
he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas,
the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
[11] To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to
shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
[12] But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by
his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in
him.
[13] Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so
was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
[14] And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,
Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw
the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
[15] What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because
she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the
chamberlains?
[16] And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the
queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to
all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
[17] For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so
that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be
reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before
him, but she came not.
[18] Likewise shall the ladies of
[19] If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,
and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be
not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king
give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
[20] And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published
throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their
husbands honour, both to great and small.
[21] And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did
according to the word of Memucan:
[22] For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every
province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should
be published according to the language of every people.
[1] After these things, when the wrath of king
Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what
was decreed against her.
[2] Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be
fair young virgins sought for the king:
[3] And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his
kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan
the palace, to the house of the women unto the custody of Hege the king's
chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be
given them:
[4] And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of
Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
[5] Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
[6] Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which
had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away.
[7] And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter:
for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful;
whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
[8] So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was
heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to
the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to
the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
[9] And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he
speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to
her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's
house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of
the women.
[10] Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had
charged her that she should not shew it.
[11] And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's
house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
[12] Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,
after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women,
(for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months
with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for
the purifying of the women;)
[13] Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired
was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's
house.
[14] In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the
second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain,
which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king
delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
[15] Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of
Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king,
she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the
women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that
looked upon her.
[16] So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the
tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
[17] And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained
grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the
royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
[18] Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his
servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave
gifts, according to the state of the king.
[19] And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then
Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
[20] Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai
had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she
was brought up with him.
[21] In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the
king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were
wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
[22] And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the
queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
[23] And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;
therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of
the chronicles before the king.
[1] After these things did king Ahasuerus promote
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat
above all the princes that were with him.
[2] And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
[3] Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
[4] Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he
hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's
matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
[5] And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,
then was Haman full of wrath.
[6] And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the
Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
[7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day,
and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
[8] And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy
kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the
king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
[9] If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have
the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
[10] And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
[11] And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the
people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
[12] Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded
unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every
province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the
writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
[13] And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old,
little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a
prey.
[14] The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that
day.
[15] The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and
the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to
drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
[1] When Mordecai perceived all that was done,
Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into
the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
[2] And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the
king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
[3] And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his
decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping,
and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
[4] So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then
was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and
to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
[5] Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom
he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to
know what it was, and why it was.
[6] So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which
was before the king's gate.
[7] And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the
sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for
the Jews, to destroy them.
[8] Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was
given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it
unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
[9] And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
[10] Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto
Mordecai;
[11] All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the
inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death,
except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may
live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
[12] And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
[13] Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself
that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
[14] For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall
there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but
thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou
art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
[15] Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
[16] Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and
fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and
my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
[17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
[1] Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther
put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house,
over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the
royal house, over against the gate of the house.
[2] And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the
court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther
the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the
top of the sceptre.
[3] Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what
is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
[4] And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
[5] Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as
Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
[6] And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the
half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
[7] Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
[8] If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please
the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow
as the king hath said.
[9] Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but
when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for
him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
[10] Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he
sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
[11] And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude
of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how
he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
[12] Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in
with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow
am I invited unto her also with the king.
[13] Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
[14] Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a
gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king
that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto
the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
[1] On that night could not the king sleep, and he
commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read
before the king.
[2] And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and
Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
[3] And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to
Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,
There is nothing done for him.
[4] And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on
the gallows that he had prepared for him.
[5] And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court. And the king said, Let him come in.
[6] So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done
unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his
heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
[7] And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to
honour,
[8] Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and
the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his
head:
[9] And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of
the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king
delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the
city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
delighteth to honour.
[10] Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and
the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth
at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou has spoken.
[11] Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,
and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed
before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to
honour.
[12] And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered.
[13] And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that
had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou
shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
[14] And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's
chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
[1] So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther
the queen.
[2] And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet
of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and
what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the
kingdom.
[3] Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in
thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request:
[4] For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and
to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my
tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
[5] Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who
is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
[6] And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then
Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
[7] And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into
the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther
the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
[8] Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of
the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then
said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word
went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
[9] And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold
also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had
spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said,
Hang him thereon.
[10] So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
[1] On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house
of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the
king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
[2] And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and
gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
[3] And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his
feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the
Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
[4] Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
[5] And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes,
let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's
provinces:
[6] For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
[7] Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai
the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have
hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
[8] Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name,
and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's
name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
[9] Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was
written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the
lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India
unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province
according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language,
and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
[10] And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the
king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules,
camels, and young dromedaries:
[11] Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to
gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay,
and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would
assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a
prey,
[12] Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon
the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[13] The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready
against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
[14] So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
[15] And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment
of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
[16] The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
[17] And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's
commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a
good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the
Jews fell upon them.
[1] Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month
Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his
decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the
Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that
the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
[2] The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt:
and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
[3] And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai
fell upon them.
[4] For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
[5] Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword,
and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated
them.
[6] And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
men.
[7] And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
[8] And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
[9] And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
[10] The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
[11] On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the
palace was brought before the king.
[12] And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and
destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman;
what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it
shall be done.
[13] Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the
Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree,
and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
[14] And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given
at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
[15] For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on
the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
[16] But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their
enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not
their hands on the prey,
[17] On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day
of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
[18] But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the
thirteenth day thereof; and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day
of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
[19] Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled
towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and
feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
[20] And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews
that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
[21] To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth
day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
[22] As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the
month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a
good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending
portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
[23] And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
[24] Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all
the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that
is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
[25] But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that
his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his
own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
[26] Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen
concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
[27] The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and
upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that
they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to
their appointed time every year;
[28] And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days
of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
from their seed.
[29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the
Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
[30] And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty
and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
[31] To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had
decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and
their cry.
[32] And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it
was written in the book.
[1] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the
land, and upon the isles of the sea.
[2] And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration
of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and
[3] For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among
the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of
his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
[1] There was a man in the
[2] And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
[3] His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great
household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
[4] And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;
and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
[5] And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that
Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be
that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job
continually.
[6] Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
[7] And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
[8] And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
[9] Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for
nought?
[10] Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and
about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land.
[11] But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
[12] And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy
power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the LORD.
[13] And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
[14] And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
[15] And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have
slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
[16] While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the
servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
[17] While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them
away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee.
[18] While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy
sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's
house:
[19] And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote
the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are
dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
[20] Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell
down upon the ground, and worshipped,
[21] And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the LORD.
[22] In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
[1] Again there was a day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to
present himself before the LORD.
[2] And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
[3] And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity,
although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
[4] And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that
a man hath will he give for his life.
[5] But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and
he will curse thee to thy face.
[6] And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save
his life.
[7] So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job
with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
[8] And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes.
[9] Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
[10] But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
[11] Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come
upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment
together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
[12] And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they
lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and
sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
[13] So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven
nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very
great.
[1] After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his
day.
[2] And Job spake, and said,
[3] Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was
said, There is a man child conceived.
[4] Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither
let the light shine upon it.
[5] Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell
upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
[6] As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined
unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
[7] Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
[8] Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up
their mourning.
[9] Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for
light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
[10] Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid
sorrow from mine eyes.
[11] Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when
I came out of the belly?
[12] Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should
suck?
[13] For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have
slept: then had I been at rest,
[14] With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate
places for themselves;
[15] Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
[16] Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which
never saw light.
[17] There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
[18] There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
[19] The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his
master.
[20] Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto
the bitter in soul;
[21] Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than
for hid treasures;
[22] Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the
grave?
[23] Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath
hedged in?
[24] For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out
like the waters.
[25] For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto me.
[26] I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
[2] If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can
withhold himself from speaking?
[3] Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the
weak hands.
[4] Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
[5] But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,
and thou art troubled.
[6] Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness
of thy ways?
[7] Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where
were the righteous cut off?
[8] Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
reap the same.
[9] By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils
are they consumed.
[10] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the
teeth of the young lions, are broken.
[11] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's
whelps are scattered abroad.
[12] Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a
little thereof.
[13] In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth
on men,
[14] Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
[15] Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
[16] It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image
was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
[17] Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure
than his maker?
[18] Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged
with folly:
[19] How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
[20] They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding it.
[21] Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
[1] Call now, if there be any that will answer thee;
and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
[2] For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
[3] I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
[4] His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,
neither is there any to deliver them.
[5] Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the
thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
[6] Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
[7] Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
[8] I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
[9] Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without
number:
[10] Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
[11] To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be
exalted to safety.
[12] He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands
cannot perform their enterprise.
[13] He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
[14] They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as
in the night.
[15] But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from
the hand of the mighty.
[16] So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
[17] Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not
thou the chastening of the Almighty:
[18] For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make
whole.
[19] He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no
evil touch thee.
[20] In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the
power of the sword.
[21] Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt
thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
[22] At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.
[23] For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the
beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
[24] And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou
shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
[25] Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.
[26] Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
[27] Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it
for thy good.
[1] But Job answered and said,
[2] Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the
balances together!
[3] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my
words are swallowed up.
[4] For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against
me.
[5] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his
fodder?
[6] Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any
taste in the white of an egg?
[7] The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
[8] Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the
thing that I long for!
[9] Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose
his hand, and cut me off!
[10] Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in
sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
[11] What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that
I should prolong my life?
[12] Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
[13] Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
[14] To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but
he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
[15] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
[16] Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is
hid:
[17] What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are
consumed out of their place.
[18] The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and
perish.
[19] The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
[20] They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
[21] For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
[22] Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your
substance?
[23] Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand
of the mighty?
[24] Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand
wherein I have erred.
[25] How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
[26] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is
desperate, which are as wind?
[27] Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
[28] Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you
if I lie.
[29] Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
[30] Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse
things?
[1] Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?
are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
[2] As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling
looketh for the reward of his work:
[3] So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are
appointed to me.
[4] When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken,
and become loathsome.
[6] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without
hope.
[7] O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
[8] The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes
are upon me, and I am not.
[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down
to the grave shall come up no more.
[10] He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know
him any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish
of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
[12] Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
[13] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
[14] Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through
visions:
[15] So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
[16] I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are
vanity.
[17] What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou
shouldest set thine heart upon him?
[18] And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every
moment?
[19] How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I
swallow down my spittle?
[20] I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine
iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the
morning, but I shall not be.
[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words
of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
[3] Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
[4] If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away
for their transgression;
[5] If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to
the Almighty;
[6] If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
[7] Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
[8] For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to
the search of their fathers:
[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days
upon earth are a shadow:)
[10] Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of
their heart?
[11] Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
[12] Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb.
[13] So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope
shall perish:
[14] Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's
web.
[15] He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold
it fast, but it shall not endure.
[16] He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
[17] His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of
stones.
[18] If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I
have not seen thee.
[19] Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall
others grow.
[20] Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help
the evil doers:
[21] Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
[22] They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling
place of the wicked shall come to nought.
[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
[3] If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
[4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened
himself against him, and hath prospered?
[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth
them in his anger.
[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the
stars.
[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves
of the sea.
[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south.
[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without
number.
[11] Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
[12] Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him,
What doest thou?
[13] If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop
under him.
[14] How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason
with him?
[15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would
make supplication to my judge.
[16] If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe
that he had hearkened unto my voice.
[17] For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds
without cause.
[18] He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with
bitterness.
[19] If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who
shall set me a time to plead?
[20] If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I
am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
[21] Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would
despise my life.
[22] This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect
and the wicked.
[23] If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the
faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
[25] Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no
good.
[26] They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth
to the prey.
[27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my
heaviness, and comfort myself:
[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me
innocent.
[29] If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
[30] If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
[31] Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall
abhor me.
[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we
should come together in judgment.
[33] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand
upon us both.
[34] Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
[35] Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
[1] My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my
complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
[2] I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou
contendest with me.
[3] Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou
shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the
wicked?
[4] Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
[5] Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
[6] That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
[7] Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can
deliver out of thine hand.
[8] Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet
thou dost destroy me.
[9] Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and
wilt thou bring me into dust again?
[10] Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
[11] Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with
bones and sinews.
[12] Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath
preserved my spirit.
[13] And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is
with thee.
[14] If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from
mine iniquity.
[15] If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not
lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
[16] For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
[17] Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
[18] Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that
I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
[19] I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been
carried from the womb to the grave.
[20] Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little,
[21] Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness
and the shadow of death;
[22] A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
[1] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
[2] Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full
of talk be justified?
[3] Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed?
[4] For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine
eyes.
[5] But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
[6] And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than
thine iniquity deserveth.
[7] Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
[8] It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what
canst thou know?
[9] The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the
sea.
[10] If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder
him?
[11] For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then
consider it?
[12] For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
[13] If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward
him;
[14] If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
[15] For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
[16] Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters
that pass away:
[17] And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
[18] And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt
dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
[19] Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,
many shall make suit unto thee.
[20] But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape,
and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
[1] And Job answered and said,
[2] No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
[3] But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
[4] I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
[5] He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
[6] The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are
secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
[7] But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of
the air, and they shall tell thee:
[8] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of
the sea shall declare unto thee.
[9] Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought
this?
[10] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
all mankind.
[11] Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
[12] With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
[13] With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
[14] Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth
up a man, and there can be no opening.
[15] Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth
them out, and they overturn the earth.
[16] With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are
his.
[17] He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
[18] He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a
girdle.
[19] He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
[20] He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
[21] He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the
mighty.
[22] He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to
light the shadow of death.
[23] He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the
nations, and straiteneth them again.
[24] He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
[25] They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger
like a drunken man.
[1] Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath
heard and understood it.
[2] What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
[3] Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
[4] But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
[5] O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your
wisdom.
[6] Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
[7] Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
[8] Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
[9] Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh
another, do ye so mock him?
[10] He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
[11] Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon
you?
[12] Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of
clay.
[13] Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me
what will.
[14] Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine
hand?
[15] Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain
mine own ways before him.
[16] He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come
before him.
[17] Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
[18] Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified.
[19] Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
shall give up the ghost.
[20] Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from
thee.
[21] Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me
afraid.
[22] Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou
me.
[23] How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my
transgression and my sin.
[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
[25] Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the
dry stubble?
[26] For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess
the iniquities of my youth.
[27] Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto
all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
[28] And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth
eaten.
[1] Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and
full of trouble.
[2] He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
[3] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
[4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
[5] Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
[6] Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
[7] For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout
again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
[8] Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof
die in the ground;
[9] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant.
[10] But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and
where is he?
[11] As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth
up:
[12] So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
[13] O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep
me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
and remember me!
[14] If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed
time will I wait, till my change come.
[15] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to
the work of thine hands.
[16] For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
[17] My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
[18] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is
removed out of his place.
[19] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow
out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
[20] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest
his countenance, and sendest him away.
[21] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought
low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
[22] But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him
shall mourn.
[1] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
[2] Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the
east wind?
[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith
he can do no good?
[4] Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
[5] For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue
of the crafty.
[6] Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
[7] Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the
hills?
[8] Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to
thyself?
[9] What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which
is not in us?
[10] With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than
thy father.
[11] Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret
thing with thee?
[12] Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
[13] That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go
out of thy mouth?
[14] What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a
woman, that he should be righteous?
[15] Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight.
[16] How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity
like water?
[17] I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will
declare;
[18] Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
[19] Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among
them.
[20] The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of
years is hidden to the oppressor.
[21] A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall
come upon him.
[22] He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is
waited for of the sword.
[23] He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that
the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
[24] Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail
against him, as a king ready to the battle.
[25] For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty.
[26] He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his
bucklers:
[27] Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops
of fat on his flanks.
[28] And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
[29] He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
[30] He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his
branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
[31] Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be
his recompence.
[32] It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not
be green.
[33] He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off
his flower as the olive.
[34] For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire
shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
[35] They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit.
[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
[3] Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou
answerest?
[4] I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I
could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
[5] But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips
should asswage your grief.
[6] Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what
am I eased?
[7] But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my
company.
[8] And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against
me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
[9] He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his
teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
[10] They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon
the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
[11] God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the
hands of the wicked.
[12] I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me
by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
[13] His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder,
and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
[14] He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a
giant.
[15] I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the
dust.
[16] My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow of
death;
[17] Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
[18] O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
[19] Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on
high.
[20] My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
[21] O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for
his neighbour!
[22] When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall
not return.
[1] My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the
graves are ready for me.
[2] Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in
their provocation?
[3] Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will
strike hands with me?
[4] For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt
thou not exalt them.
[5] He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his
children shall fail.
[6] He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as
a tabret.
[7] Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as
a shadow.
[8] Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir
up himself against the hypocrite.
[9] The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
[10] But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
[11] My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of
my heart.
[12] They change the night into day: the light is short because of
darkness.
[13] If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
[14] I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou
are my mother, and my sister.
[15] And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
[16] They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together
is in the dust.
[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and
afterwards we will speak.
[3] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
[4] He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for
thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
[5] Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his
fire shall not shine.
[6] The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be
put out with him.
[7] The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down.
[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare.
[9] The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail
against him.
[10] The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the
way.
[11] Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to
his feet.
[12] His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready
at his side.
[13] It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of
death shall devour his strength.
[14] His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall
bring him to the king of terrors.
[15] It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:
brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
[16] His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be
cut off.
[17] His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no
name in the street.
[18] He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the
world.
[19] He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any
remaining in his dwellings.
[20] They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that
went before were affrighted.
[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place
of him that knoweth not God.
[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
[3] These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye
make yourselves strange to me.
[4] And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with
myself.
[5] If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against
me my reproach:
[6] Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his
net.
[7] Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but
there is no judgment.
[8] He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths.
[9] He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
[10] He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope
hath he removed like a tree.
[11] He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto
him as one of his enemies.
[12] His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and
encamp round about my tabernacle.
[13] He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are
verily estranged from me.
[14] My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
[15] They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
[16] I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with
my mouth.
[17] My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the
children's sake of mine own body.
[18] Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against
me.
[19] All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned
against me.
[20] My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with
the skin of my teeth.
[21] Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand
of God hath touched me.
[22] Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
[23] Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a
book!
[24] That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for
ever!
[25] For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth:
[26] And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall I see God:
[27] Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; though my reins be consumed within me.
[28] But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the
matter is found in me?
[29] Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of
the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
[1] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
[2] Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make
haste.
[3] I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer.
[4] Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
[5] That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment?
[6] Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach
unto the clouds;
[7] Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen
him shall say, Where is he?
[8] He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall
be chased away as a vision of the night.
[9] The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his
place any more behold him.
[10] His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall
restore their goods.
[11] His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down
with him in the dust.
[12] Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
[13] Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within
his mouth:
[14] Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within
him.
[15] He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:
God shall cast them out of his belly.
[16] He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay
him.
[17] He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and
butter.
[18] That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow
it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice
therein.
[19] Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he
hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
[20] Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save
of that which he desired.
[21] There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look
for his goods.
[22] In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every
hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
[23] When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
[24] He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall
strike him through.
[25] It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword
cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
[26] All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown
shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
[27] The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up
against him.
[28] The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
[29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
[1] But Job answered and said,
[2] Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
[3] Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
[4] As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not
my spirit be troubled?
[5] Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
[6] Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my
flesh.
[7] Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
[8] Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their
offspring before their eyes.
[9] Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon
them.
[10] Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and
casteth not her calf.
[11] They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children
dance.
[12] They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the
organ.
[13] They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave.
[14] Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
[15] What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray unto him?
[16] Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
[17] How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh
their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
[18] They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away.
[19] God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and
he shall know it.
[20] His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath
of the Almighty.
[21] For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number
of his months is cut off in the midst?
[22] Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are
high.
[23] One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
[24] His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with
marrow.
[25] And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth
with pleasure.
[26] They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover
them.
[27] Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully
imagine against me.
[28] For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the
dwelling places of the wicked?
[29] Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their
tokens,
[30] That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall
be brought forth to the day of wrath.
[31] Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what
he hath done?
[32] Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
[33] The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man
shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
[34] How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth
falsehood?
[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
[2] Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself?
[3] Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is
it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
[4] Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into
judgment?
[5] Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
[6] For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and
stripped the naked of their clothing.
[7] Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
[8] But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man
dwelt in it.
[9] Thou has sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have
been broken.
[10] Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth
thee;
[11] Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover
thee.
[12] Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the
stars, how high they are!
[13] And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark
cloud?
[14] Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he
walketh in the circuit of heaven.
[15] Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
[16] Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown
with a flood:
[17] Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do
for them?
[18] Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
[19] The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to
scorn.
[20] Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the
fire consumeth.
[21] Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
[22] Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words
in thine heart.
[23] If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
[24] Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks.
[25] Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
[26] For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt
lift up thy face unto God.
[27] Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and
thou shalt pay thy vows.
[28] Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
[29] When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
and he shall save the humble person.
[30] He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by
the pureness of thine hands.
[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning.
[3] Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his
seat!
[4] I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
[5] I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what
he would say unto me.
[6] Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put
strength in me.
[7] There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered
for ever from my judge.
[8] Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him:
[9] On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he
hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
[10] But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold.
[11] My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
[12] Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
[13] But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul
desireth, even that he doeth.
[14] For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
[15] Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him.
[16] For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
[17] Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he
covered the darkness from my face.
[1] Why, seeing times are not hidden from the
Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
[2] Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed
thereof.
[3] They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox
for a pledge.
[4] They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
[5] Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their
children.
[6] They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the
vintage of the wicked.
[7] They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no
covering in the cold.
[8] They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock
for want of a shelter.
[9] They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the
poor.
[10] They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the
sheaf from the hungry;
[11] Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
[12] Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth
out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
[13] They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the
ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
[14] The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and
in the night is as a thief.
[15] The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No
eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
[16] In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for
themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
[17] For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know
them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
[18] He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
[19] Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those
which have sinned.
[20] The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he
shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
[21] He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good
to the widow.
[22] He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man
is sure of life.
[23] Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his
eyes are upon their ways.
[24] They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;
they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears
of corn.
[25] And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my
speech nothing worth?
[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
[3] Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light
arise?
[4] How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that
is born of a woman?
[5] Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
pure in his sight.
[6] How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a
worm?
[1] But Job answered and said,
[2] How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm
that hath no strength?
[3] How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
[4] To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
[5] Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof.
[6] Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
[7] He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.
[8] He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not
rent under them.
[9] He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon
it.
[10] He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night
come to an end.
[11] The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
[12] He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he
smiteth through the proud.
[13] By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed
the crooked serpent.
[14] Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard
of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
[1] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
[2] As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my soul;
[3] All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils;
[4] My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
[5] God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove
mine integrity from me.
[6] My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
[7] Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
the unrighteous.
[8] For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul?
[9] Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
[10] Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon
God?
[11] I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal.
[12] Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
[13] This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
[14] If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
[15] Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
[16] Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay;
[17] He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
shall divide the silver.
[18] He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
[19] The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
[20] Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
the night.
[21] The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm
hurleth him out of his place.
[22] For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out
of his hand.
[23] Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
[1] Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a
place for gold where they fine it.
[2] Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the
stone.
[3] He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
[4] The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
[5] As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up
as it were fire.
[6] The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of
gold.
[7] There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye
hath not seen:
[8] The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
it.
[9] He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the
mountains by the roots.
[10] He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every
precious thing.
[11] He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
bringeth he forth to light.
[12] But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
[13] Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land
of the living.
[14] The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with
me.
[15] It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for
the price thereof.
[16] It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,
or the sapphire.
[17] The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it
shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
[18] No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom is above rubies.
[19] The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be
valued with pure gold.
[20] Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
[21] Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from
the fowls of the air.
[22] Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our
ears.
[23] God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place
thereof.
[24] For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
heaven;
[25] To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
[26] When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of
the thunder:
[27] Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and
searched it out.
[28] And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.
[1] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
[2] Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved
me;
[3] When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
[4] As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle;
[5] When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
[6] When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil;
[7] When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my
seat in the street!
[8] The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and
stood up.
[9] The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
[10] The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof
of their mouth.
[11] When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me,
it gave witness to me:
[12] Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and
him that had none to help him.
[13] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
[14] I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a diadem.
[15] I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
[16] I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I
searched out.
[17] And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of
his teeth.
[18] Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days
as the sand.
[19] My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night
upon my branch.
[20] My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
[21] Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
[22] After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon
them.
[23] And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth
wide as for the latter rain.
[24] If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
[25] I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the
army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
[1] But now they that are younger than I have me in
derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my
flock.
[2] Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom
old age was perished?
[3] For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
in former time desolate and waste.
[4] Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
[5] They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as
after a thief;)
[6] To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in
the rocks.
[7] Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered
together.
[8] They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were
viler than the earth.
[9] And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
[10] They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my
face.
[11] Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also
let loose the bridle before me.
[12] Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they
raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
[13] They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no
helper.
[14] They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the
desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
[15] Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my
welfare passeth away as a cloud.
[16] And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have
taken hold upon me.
[17] My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take
no rest.
[18] By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth
me about as the collar of my coat.
[19] He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
[20] I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou
regardest me not.
[21] Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
[22] Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,
and dissolvest my substance.
[23] For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house
appointed for all living.
[24] Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they
cry in his destruction.
[25] Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved
for the poor?
[26] When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited
for light, there came darkness.
[27] My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented
me.
[28] I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the
congregation.
[29] I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
[30] My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
[31] My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of
them that weep.
[1] I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should
I think upon a maid?
[2] For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of
the Almighty from on high?
[3] Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the
workers of iniquity?
[4] Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
[5] If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
[6] Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine
integrity.
[7] If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after
mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
[8] Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be
rooted out.
[9] If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait
at my neighbour's door;
[10] Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon
her.
[11] For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished
by the judges.
[12] For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out
all mine increase.
[13] If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,
when they contended with me;
[14] What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what
shall I answer him?
[15] Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb?
[16] If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow to fail;
[17] Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not
eaten thereof;
[18] (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and
I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
[19] If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without
covering;
[20] If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with
the fleece of my sheep;
[21] If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my
help in the gate:
[22] Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
broken from the bone.
[23] For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his
highness I could not endure.
[24] If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou
art my confidence;
[25] If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand
had gotten much;
[26] If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in
brightness;
[27] And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my
hand:
[28] This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I
should have denied the God that is above.
[29] If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up
myself when evil found him:
[30] Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his
soul.
[31] If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!
we cannot be satisfied.
[32] The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to
the traveller.
[33] If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in
my bosom:
[34] Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families
terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
[35] Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
[36] Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to
me.
[37] I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would
I go near unto him.
[38] If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof
complain;
[39] If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused
the owners thereof to lose their life:
[40] Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.
The words of Job are ended.
[1] So these three men ceased to answer Job, because
he was righteous in his own eyes.
[2] Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite,
of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified
himself rather than God.
[3] Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they
had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
[4] Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
than he.
[5] When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three
men, then his wrath was kindled.
[6] And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am
young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine
opinion.
[7] I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
[8] But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth them understanding.
[9] Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
[10] Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
[11] Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst
ye searched out what to say.
[12] Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that
convinced Job, or that answered his words:
[13] Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him
down, not man.
[14] Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I
answer him with your speeches.
[15] They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
[16] When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
answered no more;)
[17] I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
[18] For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
[19] Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to
burst like new bottles.
[20] I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and
answer.
[21] Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give
flattering titles unto man.
[22] For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker
would soon take me away.
[1] Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches,
and hearken to all my words.
[2] Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my
mouth.
[3] My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall
utter knowledge clearly.
[4] The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
[5] If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
[6] Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed
out of the clay.
[7] Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand
be heavy upon thee.
[8] Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice
of thy words, saying,
[9] I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there
iniquity in me.
[10] Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his
enemy,
[11] He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
[12] Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is
greater than man.
[13] Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any
of his matters.
[14] For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
[15] In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon
men, in slumberings upon the bed;
[16] Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
[17] That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
[18] He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing
by the sword.
[19] He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of
his bones with strong pain:
[20] So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
[21] His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
that were not seen stick out.
[22] Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
[23] If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
[24] Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going
down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
[25] His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the
days of his youth:
[26] He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he
shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
[27] He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was right, and it profited me not;
[28] He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life
shall see the light.
[29] Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
[30] To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the
light of the living.
[31] Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will
speak.
[32] If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
[33] If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee
wisdom.
[1] Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
[2] Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have
knowledge.
[3] For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
[4] Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is
good.
[5] For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
[6] Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
[7] What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
[8] Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh
with wicked men.
[9] For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
[10] Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from
God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit
iniquity.
[11] For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man
to find according to his ways.
[12] Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment.
[13] Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed
the whole world?
[14] If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit
and his breath;
[15] All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto
dust.
[16] If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of
my words.
[17] Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him
that is most just?
[18] Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
[19] How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor
regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
[20] In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
[21] For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
[22] There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves.
[23] For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
into judgment with God.
[24] He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others
in their stead.
[25] Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the
night, so that they are destroyed.
[26] He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
[27] Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of
his ways:
[28] So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
[29] When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he
hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation,
or against a man only:
[30] That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
[31] Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I
will not offend any more:
[32] That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will
do no more.
[33] Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou
knowest.
[34] Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto
me.
[35] Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
[36] My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
[37] For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among
us, and multiplieth his words against God.
[1] Elihu spake moreover, and said,
[2] Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness
is more than God's?
[3] For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What
profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
[4] I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
[5] Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are
higher than thou.
[6] If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
[7] If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand?
[8] Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may
profit the son of man.
[9] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to
cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
[10] But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night;
[11] Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us
wiser than the fowls of heaven?
[12] There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of
evil men.
[13] Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard
it.
[14] Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before
him; therefore trust thou in him.
[15] But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he
knoweth it not in great extremity:
[16] Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words
without knowledge.
[1] Elihu also proceeded, and said,
[2] Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.
[3] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness
to my Maker.
[4] For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
[5] Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
[6] He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
[7] He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are
they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
[8] And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
[9] Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded.
[10] He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
return from iniquity.
[11] If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
[12] But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they
shall die without knowledge.
[13] But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
[14] They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
[15] He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
[16] Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table
should be full of fatness.
[17] But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice
take hold on thee.
[18] Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
[19] Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
[20] Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
[21] Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
[22] Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
[23] Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
[24] Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
[25] Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
[26] Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number
of his years be searched out.
[27] For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
[28] Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
[29] Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise
of his tabernacle?
[30] Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of
the sea.
[31] For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
[32] With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine
by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
[33] The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapour.
[1] At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out
of his place.
[2] Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth
out of his mouth.
[3] He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the
ends of the earth.
[4] After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
[5] God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.
[6] For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the
small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
[7] He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
[8] Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
[9] Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
[10] By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters
is straitened.
[11] Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his
bright cloud:
[12] And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
[13] He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or
for mercy.
[14] Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God.
[15] Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his
cloud to shine?
[16] Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of
him which is perfect in knowledge?
[17] How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south
wind?
[18] Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
molten looking glass?
[19] Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech
by reason of darkness.
[20] Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall
be swallowed up.
[21] And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but
the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
[22] Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
[23] Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in
power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
[24] Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of
heart.
[1] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
and said,
[2] Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
[3] Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.
[4] Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare,
if thou hast understanding.
[5] Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
[6] Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
[7] When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
[8] Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
issued out of the womb?
[9] When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
[10] And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[11] And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall
thy proud waves be stayed?
[12] Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place;
[13] That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?
[14] It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
[15] And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm
shall be broken.
[16] Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
in the search of the depth?
[17] Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen
the doors of the shadow of death?
[18] Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all.
[19] Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where
is the place thereof,
[20] That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
[21] Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number
of thy days is great?
[22] Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,
[23] Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day
of battle and war?
[24] By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind
upon the earth?
[25] Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a
way for the lightning of thunder;
[26] To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man;
[27] To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of
the tender herb to spring forth?
[28] Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
[29] Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who
hath gendered it?
[30] The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
[31] Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?
[32] Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
[33] Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
[34] Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of
waters may cover thee?
[35] Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee,
Here we are?
[36] Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
[37] Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of
heaven,
[38] When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
[39] Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the
young lions,
[40] When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in
wait?
[41] Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto
God, they wander for lack of meat.
[1] Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the
rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
[2] Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the
time when they bring forth?
[3] They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast
out their sorrows.
[4] Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go
forth, and return not unto them.
[5] Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of
the wild ass?
[6] Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his
dwellings.
[7] He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the
crying of the driver.
[8] The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after
every green thing.
[9] Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
[10] Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
[11] Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou
leave thy labour to him?
[12] Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather
it into thy barn?
[13] Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich?
[14] Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
[15] And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast
may break them.
[16] She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not
hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
[17] Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted
to her understanding.
[18] What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
[19] Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder?
[20] Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his
nostrils is terrible.
[21] He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on
to meet the armed men.
[22] He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword.
[23] The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the
shield.
[24] He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither
believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
[25] He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle
afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
[26] Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the
south?
[27] Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
[28] She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock,
and the strong place.
[29] From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
[30] Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there
is she.
[1] Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
[2] Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that
reproveth God, let him answer it.
[3] Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
[4] Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand
upon my mouth.
[5] Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will
proceed no further.
[6] Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[7] Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare
thou unto me.
[8] Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou
mayest be righteous?
[9] Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like
him?
[10] Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself
with glory and beauty.
[11] Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is
proud, and abase him.
[12] Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down
the wicked in their place.
[13] Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
[14] Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can
save thee.
[15] Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an
ox.
[16] Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel
of his belly.
[17] He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are
wrapped together.
[18] His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of
iron.
[19] He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his
sword to approach unto him.
[20] Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of
the field play.
[21] He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and
fens.
[22] The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the
brook compass him about.
[23] Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that
he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
[24] He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
[1] Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or
his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
[2] Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a
thorn?
[3] Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words
unto thee?
[4] Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant
for ever?
[5] Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for
thy maidens?
[6] Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him
among the merchants?
[7] Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish
spears?
[8] Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
[9] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even
at the sight of him?
[10] None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
[11] Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under
the whole heaven is mine.
[12] I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
proportion.
[13] Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him
with his double bridle?
[14] Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
[15] His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
[16] One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
[17] They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they
cannot be sundered.
[18] By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning.
[19] Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
[20] Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or
caldron.
[21] His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
[22] In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy
before him.
[23] The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in
themselves; they cannot be moved.
[24] His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the
nether millstone.
[25] When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of
breakings they purify themselves.
[26] The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the
dart, nor the habergeon.
[27] He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
[28] The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him
into stubble.
[29] Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
[30] Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon
the mire.
[31] He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot
of ointment.
[32] He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be
hoary.
[33] Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
[34] He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride.
[1] Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
[2] I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be
withholden from thee.
[3] Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I
uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
[4] Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
[5] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee.
[6] Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
[7] And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job,
the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and
against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right,
as my servant Job hath.
[8] Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to
my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant
Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your
folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my
servant Job.
[9] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also
accepted Job.
[10] And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his
friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
[11] Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and
all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him
in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that
the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and
every one an earring of gold.
[12] So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:
for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand
yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
[13] He had also seven sons and three daughters.
[14] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the
second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
[15] And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of
Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
[16] After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons' sons, even four generations.
[17] So Job died, being old and full of days.
[1] Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.
[2] But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
[3] And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
[4] The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
[5] Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
[6] For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
[1] Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a
vain thing?
[2] The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
[3] Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
[4] He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them
in derision.
[5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure.
[6] Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
[7] I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my
Son; this day have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
[9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.
[10] Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
[11] Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
[12] Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in
him.
[1] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me!
many are they that rise up against me.
[2] Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
Selah.
[3] But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up
of mine head.
[4] I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy
hill. Selah.
[5] I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
[6] I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
[7] Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
[8] Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
Selah.
[1] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:
thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
[2] O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
[3] But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
[4] Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
[5] Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
[6] There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou
up the light of thy countenance upon us.
[7] Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased.
[8] I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only
makest me dwell in safety.
[1] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my
meditation.
[2] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee
will I pray.
[3] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will
I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
[4] For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
[5] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of
iniquity.
[6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the
bloody and deceitful man.
[7] But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy
mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
[8] Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make
thy way straight before my face.
[9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their
tongue.
[10] Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast
them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled
against thee.
[11] But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy
name be joyful in thee.
[12] For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
[1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither
chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
[2] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my
bones are vexed.
[3] My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
[4] Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
[5] For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?
[6] I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I
water my couch with my tears.
[7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
[8] Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard
the voice of my weeping.
[9] The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
[10] Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and
be ashamed suddenly.
[1] O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
[2] Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there
is none to deliver.
[3] O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
[4] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I
have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
[5] Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
[6] Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage
of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
[7] So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
[8] The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
[9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish
the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
[10] My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
[11] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every
day.
[12] If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
[13] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
[14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
[15] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he
made.
[16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
[17] I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
[1] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
[2] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
[3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and
the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
[5] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
[6] Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou
hast put all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
[8] The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
[9] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
[1] I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
[2] I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name,
O thou most High.
[3] When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
presence.
[4] For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the
throne judging right.
[5] Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou
hast put out their name for ever and ever.
[6] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
[7] But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for
judgment.
[8] And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
[9] The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times
of trouble.
[10] And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
[11] Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the
people his doings.
[12] When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
[13] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of
them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
[14] That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter
of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
[15] The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
[16] The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is
snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
[17] The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
[18] For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever.
[19] Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
[20] Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to
be but men. Selah.
[1] Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest
thou thyself in times of trouble?
[2] The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken
in the devices that they have imagined.
[3] For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
[4] The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
[5] His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his
sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
[6] He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never
be in adversity.
[7] His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue
is mischief and vanity.
[8] He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
[9] He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to
catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
[10] He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
strong ones.
[11] He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face;
he will never see it.
[12] Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
[13] Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
[14] Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the
helper of the fatherless.
[15] Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
[16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land.
[17] LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
[18] To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
[1] In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my
soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
[2] For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon
the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
[3] If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
[4] The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his
eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
[5] The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth
violence his soul hateth.
[6] Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
[7] For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth
behold the upright.
[1] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the
faithful fail from among the children of men.
[2] They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips
and with a double heart do they speak.
[3] The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
[4] Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
[5] For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now
will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at
him.
[6] The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace
of earth, purified seven times.
[7] Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
[8] The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
[1] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever?
how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
[2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart
daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
[3] Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
[4] Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that
trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
[5] But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
[6] I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with
me.
[1] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
[2] The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, and seek God.
[3] They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there
is none that doeth good, no, not one.
[4] Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people
as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
[5] There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the
righteous.
[6] Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
[7] Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
[1] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who
shall dwell in thy holy hill?
[2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh
the truth in his heart.
[3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
[4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that
fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
[5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
[1] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my
trust.
[2] O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
[3] But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in
whom is all my delight.
[4] Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into
my lips.
[5] The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest
my lot.
[6] The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
[7] I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
[8] I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
[9] Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope.
[10] For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
[11] Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
[1] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give
ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
[2] Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold
the things that are equal.
[3] Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou
has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not
transgress.
[4] Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me
from the paths of the destroyer.
[5] Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
[6] I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
ear unto me, and hear my speech.
[7] Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right
hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
[8] Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy
wings,
[9] From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass
me about.
[10] They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak
proudly.
[11] They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes
bowing down to the earth;
[12] Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young
lion lurking in secret places.
[13] Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from
the wicked, which is thy sword:
[14] From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which
have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid
treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to
their babes.
[15] As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
[1] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
[2] The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and
my high tower.
[3] I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I
be saved from mine enemies.
[4] The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men
made me afraid.
[5] The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death
prevented me.
[6] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he
heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his
ears.
[7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills
moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his
feet.
[10] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the
wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
[12] At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
stones and coals of fire.
[13] The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his
voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
[14] Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
[15] Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the
world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy
nostrils.
[16] He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
[18] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
[19] He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
[20] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
[22] For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his
statutes from me.
[23] I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine
iniquity.
[24] Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
[26] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.
[27] For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high
looks.
[28] For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my
darkness.
[29] For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
[30] As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he
is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
[31] For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
[32] It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
[33] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high
places.
[34] He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
[35] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right
hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
[36] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
[37] I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn
again till they were consumed.
[38] I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are
fallen under my feet.
[39] For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast
subdued under me those that rose up against me.
[40] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might
destroy them that hate me.
[41] They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD,
but he answered them not.
[42] Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast
them out as the dirt in the streets.
[43] Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou
hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall
serve me.
[44] As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall
submit themselves unto me.
[45] The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close
places.
[46] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
[47] It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
[48] He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above
those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
[49] Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
and sing praises unto thy name.
[50] Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
[1] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handywork.
[2] Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge.
[3] There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
[4] Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the
end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
[5] Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as
a strong man to run a race.
[6] His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto
the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
[7] The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony
of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
[8] The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
[9] The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of
the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
[10] More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
[11] Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them
there is great reward.
[12] Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
[13] Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not
have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from
the great transgression.
[14] Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
[1] The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the
name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
[2] Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
[3] Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
[4] Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
[5] We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will
set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
[6] Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from
his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
[7] Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the
name of the LORD our God.
[8] They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
[9] Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
[1] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and
in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
[2] Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the
request of his lips. Selah.
[3] For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest
a crown of pure gold on his head.
[4] He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days
for ever and ever.
[5] His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou
laid upon him.
[6] For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
[7] For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most
High he shall not be moved.
[8] Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall
find out those that hate thee.
[9] Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the
LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
[10] Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from
among the children of men.
[11] For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to perform.
[12] Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt
make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
[13] Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and
praise thy power.
[1] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why
art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
[2] O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
[3] But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
[4] Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
[5] They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and
were not confounded.
[6] But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the
people.
[7] All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head saying,
[8] He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted in him.
[9] But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me
hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
[10] I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my
mother's belly.
[11] Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
[12] Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
round.
[13] They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring
lion.
[14] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my
heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
[15] My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to
my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
[16] For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
[17] I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
[18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
[19] But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to
help me.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the
dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the
horns of the unicorns.
[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
[23] Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
[24] For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,
he heard.
[25] My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my
vows before them that fear him.
[26] The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD
that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
[27] All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
[28] For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the
nations.
[29] All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that
go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
[30] A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
[31] They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people
that shall be born, that he hath done this.
[1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
[2] He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters.
[3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
[4] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
[5] Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
[6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
[1] The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.
[2] For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
floods.
[3] Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in
his holy place?
[4] He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
[5] He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from
the God of his salvation.
[6] This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O
Jacob. Selah.
[7] Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
[8] Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
mighty in battle.
[9] Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
[10] Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of
glory. Selah.
[1] Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
[2] O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
[3] Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed
which transgress without cause.
[4] Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
[5] Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
[6] Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for
they have been ever of old.
[7] Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according
to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
[8] Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the
way.
[9] The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his
way.
[10] All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
covenant and his testimonies.
[11] For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
[12] What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose.
[13] His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
[14] The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.
[15] Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out
of the net.
[16] Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted.
[17] The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my
distresses.
[18] Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
[19] Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with
cruel hatred.
[20] O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my
trust in thee.
[21] Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
[22] Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
[1] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine
integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
[2] Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
[3] For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy
truth.
[4] I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with
dissemblers.
[5] I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with
the wicked.
[6] I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar,
O LORD:
[7] That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all
thy wondrous works.
[8] LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where
thine honour dwelleth.
[9] Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
[10] In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
[11] But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be
merciful unto me.
[12] My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I
bless the LORD.
[1] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall
I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
[2] When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat
up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
[3] Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
[4] One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the
beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
[5] For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
[6] And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about
me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing,
yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
[7] Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and
answer me.
[8] When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy
face, LORD, will I seek.
[9] Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my
salvation.
[10] When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me
up.
[11] Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of
mine enemies.
[12] Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false
witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
[13] I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the
LORD in the land of the living.
[14] Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
[1] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not
silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down
into the pit.
[2] Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I
lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
[3] Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
[4] Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness
of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them
their desert.
[5] Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of
his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
[6] Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
[7] The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and
I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I
praise him.
[8] The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
[9] Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and
lift them up for ever.
[1] Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the
LORD glory and strength.
[2] Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in
the beauty of holiness.
[3] The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
[4] The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of
majesty.
[5] The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh
the cedars of Lebanon.
[6] He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young unicorn.
[7] The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
[8] The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh.
[9] The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the
forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
[10] The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for
ever.
[11] The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless
his people with peace.
[1] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted
me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
[2] O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
[3] O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept
me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
[4] Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
[5] For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
[6] And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
[7] LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou
didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
[8] I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
[9] What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall
the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
[10] Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
[11] Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off
my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
[12] To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be
silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
[1] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never
be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
[2] Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong
rock, for an house of defence to save me.
[3] For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake
lead me, and guide me.
[4] Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou
art my strength.
[5] Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD
God of truth.
[6] I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the
LORD.
[7] I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
[8] And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my
feet in a large room.
[9] Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
[10] For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my
strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
[11] I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my
neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled
from me.
[12] I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
[13] For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while
they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
[14] But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
[15] My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
[16] Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies'
sake.
[17] Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the
wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
[18] Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
[19] Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that
fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons
of men!
[20] Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
[21] Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness
in a strong city.
[22] For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto
thee.
[23] O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
[24] Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
hope in the LORD.
[1] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
[2] Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.
[3] When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the
day long.
[4] For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.
[5] I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin. Selah.
[6] For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come
nigh unto him.
[7] Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
[8] I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:
I will guide thee with mine eye.
[9] Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:
whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
[10] Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
[11] Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.
[1] Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise
is comely for the upright.
[2] Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
[3] Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
[4] For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in
truth.
[5] He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the
goodness of the LORD.
[6] By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of
them by the breath of his mouth.
[7] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
[8] Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the
world stand in awe of him.
[9] For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
[10] The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh
the devices of the people of none effect.
[11] The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his
heart to all generations.
[12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.
[13] The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
[14] From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the
inhabitants of the earth.
[15] He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
[16] There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.
[17] An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any
by his great strength.
[18] Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;
[19] To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
[20] Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
[21] For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.
[22] Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
[1] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise
shall continually be in my mouth.
[2] My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.
[3] O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
[4] I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my
fears.
[5] They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.
[6] This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of
all his troubles.
[7] The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and
delivereth them.
[8] O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.
[9] O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him.
[10] The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the
LORD shall not want any good thing.
[11] Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of
the LORD.
[12] What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he
may see good?
[13] Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
[14] Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
[15] The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.
[16] The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
[17] The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.
[18] The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.
[19] Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.
[20] He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
[21] Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall
be desolate.
[22] The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that
trust in him shall be desolate.
[1] Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive
with me: fight against them that fight against me.
[2] Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
[3] Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that
persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
[4] Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let
them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
[5] Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase them.
[6] Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD
persecute them.
[7] For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
without cause they have digged for my soul.
[8] Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
[9] And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.
[10] All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the
needy from him that spoileth him?
[11] False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
knew not.
[12] They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
[13] But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
[14] I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
[15] But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew
it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
[16] With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
[17] Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.
[18] I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise
thee among much people.
[19] Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
[20] For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against
them that are quiet in the land.
[21] Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,
our eye hath seen it.
[22] This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far
from me.
[23] Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my
God and my Lord.
[24] Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let
them not rejoice over me.
[25] Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them
not say, We have swallowed him up.
[26] Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice
at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
themselves against me.
[27] Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous
cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
[28] And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise
all the day long.
[1] The transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
[2] For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be
found to be hateful.
[3] The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to
be wise, and to do good.
[4] He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that
is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
[5] Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth
unto the clouds.
[6] Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a
great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
[7] How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
[8] They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
[9] For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see
light.
[10] O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
righteousness to the upright in heart.
[11] Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of
the wicked remove me.
[12] There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and
shall not be able to rise.
[1] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be
thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
[2] For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the
green herb.
[3] Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.
[4] Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
[5] Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring
it to pass.
[6] And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.
[7] Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth
wicked devices to pass.
[8] Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to
do evil.
[9] For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth.
[10] For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou
shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
[11] But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.
[12] The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with
his teeth.
[13] The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
[14] The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to
cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
[15] Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall
be broken.
[16] A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of
many wicked.
[17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth
the righteous.
[18] The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be for ever.
[19] They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of
famine they shall be satisfied.
[20] But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be
as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
[21] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous
sheweth mercy, and giveth.
[22] For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they
that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
[23] The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth
in his way.
[24] Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
[25] I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
[26] He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
[27] Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
[28] For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they
are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
[29] The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
[30] The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh
of judgment.
[31] The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
[32] The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
[33] The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is
judged.
[34] Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to
inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
[35] I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a
green bay tree.
[36] Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he
could not be found.
[37] Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that
man is peace.
[38] But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
[39] But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their
strength in the time of trouble.
[40] And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
[1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten
me in thy hot displeasure.
[2] For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
[3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is
there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
[4] For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they
are too heavy for me.
[5] My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
[6] I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
long.
[7] For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
[8] I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
[9] Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from
thee.
[10] My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine
eyes, it also is gone from me.
[11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen
stand afar off.
[12] They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that
seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
[13] But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth.
[14] Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
[15] For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
[16] For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
[17] For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
[18] For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
[19] But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that
hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
[20] They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow the thing that good is.
[21] Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
[22] Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
[1] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin
not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is
before me.
[2] I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my
sorrow was stirred.
[3] My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then
spake I with my tongue,
[4] LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it
is; that I may know how frail I am.
[5] Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as
nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Selah.
[6] Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted
in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
[7] And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
[8] Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of
the foolish.
[9] I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
[10] Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine
hand.
[11] When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest
his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
[12] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy
peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.
[13] O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be
no more.
[1] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
[2] He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
[3] And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
[4] Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth
not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
[5] Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,
and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto
thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
[6] Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
[7] Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me,
[8] I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
[9] I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have
not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
[10] I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared
thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and
thy truth from the great congregation.
[11] Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy
lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
[12] For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have
taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the
hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
[13] Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
[14] Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul
to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
[15] Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,
Aha, aha.
[16] Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such
as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
[17] But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my
help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
[1] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD
will deliver him in time of trouble.
[2] The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his
enemies.
[3] The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt
make all his bed in his sickness.
[4] I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee.
[5] Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name
perish?
[6] And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth
iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
[7] All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they
devise my hurt.
[8] An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he
lieth he shall rise up no more.
[9] Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of
my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
[10] But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may
requite them.
[11] By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not
triumph over me.
[12] And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me
before thy face for ever.
[13] Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
[1] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God.
[2] My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and
appear before God?
[3] My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say
unto me, Where is thy God?
[4] When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had
gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
[5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in
me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his
countenance.
[6] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
[7] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy
waves and thy billows are gone over me.
[8] Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in
the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
[9] I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I
mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[10] As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they
say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
[11] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of
my countenance, and my God.
[1] Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an
ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
[2] For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why
go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[3] O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
[4] Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:
yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
[5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
countenance, and my God.
[1] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers
have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
[2] How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst
them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
[3] For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither
did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
[4] Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
[5] Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.
[6] For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
[7] But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame
that hated us.
[8] In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.
Selah.
[9] But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth
with our armies.
[10] Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us
spoil for themselves.
[11] Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast
scattered us among the heathen.
[12] Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy
wealth by their price.
[13] Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision
to them that are round about us.
[14] Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head
among the people.
[15] My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face
hath covered me,
[16] For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of
the enemy and avenger.
[17] All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither
have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
[18] Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from
thy way;
[19] Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered
us with the shadow of death.
[20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our
hands to a strange god;
[21] Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
[22] Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.
[23] Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and
our oppression?
[25] For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the
earth.
[26] Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
[1] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of
the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
[2] Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy
lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
[3] Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
[4] And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness
and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
[5] Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby
the people fall under thee.
[6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom
is a right sceptre.
[7] Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
[8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
[9] Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right
hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
[10] Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget
also thine own people, and thy father's house;
[11] So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord;
and worship thou him.
[12] And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich
among the people shall intreat thy favour.
[13] The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of
wrought gold.
[14] She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
[15] With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter
into the king's palace.
[16] Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
[17] I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore
shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
[1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble.
[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though
the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of
God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help
her, and that right early.
[6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,
the earth melted.
[7] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[8] Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in
the earth.
[9] He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
[10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
[11] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
[1] O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God
with the voice of triumph.
[2] For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the
earth.
[3] He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
[4] He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
he loved. Selah.
[5] God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
[6] Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.
[7] For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with
understanding.
[8] God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his
holiness.
[9] The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of
the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly
exalted.
[1] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in
the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
[2] Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
[3] God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
[4] For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
[5] They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted
away.
[6] Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
[7] Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
[8] As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts,
in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
[9] We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
[10] According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
[11] Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because
of thy judgments.
[12] Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
[13] Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell
it to the generation following.
[14] For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide
even unto death.
[1] Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye
inhabitants of the world:
[2] Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
[3] My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall
be of understanding.
[4] I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying
upon the harp.
[5] Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my
heels shall compass me about?
[6] They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the
multitude of their riches;
[7] None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
[8] (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever:)
[9] That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
[10] For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish
person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
[11] Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,
and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their
own names.
[12] Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish.
[13] This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah.
[14] Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them;
and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
[15] But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.
[16] Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased;
[17] For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
[18] Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise
thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
[19] He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see
light.
[20] Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts
that perish.
[1] The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and
called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
[2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
[3] Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
[4] He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he
may judge his people.
[5] Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant
with me by sacrifice.
[6] And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge
himself. Selah.
[7] Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify
against thee: I am God, even thy God.
[8] I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings,
to have been continually before me.
[9] I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy
folds.
[10] For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills.
[11] I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the
field are mine.
[12] If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and
the fulness thereof.
[13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
[14] Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
[15] And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and
thou shalt glorify me.
[16] But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my
statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
[17] Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
[18] When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast
been partaker with adulterers.
[19] Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
[20] Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest
thine own mother's son.
[21] These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set
them in order before thine eyes.
[22] Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.
[23] Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
[1] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
[2] Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
[3] For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
[4] Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when
thou judgest.
[5] Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive
me.
[6] Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
[7] Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
[8] Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
[9] Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
[11] Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit
from me.
[12] Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit.
[13] Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
[14] Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
[15] O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy
praise.
[16] For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.
[17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
[18] Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
[19] Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
[1] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty
man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
[2] Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working
deceitfully.
[3] Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness. Selah.
[4] Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
[5] God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the
living. Selah.
[6] The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
[7] Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in
the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
[8] But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the
mercy of God for ever and ever.
[9] I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will
wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
[1] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth
good.
[2] God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
[3] Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
[4] Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as
they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
[5] There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath
scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to
shame, because God hath despised them.
[6] Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
[1] Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy
strength.
[2] Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
[3] For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my
soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
[4] Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my
soul.
[5] He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
[6] I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD;
for it is good.
[7] For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen
his desire upon mine enemies.
[1] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not
thyself from my supplication.
[2] Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a
noise;
[3] Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the
wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
[4] My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.
[5] Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath
overwhelmed me.
[6] And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly
away, and be at rest.
[7] Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah.
[8] I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
[9] Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence
and strife in the city.
[10] Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief
also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
[11] Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not
from her streets.
[12] For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne
it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I
would have hid myself from him:
[13] But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
[14] We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in
company.
[15] Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:
for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
[16] As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
[17] Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and
he shall hear my voice.
[18] He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against
me: for there were many with me.
[19] God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.
Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
[20] He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:
he hath broken his covenant.
[21] The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
[22] Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall
never suffer the righteous to be moved.
[23] But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust
in thee.
[1] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow
me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
[2] Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight
against me, O thou most High.
[3] What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
[4] In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will
not fear what flesh can do unto me.
[5] Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for
evil.
[6] They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my
steps, when they wait for my soul.
[7] Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people,
O God.
[8] Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are
they not in thy book?
[9] When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I
know; for God is for me.
[10] In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
[11] In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do
unto me.
[12] Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
[13] For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver
my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
[1] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me:
for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my
refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
[2] I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things
for me.
[3] He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that
would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
[4] My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue
a sharp sword.
[5] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above
all the earth.
[6] They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they
have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
[7] My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give
praise.
[8] Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake
early.
[9] I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee
among the nations.
[10] For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the
clouds.
[11] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above
all the earth.
[1] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
[2] Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your
hands in the earth.
[3] The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as
they be born, speaking lies.
[4] Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
[5] Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so
wisely.
[6] Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth
of the young lions, O LORD.
[7] Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth
his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
[8] As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
[9] Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as
with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
[10] The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
[11] So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the
righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
[1] Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me
from them that rise up against me.
[2] Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody
men.
[3] For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
[4] They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me,
and behold.
[5] Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to
visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
[6] They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.
[7] Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:
for who, say they, doth hear?
[8] But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision.
[9] Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my
defence.
[10] The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my
desire upon mine enemies.
[11] Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power;
and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
[12] For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them
even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
[13] Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let
them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
[14] And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a
dog, and go round about the city.
[15] Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
[16] But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy
in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my
trouble.
[17] Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and
the God of my mercy.
[1] O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered
us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
[2] Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the
breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
[3] Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink
the wine of astonishment.
[4] Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.
[5] That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and
hear me.
[6] God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
[7] Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength
of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
[8] Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.
[9] Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
[10] Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,
which didst not go out with our armies?
[11] Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
[12] Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
[1] Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
[2] From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
[3] For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the
enemy.
[4] I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert
of thy wings. Selah.
[5] For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage
of those that fear thy name.
[6] Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many
generations.
[7] He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve him.
[8] So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.
[1] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh
my salvation.
[2] He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not
be greatly moved.
[3] How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain
all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
[4] They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight
in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
[5] My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
[6] He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not
be moved.
[7] In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God.
[8] Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before
him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
[9] Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
[10] Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.
[11] God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth
unto God.
[12] Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to
every man according to his work.
[1] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty
land, where no water is;
[2] To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the
sanctuary.
[3] Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise
thee.
[4] Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
[5] My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips:
[6] When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.
[7] Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.
[8] My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
[9] But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
[10] They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
[11] But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him
shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
[1] Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my
life from fear of the enemy.
[2] Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection
of the workers of iniquity:
[3] Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot
their arrows, even bitter words:
[4] That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot
at him, and fear not.
[5] They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying
snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
[6] They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
[7] But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be
wounded.
[8] So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all
that see them shall flee away.
[9] And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
[10] The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;
and all the upright in heart shall glory.
[1] Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto
thee shall the vow be performed.
[2] O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
[3] Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
[4] Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto
thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness
of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
[5] By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of
our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off upon the sea:
[6] Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with
power:
[7] Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and
the tumult of the people.
[8] They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy
tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
[9] Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it
with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when
thou hast so provided for it.
[10] Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing
thereof.
[11] Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop
fatness.
[12] They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.
[13] The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered
over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
[1] Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
[2] Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
[3] Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the
greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
[4] All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they
shall sing to thy name. Selah.
[5] Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward
the children of men.
[6] He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on
foot: there did we rejoice in him.
[7] He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let
not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
[8] O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be
heard:
[9] Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be
moved.
[10] For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
[11] Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our
loins.
[12] Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire
and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
[13] I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my
vows,
[14] Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in
trouble.
[15] I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the
incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
[16] Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he
hath done for my soul.
[17] I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
[18] If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
[19] But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
[20] Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy
from me.
[1] God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause
his face to shine upon us; Selah.
[2] That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all
nations.
[3] Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
[4] O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the
people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
[5] Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
[6] Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God,
shall bless us.
[7] God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
[1] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let
them also that hate him flee before him.
[2] As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before
the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
[3] But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.
[4] Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
[5] A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
[6] God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which
are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
[7] O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march
through the wilderness; Selah:
[8] The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
[9] Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary.
[10] Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodness for the poor.
[11] The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that
published it.
[12] Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home
divided the spoil.
[13] Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of
a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
[14] When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
[15] The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill
of Bashan.
[16] Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
[17] The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels:
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
[18] Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou
hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God
might dwell among them.
[19] Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah.
[20] He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord
belong the issues from death.
[21] But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of
such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
[22] The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again from the depths of the sea:
[23] That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.
[24] They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my
King, in the sanctuary.
[25] The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
[26] Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel.
[27] There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and
their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
[28] Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which
thou hast wrought for us.
[29] Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto
thee.
[30] Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with
the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
[31] Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out
her hands unto God.
[32] Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the
Lord; Selah:
[33] To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old;
lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
[34] Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and
his strength is in the clouds.
[35] O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel
is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
[1] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto
my soul.
[2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
[3] I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
wait for my God.
[4] They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine
head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then
I restored that which I took not away.
[5] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from
thee.
[6] Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for
my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of
Israel.
[7] Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my
face.
[8] I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my
mother's children.
[9] For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
[10] When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
[11] I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
[12] They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of
the drunkards.
[13] But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
salvation.
[14] Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be
delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[15] Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
[16] Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
[17] And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear
me speedily.
[18] Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
[19] Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all before thee.
[20] Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I
looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I
found none.
[21] They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
[22] Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should
have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
[23] Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
[24] Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger
take hold of them.
[25] Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their
tents.
[26] For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the
grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
[27] Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
[28] Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
[29] But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on
high.
[30] I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him
with thanksgiving.
[31] This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that
hath horns and hoofs.
[32] The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live
that seek God.
[33] For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
[34] Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that
moveth therein.
[35] For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that
they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
[36] The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love
his name shall dwell therein.
[1] Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to
help me, O LORD.
[2] Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them
be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
[3] Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,
aha.
[4] Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let
such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
[5] But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help
and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
[1] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never
be put to confusion.
[2] Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline
thine ear unto me, and save me.
[3] Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
[4] Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand
of the unrighteous and cruel man.
[5] For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
[6] By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took
me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
[7] I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
[8] Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the
day.
[9] Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
[10] For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my
soul take counsel together,
[11] Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is
none to deliver him.
[12] O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
[13] Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my
soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
[14] But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and
more.
[15] My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all
the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
[16] I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of
thy righteousness, even of thine only.
[17] O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared thy wondrous works.
[18] Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until
I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one
that is to come.
[19] Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great
things: O God, who is like unto thee!
[20] Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken
me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
[21] Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
[22] I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my
God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
[23] My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,
which thou hast redeemed.
[24] My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:
for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
[1] Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy
righteousness unto the king's son.
[2] He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
judgment.
[3] The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,
by righteousness.
[4] He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
[5] They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout
all generations.
[6] He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that
water the earth.
[7] In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so
long as the moon endureth.
[8] He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth.
[9] They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his
enemies shall lick the dust.
[10] The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the
kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
[11] Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve
him.
[12] For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and
him that hath no helper.
[13] He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the
needy.
[14] He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious
shall their blood be in his sight.
[15] And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
[16] There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city
shall flourish like grass of the earth.
[17] His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long
as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed.
[18] Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous
things.
[19] And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth
be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
[20] The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
[1] Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are
of a clean heart.
[2] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
[3] For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
[4] For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
[5] They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
[6] Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them as a garment.
[7] Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could
wish.
[8] They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they
speak loftily.
[9] They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
[10] Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
[11] And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most
High?
[12] Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
[13] Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency.
[14] For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every
morning.
[15] If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
[16] When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
[17] Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
[18] Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them
down into destruction.
[19] How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
[20] As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou
shalt despise their image.
[21] Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
[22] So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
[23] Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my
right hand.
[24] Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory.
[25] Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
[26] My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
[27] For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast
destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
[28] But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in
the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
[1] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why
doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
[2] Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod
of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou
hast dwelt.
[3] Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the
enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
[4] Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up
their ensigns for signs.
[5] A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick
trees.
[6] But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes
and hammers.
[7] They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting
down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
[8] They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have
burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
[9] We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
[10] O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
[11] Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of
thy bosom.
[12] For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the
earth.
[13] Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads
of the dragons in the waters.
[14] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be
meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
[15] Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty
rivers.
[16] The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the
light and the sun.
[17] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer
and winter.
[18] Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the
foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
[19] O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the
wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
[20] Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth
are full of the habitations of cruelty.
[21] O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy
praise thy name.
[22] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man
reproacheth thee daily.
[23] Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that
rise up against thee increaseth continually.
[1] Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do
we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
[2] When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
[3] The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up
the pillars of it. Selah.
[4] I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift
not up the horn:
[5] Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
[6] For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor
from the south.
[7] But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
[8] For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it
is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all
the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
[9] But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of
Jacob.
[10] All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of
the righteous shall be exalted.
[1] In Judah is God known: his name is great in
Israel.
[2] In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
[3] There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and
the battle. Selah.
[4] Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
[5] The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none
of the men of might have found their hands.
[6] At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleep.
[7] Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight
when once thou art angry?
[8] Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared,
and was still,
[9] When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Selah.
[10] Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restrain.
[11] Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about
him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
[12] He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings
of the earth.
[1] I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God
with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
[2] In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the
night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
[3] I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was
overwhelmed. Selah.
[4] Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
[5] I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
[6] I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own
heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
[7] Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
[8] Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for
evermore?
[9] Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his
tender mercies? Selah.
[10] And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of
the right hand of the most High.
[11] I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy
wonders of old.
[12] I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
[13] Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our
God?
[14] Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength
among the people.
[15] Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and
Joseph. Selah.
[16] The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
the depths also were troubled.
[17] The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine
arrows also went abroad.
[18] The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings
lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
[19] Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy
footsteps are not known.
[20] Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and
Aaron.
[1] Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your
ears to the words of my mouth.
[2] I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
[3] Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
[4] We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation
to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that
he hath done.
[5] For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to
their children:
[6] That the generation to come might know them, even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
[7] That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of
God, but keep his commandments:
[8] And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was
not stedfast with God.
[9] The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back
in the day of battle.
[10] They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
[11] And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
[12] Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land
of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
[13] He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made
the waters to stand as an heap.
[14] In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night
with a light of fire.
[15] He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of
the great depths.
[16] He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run
down like rivers.
[17] And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in
the wilderness.
[18] And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
[19] Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in
the wilderness?
[20] Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the
streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his
people?
[21] Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled
against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
[22] Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
[23] Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors
of heaven,
[24] And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of
the corn of heaven.
[25] Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
[26] He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he
brought in the south wind.
[27] He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as
the sand of the sea:
[28] And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their
habitations.
[29] So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own
desire;
[30] They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was
yet in their mouths,
[31] The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and
smote down the chosen men of Israel.
[32] For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous
works.
[33] Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in
trouble.
[34] When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and
inquired early after God.
[35] And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their
redeemer.
[36] Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied
unto him with their tongues.
[37] For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast
in his covenant.
[38] But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and
destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir
up all his wrath.
[39] For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth
away, and cometh not again.
[40] How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in
the desert!
[41] Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of
Israel.
[42] They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them
from the enemy.
[43] How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field
of Zoan:
[44] And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they
could not drink.
[45] He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and
frogs, which destroyed them.
[46] He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour
unto the locust.
[47] He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
[48] He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.
[49] He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and
indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
[50] He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death,
but gave their life over to the pestilence;
[51] And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength
in the tabernacles of Ham:
[52] But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in
the wilderness like a flock.
[53] And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
[54] And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this
mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
[55] He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an
inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
[56] Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his
testimonies:
[57] But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they
were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
[58] For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved
him to jealousy with their graven images.
[59] When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
[60] So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he
placed among men;
[61] And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the
enemy's hand.
[62] He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his
inheritance.
[63] The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given
to marriage.
[64] Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no
lamentation.
[65] Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man
that shouteth by reason of wine.
[66] And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a
perpetual reproach.
[67] Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the
tribe of Ephraim:
[68] But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
[69] And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which
he hath established for ever.
[70] He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
[71] From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed
Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
[72] So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.
[1] O God, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on
heaps.
[2] The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the
fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
[3] Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and
there was none to bury them.
[4] We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to
them that are round about us.
[5] How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn
like fire?
[6] Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and
upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
[7] For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
[8] O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies
speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
[9] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
[10] Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be
known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants
which is shed.
[11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the
greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
[12] And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their
reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
[13] So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for
ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
[1] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
[2] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and
come and save us.
[3] Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be
saved.
[4] O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer
of thy people?
[5] Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to
drink in great measure.
[6] Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh
among themselves.
[7] Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
[8] Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
heathen, and planted it.
[9] Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.
[10] The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs
thereof were like the goodly cedars.
[11] She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the
river.
[12] Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which
pass by the way do pluck her?
[13] The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the
field doth devour it.
[14] Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine;
[15] And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch
that thou madest strong for thyself.
[16] It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke
of thy countenance.
[17] Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man
whom thou madest strong for thyself.
[18] So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon
thy name.
[19] Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
[1] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful
noise unto the God of Jacob.
[2] Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery.
[3] Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our
solemn feast day.
[4] For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
[5] This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through
the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
[6] I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered
from the pots.
[7] Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in
the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
[8] Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me;
[9] There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship
any strange god.
[10] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
[11] But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none
of me.
[12] So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in
their own counsels.
[13] Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in
my ways!
[14] I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand
against their adversaries.
[15] The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:
but their time should have endured for ever.
[16] He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with
honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
[1] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
he judgeth among the gods.
[2] How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the
wicked? Selah.
[3] Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and
needy.
[4] Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
[5] They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in
darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
[6] I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most
High.
[7] But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
[8] Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
[1] Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
[2] For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
[3] They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones.
[4] They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;
that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
[5] For they have consulted together with one consent: they are
confederate against thee:
[6] The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the
Hagarenes;
[7] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants
of Tyre;
[8] Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of
Lot. Selah.
[9] Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at
the brook of Kison:
[10] Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
[11] Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes
as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
[12] Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
[13] O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
[14] As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains
on fire;
[15] So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy
storm.
[16] Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
[17] Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put
to shame, and perish:
[18] That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the
most high over all the earth.
[1] How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
[2] My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my
heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
[3] Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my
King, and my God.
[4] Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still
praising thee. Selah.
[5] Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them.
[6] Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also
filleth the pools.
[7] They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
[8] O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Selah.
[9] Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
[10] For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be
a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
[11] For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and
glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
[12] O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
[1] LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land:
thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
[2] Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all
their sin. Selah.
[3] Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from
the fierceness of thine anger.
[4] Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to
cease.
[5] Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger
to all generations?
[6] Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
[7] Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
[8] I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace
unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
[9] Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may
dwell in our land.
[10] Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
[11] Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look
down from heaven.
[12] Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall
yield her increase.
[13] Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of
his steps.
[1] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am
poor and needy.
[2] Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant
that trusteth in thee.
[3] Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
[4] Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
[5] For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
[6] Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
[7] In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer
me.
[8] Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are
there any works like unto thy works.
[9] All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee,
O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
[10] For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
[11] Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart
to fear thy name.
[12] I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will
glorify thy name for evermore.
[13] For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul
from the lowest hell.
[14] O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of
violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
[15] But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
[16] O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy
servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
[17] Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and
be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
[1] His foundation is in the holy mountains.
[2] The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
[3] Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
[4] I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
[5] And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and
the highest himself shall establish her.
[6] The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man
was born there. Selah.
[7] As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there:
all my springs are in thee.
[1] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and
night before thee:
[2] Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
[3] For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the
grave.
[4] I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that
hath no strength:
[5] Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou
rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
[6] Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
[7] Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all
thy waves. Selah.
[8] Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me
an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
[9] Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily
upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
[10] Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise
thee? Selah.
[11] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy
faithfulness in destruction?
[12] Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in
the land of forgetfulness?
[13] But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my
prayer prevent thee.
[14] LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from
me?
[15] I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer
thy terrors I am distracted.
[16] Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
[17] They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about
together.
[18] Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance
into darkness.
[1] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
[2] For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
[3] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
[4] Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.
[5] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints.
[6] For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the
sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
[7] God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be
had in reverence of all them that are about him.
[8] O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about thee?
[9] Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
[10] Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
[11] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world
and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
[12] The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy name.
[13] Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right
hand.
[14] Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
[15] Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk,
O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
[16] In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted.
[17] For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our
horn shall be exalted.
[18] For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king.
[19] Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have
laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
[20] I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed
him:
[21] With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
[22] The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
[23] And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that
hate him.
[24] But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name
shall his horn be exalted.
[25] I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers.
[26] He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of
my salvation.
[27] Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
[28] My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall
stand fast with him.
[29] His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the
days of heaven.
[30] If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
[31] If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
[32] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
[33] Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
[34] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out
of my lips.
[35] Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
[36] His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
[37] It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah.
[38] But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed.
[39] Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned
his crown by casting it to the ground.
[40] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruin.
[41] All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours.
[42] Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made
all his enemies to rejoice.
[43] Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him
to stand in the battle.
[44] Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the
ground.
[45] The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah.
[46] How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath
burn like fire?
[47] Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in
vain?
[48] What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
[49] Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest
unto David in thy truth?
[50] Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my
bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
[51] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they
have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
[52] Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
[1] LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all
generations.
[2] Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
[3] Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of
men.
[4] For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
[5] Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the
morning they are like grass which groweth up.
[6] In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is
cut down, and withereth.
[7] For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we
troubled.
[8] Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the
light of thy countenance.
[9] For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as
a tale that is told.
[10] The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
[11] Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear,
so is thy wrath.
[12] So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
[13] Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy
servants.
[14] O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad
all our days.
[15] Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil.
[16] Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their
children.
[17] And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish
thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou
it.
[1] He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most
High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
[2] I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in
him will I trust.
[3] Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence.
[4] He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
[5] Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow
that flieth by day;
[6] Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at noonday.
[7] A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
[8] Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the
wicked.
[9] Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most
High, thy habitation;
[10] There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
[11] For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways.
[12] They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
[13] Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
[14] Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
[15] He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
[16] With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
[1] It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD,
and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
[2] To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy
faithfulness every night,
[3] Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the
harp with a solemn sound.
[4] For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph
in the works of thy hands.
[5] O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
[6] A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
[7] When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of
iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
[8] But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
[9] For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
[10] But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall
be anointed with fresh oil.
[11] Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears
shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
[12] The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like
a cedar in Lebanon.
[13] Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in
the courts of our God.
[14] They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat
and flourishing;
[15] To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
[1] The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty;
the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world
also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
[2] Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
[3] The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their
voice; the floods lift up their waves.
[4] The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.
[5] Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O
LORD, for ever.
[1] O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God,
to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
[2] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the
proud.
[3] LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
[4] How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers
of iniquity boast themselves?
[5] They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
[6] They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
[7] Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob
regard it.
[8] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye
be wise?
[9] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,
shall he not see?
[10] He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
[11] The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
[12] Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him
out of thy law;
[13] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until
the pit be digged for the wicked.
[14] For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
[15] But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright
in heart shall follow it.
[16] Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up
for me against the workers of iniquity?
[17] Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in
silence.
[18] When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
[19] In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my
soul.
[20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which
frameth mischief by a law?
[21] They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
[22] But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
[23] And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them
off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
[1] O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
[2] Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful
noise unto him with psalms.
[3] For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
[4] In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the
hills is his also.
[5] The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
[6] O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD
our maker.
[7] For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
[8] Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
[9] When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
[10] Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It
is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
[11] Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my
rest.
[1] O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the
LORD, all the earth.
[2] Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from
day to day.
[3] Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
[4] For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared
above all gods.
[5] For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
[6] Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary.
[7] Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
[8] Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
and come into his courts.
[9] O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all
the earth.
[10] Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall
be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people
righteously.
[11] Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof.
[12] Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all
the trees of the wood rejoice
[13] Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth:
he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
[1] The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the
multitude of isles be glad thereof.
[2] Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment
are the habitation of his throne.
[3] A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
[4] His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
[5] The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the
presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
[6] The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his
glory.
[7] Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast
themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
[8] Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced
because of thy judgments, O LORD.
[9] For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far
above all gods.
[10] Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his
saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
[11] Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in
heart.
[12] Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
[1] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done
marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the
victory.
[2] The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen.
[3] He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of
Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
[4] Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise,
and rejoice, and sing praise.
[5] Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a
psalm.
[6] With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the
LORD, the King.
[7] Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
[8] Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
[9] Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with
righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
[1] The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he
sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
[2] The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
[3] Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
[4] The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish
equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
[5] Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
[6] Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call
upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
[7] He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
[8] Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
[9] Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD
our God is holy.
[1] Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
[2] Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
[3] Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not
we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
[4] Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
[5] For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth to all generations.
[1] I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O
LORD, will I sing.
[2] I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come
unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
[3] I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them
that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
[4] A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked
person.
[5] Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
[6] Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may
dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
[7] He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that
telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
[8] I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off
all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto
thee.
[2] Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline
thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
[3] For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an
hearth.
[4] My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to
eat my bread.
[5] By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
[6] I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the
desert.
[7] I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
[8] Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against
me are sworn against me.
[9] For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with
weeping,
[10] Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me
up, and cast me down.
[11] My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like
grass.
[12] But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto
all generations.
[13] Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the set time, is come.
[14] For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust
thereof.
[15] So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings
of the earth thy glory.
[16] When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
[17] He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.
[18] This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people
which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
[19] For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
[20] To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death;
[21] To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem;
[22] When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve
the LORD.
[23] He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
[24] I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy
years are throughout all generations.
[25] Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.
[26] They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be
changed:
[27] But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
[28] The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall
be established before thee.
[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name.
[2] Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
[3] Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
[4] Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;
[5] Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is
renewed like the eagle's.
[6] The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are
oppressed.
[7] He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of
Israel.
[8] The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in
mercy.
[9] He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
[10] He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according
to our iniquities.
[11] For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him.
[12] As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
[13] Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them
that fear him.
[14] For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
[15] As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
[16] For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof
shall know it no more.
[17] But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon
them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
[18] To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his
commandments to do them.
[19] The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom
ruleth over all.
[20] Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
[21] Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do
his pleasure.
[22] Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless
the LORD, O my soul.
[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou
art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
[2] Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest
out the heavens like a curtain:
[3] Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the
clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
[4] Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
[5] Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed
for ever.
[6] Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood
above the mountains.
[7] At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted
away.
[8] They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the
place which thou hast founded for them.
[9] Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn
not again to cover the earth.
[10] He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
[11] They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench
their thirst.
[12] By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which
sing among the branches.
[13] He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied
with the fruit of thy works.
[14] He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the
service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
[15] And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his
face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
[16] The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which
he hath planted;
[17] Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees
are her house.
[18] The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for
the conies.
[19] He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
[20] Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of
the forest do creep forth.
[21] The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from
God.
[22] The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down
in their dens.
[23] Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
[24] O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them
all: the earth is full of thy riches.
[25] So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping
innumerable, both small and great beasts.
[26] There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to
play therein.
[27] These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in
due season.
[28] That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they
are filled with good.
[29] Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their
breath, they die, and return to their dust.
[30] Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest
the face of the earth.
[31] The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice
in his works.
[32] He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.
[33] I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to
my God while I have my being.
[34] My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
[35] Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be
no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
make known his deeds among the people.
[2] Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
[3] Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
[4] Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
[5] Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and
the judgments of his mouth;
[6] O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
[7] He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
[8] He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations.
[9] Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
[10] And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:
[11] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance:
[12] When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and
strangers in it.
[13] When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to
another people;
[14] He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes;
[15] Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
[16] Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole
staff of bread.
[17] He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
[18] Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
[19] Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
[20] The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let
him go free.
[21] He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
[22] To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
[23] Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of
Ham.
[24] And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than
their enemies.
[25] He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants.
[26] He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27] They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28] He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against
his word.
[29] He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
[30] Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of
their kings.
[31] He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all
their coasts.
[32] He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
[33] He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees
of their coasts.
[34] He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without
number,
[35] And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit
of their ground.
[36] He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all
their strength.
[37] He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not
one feeble person among their tribes.
[38] Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon
them.
[39] He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the
night.
[40] The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
the bread of heaven.
[41] He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry
places like a river.
[42] For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
[43] And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with
gladness:
[44] And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the
labour of the people;
[45] That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye
the LORD.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all
his praise?
[3] Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness
at all times.
[4] Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy
people: O visit me with thy salvation;
[5] That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
[6] We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly.
[7] Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not
the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
[8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make
his mighty power to be known.
[9] He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them
through the depths, as through the wilderness.
[10] And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and
redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
[11] And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them
left.
[12] Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
[13] They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
[14] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the
desert.
[15] And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
[16] They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the
LORD.
[17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company
of Abiram.
[18] And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the
wicked.
[19] They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
[20] Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that
eateth grass.
[21] They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in
Egypt;
[22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red
sea.
[23] Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his
chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
destroy them.
[24] Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
[25] But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of
the LORD.
[26] Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in
the wilderness:
[27] To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them
in the lands.
[28] They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.
[29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the
plague brake in upon them.
[30] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague
was stayed.
[31] And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore.
[32] They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill
with Moses for their sakes:
[33] Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with
his lips.
[34] They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD
commanded them:
[35] But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
[36] And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
[37] Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
[38] And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was
polluted with blood.
[39] Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring
with their own inventions.
[40] Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
[41] And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated
them ruled over them.
[42] Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
[43] Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their
counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
[44] Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
[45] And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to
the multitude of his mercies.
[46] He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them
captives.
[47] Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to
give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
[48] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the
hand of the enemy;
[3] And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the
west, from the north, and from the south.
[4] They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no
city to dwell in.
[5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
[6] Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses.
[7] And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city
of habitation.
[8] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
[9] For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
[10] Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
[11] Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the
counsel of the most High:
[12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down,
and there was none to help.
[13] Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them
out of their distresses.
[14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake
their bands in sunder.
[15] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
[16] For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
[17] Fools because of their transgression, and because of their
iniquities, are afflicted.
[18] Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto
the gates of death.
[19] Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them
out of their distresses.
[20] He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
[21] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
[22] And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare
his works with rejoicing.
[23] They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters;
[24] These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
[25] For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up
the waves thereof.
[26] They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:
their soul is melted because of trouble.
[27] They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wits' end.
[28] Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them
out of their distresses.
[29] He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
[30] Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto
their desired haven.
[31] Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
[32] Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and
praise him in the assembly of the elders.
[33] He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry
ground;
[34] A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.
[35] He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground
into watersprings.
[36] And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a
city for habitation;
[37] And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of
increase.
[38] He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
[39] Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
[40] He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
wilderness, where there is no way.
[41] Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him
families like a flock.
[42] The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall
stop her mouth.
[43] Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
[1] O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give
praise, even with my glory.
[2] Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
[3] I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing
praises unto thee among the nations.
[4] For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth
unto the clouds.
[5] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all
the earth;
[6] That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and
answer me.
[7] God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
[8] Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
[9] Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over
Philistia will I triumph.
[10] Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
[11] Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O
God, go forth with our hosts?
[12] Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
[13] Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
[1] Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
[2] For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
[3] They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause.
[4] For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
[5] And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
[6] Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right
hand.
[7] When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer
become sin.
[8] Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
[9] Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
[10] Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places.
[11] Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labour.
[12] Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be
any to favour his fatherless children.
[13] Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
[14] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and
let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
[15] Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the
memory of them from the earth.
[16] Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the
poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
[17] As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not
in blessing, so let it be far from him.
[18] As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let
it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
[19] Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
[20] Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of
them that speak evil against my soul.
[21] But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because
thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
[22] For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
[23] I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and
down as the locust.
[24] My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
[25] I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they
shaked their heads.
[26] Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
[27] That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast
done it.
[28] Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be
ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
[29] Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover
themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
[30] I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise
him among the multitude.
[31] For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.
[1] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
[2] The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies.
[3] Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties
of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
[4] The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of Melchizedek.
[5] The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of
his wrath.
[6] He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the
dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
[7] He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up
the head.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with
my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
[2] The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have
pleasure therein.
[3] His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
[4] He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is
gracious and full of compassion.
[5] He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful
of his covenant.
[6] He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give
them the heritage of the heathen.
[7] The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments
are sure.
[8] They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and
uprightness.
[9] He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant
for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
[10] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for
ever.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that
feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
[2] His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
[3] Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness
endureth for ever.
[4] Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is
gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
[5] A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs
with discretion.
[6] Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance.
[7] He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting
in the LORD.
[8] His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his
desire upon his enemies.
[9] He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness
endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
[10] The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his
teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the
LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
[2] Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for
evermore.
[3] From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
LORD's name is to be praised.
[4] The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
[5] Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
[6] Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in
the earth!
[7] He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of
the dunghill;
[8] That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his
people.
[9] He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother
of children. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob
from a people of strange language;
[2] Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
[3] The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
[4] The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
[5] What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that
thou wast driven back?
[6] Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like
lambs?
[7] Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of
the God of Jacob;
[8] Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a
fountain of waters.
[1] Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
[2] Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
[3] But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased.
[4] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
[5] They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see
not:
[6] They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell
not:
[7] They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk
not: neither speak they through their throat.
[8] They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that
trusteth in them.
[9] O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
[10] O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
[11] Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and
their shield.
[12] The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless
the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
[13] He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
[14] The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
[15] Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
[16] The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he
given to the children of men.
[17] The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into
silence.
[18] But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Praise the LORD.
[1] I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice
and my supplications.
[2] Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
him as long as I live.
[3] The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold
upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
[4] Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee,
deliver my soul.
[5] Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
[6] The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
[7] Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully
with thee.
[8] For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
[9] I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
[10] I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
[11] I said in my haste, All men are liars.
[12] What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the
LORD.
[14] I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his
people.
[15] Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
[16] O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of
thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
[17] I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call
upon the name of the LORD.
[18] I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his
people,
[19] In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him,
all ye people.
[2] For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the
LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
because his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
[3] Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
[4] Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
[5] I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me
in a large place.
[6] The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
[7] The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I
see my desire upon them that hate me.
[8] It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
[9] It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
[10] All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I
destroy them.
[11] They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the
name of the LORD I will destroy them.
[12] They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of
thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
[13] Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped
me.
[14] The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
[15] The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
[16] The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD
doeth valiantly.
[17] I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
[18] The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto
death.
[19] Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I
will praise the LORD:
[20] This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
[21] I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my
salvation.
[22] The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.
[23] This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
[24] This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be
glad in it.
[25] Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now
prosperity.
[26] Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed
you out of the house of the LORD.
[27] God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
[28] Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will
exalt thee.
[29] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
[1] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in
the law of the LORD.
[2] Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with
the whole heart.
[3] They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
[4] Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
[5] O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
[6] Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.
[7] I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments.
[8] I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
[9] Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
[10] With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
thy commandments.
[11] Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.
[12] Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
[13] With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
[14] I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all
riches.
[15] I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
[16] I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
[17] Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy
word.
[18] Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy
law.
[19] I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
[20] My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at
all times.
[21] Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
[22] Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.
[23] Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.
[24] Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
[25] My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy
word.
[26] I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes.
[27] Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of
thy wondrous works.
[28] My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto
thy word.
[29] Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
[30] I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before
me.
[31] I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
[32] I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my
heart.
[33] Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto
the end.
[34] Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall
observe it with my whole heart.
[35] Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I
delight.
[36] Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
[37] Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in
thy way.
[38] Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
[39] Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
[40] Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.
[41] Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
[42] So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I
trust in thy word.
[43] And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have
hoped in thy judgments.
[44] So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
[45] And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
[46] I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
[47] And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
[48] My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
[49] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me
to hope.
[50] This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened
me.
[51] The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined
from thy law.
[52] I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted
myself.
[53] Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake
thy law.
[54] Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
[55] I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy
law.
[56] This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
[57] Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy
words.
[58] I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to thy word.
[59] I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
[60] I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
[61] The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten
thy law.
[62] At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
[63] I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep
thy precepts.
[64] The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
[65] Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy
word.
[66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy
commandments.
[67] Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
[68] Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
[69] The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy
precepts with my whole heart.
[70] Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
[71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn
thy statutes.
[72] The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver.
[73] Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,
that I may learn thy commandments.
[74] They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have
hoped in thy word.
[75] I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
[76] Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant.
[77] Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law
is my delight.
[78] Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without
a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
[79] Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known
thy testimonies.
[80] Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
[81] My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
[82] Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
[83] For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy
statutes.
[84] How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute me?
[85] The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
[86] All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;
help thou me.
[87] They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy
precepts.
[88] Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony
of thy mouth.
[89] For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
[90] Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the
earth, and it abideth.
[91] They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are
thy servants.
[92] Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in
mine affliction.
[93] I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened
me.
[94] I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
[95] The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider
thy testimonies.
[96] I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is
exceeding broad.
[97] O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
[98] Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
for they are ever with me.
[99] I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies
are my meditation.
[100] I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
[101] I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep
thy word.
[102] I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
[103] How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to
my mouth!
[104] Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every
false way.
[105] Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
[106] I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy
righteous judgments.
[107] I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy
word.
[108] Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O
LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
[109] My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
[110] The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.
[111] Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are
the rejoicing of my heart.
[112] I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even
unto the end.
[113] I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
[114] Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
[115] Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of
my God.
[116] Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not
be ashamed of my hope.
[117] Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto
thy statutes continually.
[118] Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit is falsehood.
[119] Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
therefore I love thy testimonies.
[120] My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy
judgments.
[121] I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
[122] Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
[123] Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness.
[124] Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes.
[125] I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy
testimonies.
[126] It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy
law.
[127] Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine
gold.
[128] Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be
right; and I hate every false way.
[129] Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
[130] The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding
unto the simple.
[131] I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
[132] Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do
unto those that love thy name.
[133] Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion
over me.
[134] Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy
precepts.
[135] Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.
[136] Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.
[137] Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
[138] Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very
faithful.
[139] My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.
[140] Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
[141] I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
[142] Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is
the truth.
[143] Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments
are my delights.
[144] The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me
understanding, and I shall live.
[145] I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy
statutes.
[146] I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
[147] I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
[148] Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy
word.
[149] Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken
me according to thy judgment.
[150] They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy
law.
[151] Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
[152] Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast
founded them for ever.
[153] Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy
law.
[154] Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
[155] Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
[156] Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy
judgments.
[157] Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline
from thy testimonies.
[158] I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not
thy word.
[159] Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to
thy lovingkindness.
[160] Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous
judgments endureth for ever.
[161] Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth
in awe of thy word.
[162] I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
[163] I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
[164] Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous
judgments.
[165] Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend
them.
[166] LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
[167] My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
[168] I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are
before thee.
[169] Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding
according to thy word.
[170] Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy
word.
[171] My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
[172] My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are
righteousness.
[173] Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
[174] I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my
delight.
[175] Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments
help me.
[176] I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do
not forget thy commandments.
[1] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he
heard me.
[2] Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful
tongue.
[3] What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou
false tongue?
[4] Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
[5] Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of
Kedar!
[6] My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
[7] I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
[1] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from
whence cometh my help.
[2] My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
[3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will
not slumber.
[4] Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
[5] The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
[6] The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
[7] The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul.
[8] The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this
time forth, and even for evermore.
[1] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into
the house of the LORD.
[2] Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
[3] Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
[4] Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony
of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
[5] For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of
David.
[6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
[7] Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
[8] For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be
within thee.
[9] Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
[1] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that
dwellest in the heavens.
[2] Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait
upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
[3] Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
[4] Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are
at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
[1] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
now may Israel say;
[2] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up
against us:
[3] Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled
against us:
[4] Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our
soul:
[5] Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
[6] Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
[7] Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the
snare is broken, and we are escaped.
[8] Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
[1] They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount
Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
[2] As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round
about his people from henceforth even for ever.
[3] For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
[4] Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are
upright in their hearts.
[5] As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall
lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
[1] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion,
we were like them that dream.
[2] Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for
them.
[3] The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
[4] Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
[5] They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
[6] He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
[1] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in
vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in
vain.
[2] It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the
bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
[3] Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb
is his reward.
[4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
[5] Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not
be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
[1] Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that
walketh in his ways.
[2] For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
[3] Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
[4] Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
[5] The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good
of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
[6] Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
[1] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
may Israel now say:
[2] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me.
[3] The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
[4] The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
[5] Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
[6] Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore
it groweth up:
[7] Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth
sheaves his bosom.
[8] Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon
you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
[1] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
[2] Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
[3] If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
[4] But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
[5] I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
[6] My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the
morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
[7] Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and
with him is plenteous redemption.
[8] And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
[1] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes
lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for
me.
[2] Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned
of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
[3] Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
[1] LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
[2] How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
[3] Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up
into my bed;
[4] I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
[5] Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.
[6] Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the
wood.
[7] We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
[8] Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
[9] Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints
shout for joy.
[10] For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
[11] The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
[12] If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall
teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
[13] For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation.
[14] This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
[15] I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
[16] I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall
shout aloud for joy.
[17] There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp
for mine anointed.
[18] His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his
crown flourish.
[1] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
[2] It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon
the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
[3] As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.
[1] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the
LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
[2] Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
[3] The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the
LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
[2] Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house
of our God,
[3] Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name;
for it is pleasant.
[4] For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his
peculiar treasure.
[5] For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all
gods.
[6] Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in
the seas, and all deep places.
[7] He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
[8] Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
[9] Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
[10] Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
[11] Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the
kingdoms of Canaan:
[12] And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his
people.
[13] Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD,
throughout all generations.
[14] For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself
concerning his servants.
[15] The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
[16] They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see
not;
[17] They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in
their mouths.
[18] They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that
trusteth in them.
[19] Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of
Aaron:
[20] Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the
LORD.
[21] Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
[1] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
[2] O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[3] O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[4] To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
[5] To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
[6] To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
[7] To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[8] The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[9] The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
[10] To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
[11] And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
[12] With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
[13] To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
[14] And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
[15] But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
[16] To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
[17] To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[18] And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[19] Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[20] And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
[21] And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
[22] Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
[23] Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
[24] And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
[25] Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[26] O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
[1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea,
we wept, when we remembered Zion.
[2] We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
[3] For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs
of Zion.
[4] How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
[5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
[6] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
[7] Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who
said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
[8] O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be,
that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
[9] Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
[1] I will praise thee with my whole heart: before
the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
[2] I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy
lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all
thy name.
[3] In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me
with strength in my soul.
[4] All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear
the words of thy mouth.
[5] Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory
of the LORD.
[6] Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the
proud he knoweth afar off.
[7] Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right
hand shall save me.
[8] The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD,
endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
[1] O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
[2] Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
[3] Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with
all my ways.
[4] For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
it altogether.
[5] Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
[6] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
[7] Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
[8] If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
[9] If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea;
[10] Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
[11] If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me.
[12] Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as
the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
[13] For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother's womb.
[14] I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
[15] My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
[16] Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy
book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as
yet there was none of them.
[17] How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the
sum of them!
[18] If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when
I awake, I am still with thee.
[19] Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore,
ye bloody men.
[20] For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy
name in vain.
[21] Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved
with those that rise up against thee?
[22] I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
[23] Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
[24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
[1] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve
me from the violent man;
[2] Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war.
[3] They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is
under their lips. Selah.
[4] Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the
violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
[5] The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net
by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
[6] I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my
supplications, O LORD.
[7] O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my
head in the day of battle.
[8] Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked
device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
[9] As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of
their own lips cover them.
[10] Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
[11] Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall
hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
[12] I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and
the right of the poor.
[13] Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall
dwell in thy presence.
[1] LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give
ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
[2] Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
[4] Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
[5] Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him
reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for
yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
[6] When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my
words; for they are sweet.
[7] Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
[8] But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust;
leave not my soul destitute.
[9] Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of
the workers of iniquity.
[10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal
escape.
[1] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my
voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
[2] I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my
trouble.
[3] When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
[4] I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that
would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
[5] I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion
in the land of the living.
[6] Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my
persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
[7] Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the
righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
[2] And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall
no man living be justified.
[3] For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down
to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been
long dead.
[4] Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is
desolate.
[5] I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on
the work of thy hands.
[6] I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as
a thirsty land. Selah.
[7] Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from
me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
[8] Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I
trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul
unto thee.
[9] Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
[10] Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.
[11] Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness'
sake bring my soul out of trouble.
[12] And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
[1] Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth
my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
[2] My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my
shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
[3] LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man, that thou makest account of him!
[4] Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
[5] Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and
they shall smoke.
[6] Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and
destroy them.
[7] Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, from the hand of strange children;
[8] Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
[9] I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
[10] It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
[11] Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
[12] That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
[13] That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that
our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
[14] That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking
in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
[15] Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the LORD.
[1] I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will
bless thy name for ever and ever.
[2] Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and
ever.
[3] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is
unsearchable.
[4] One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare
thy mighty acts.
[5] I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
[6] And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will
declare thy greatness.
[7] They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and
shall sing of thy righteousness.
[8] The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of
great mercy.
[9] The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.
[10] All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless
thee.
[11] They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
power;
[12] To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious
majesty of his kingdom.
[13] Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
[14] The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be
bowed down.
[15] The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in
due season.
[16] Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living
thing.
[17] The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
[18] The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call
upon him in truth.
[19] He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.
[20] The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will
he destroy.
[21] My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
[2] While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.
[3] Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there
is no help.
[4] His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day
his thoughts perish.
[5] Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is
in the LORD his God:
[6] Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
[7] Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the
hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
[8] The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that
are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
[9] The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and
widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
[10] The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all
generations. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing
praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
[2] The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts
of Israel.
[3] He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
[4] He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their
names.
[5] Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is
infinite.
[6] The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the
ground.
[7] Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto
our God:
[8] Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the
earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
[9] He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
[10] He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not
pleasure in the legs of a man.
[11] The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope
in his mercy.
[12] Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
[13] For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy
children within thee.
[14] He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of
the wheat.
[15] He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very
swiftly.
[16] He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
[17] He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?
[18] He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to
blow, and the waters flow.
[19] He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
[20] He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,
they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the
heavens: praise him in the heights.
[2] Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
[3] Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
[4] Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the
heavens.
[5] Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they
were created.
[6] He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a
decree which shall not pass.
[7] Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
[8] Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
[9] Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
[10] Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
[11] Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the
earth:
[12] Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
[13] Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is
excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
[14] He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his
saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the
LORD.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new
song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
[2] Let
[3] Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harp.
[4] For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
[5] Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their
beds.
[6] Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword
in their hand;
[7] To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
[8] To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of
iron;
[9] To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his
saints. Praise ye the LORD.
[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament of his power.
[2] Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.
[3] Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
[4] Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
[5] Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding
cymbals.
[6] Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the
LORD.
[1] The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of
Israel;
[2] To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
[3] To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and
equity;
[4] To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion.
[5] A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
[6] To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the
wise, and their dark sayings.
[7] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction.
[8] My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law
of thy mother:
[9] For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains
about thy neck.
[10] My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
[11] If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk
privily for the innocent without cause:
[12] Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that
go down into the pit:
[13] We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with
spoil:
[14] Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
[15] My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from
their path:
[16] For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
[17] Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
[18] And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their
own lives.
[19] So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh
away the life of the owners thereof.
[20] Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
[21] She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the
gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
[22] How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
[23] Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
[24] Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my
hand, and no man regarded;
[25] But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my
reproof:
[26] I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh;
[27] When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as
a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
[28] Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall
seek me early, but they shall not find me:
[29] For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the
LORD:
[30] They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
[31] Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be
filled with their own devices.
[32] For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the
prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
[33] But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet
from fear of evil.
[1] My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide
my commandments with thee;
[2] So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to
understanding;
[3] Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
[4] If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
[5] Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge
of God.
[6] For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding.
[7] He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them
that walk uprightly.
[8] He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his
saints.
[9] Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity;
yea, every good path.
[10] When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
unto thy soul;
[11] Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
[12] To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that
speaketh froward things;
[13] Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
darkness;
[14] Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the
wicked;
[15] Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
[16] To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger
which flattereth with her words;
[17] Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant
of her God.
[18] For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
[19] None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the
paths of life.
[20] That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of
the righteous.
[21] For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall
remain in it.
[22] But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
[1] My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart
keep my commandments:
[2] For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to
thee.
[3] Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
[4] So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God
and man.
[5] Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.
[6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
[7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
[8] It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
[9] Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase:
[10] So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine.
[11] My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of
his correction:
[12] For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in
whom he delighteth.
[13] Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
[14] For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
[15] She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst
desire are not to be compared unto her.
[16] Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
[17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
[18] She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is
every one that retaineth her.
[19] The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he
established the heavens.
[20] By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down
the dew.
[21] My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion:
[22] So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
[23] Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble.
[24] When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie
down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
[25] Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh.
[26] For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from
being taken.
[27] Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the
power of thine hand to do it.
[28] Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I
will give; when thou hast it by thee.
[29] Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely
by thee.
[30] Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
[31] Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
[32] For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with
the righteous.
[33] The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he
blesseth the habitation of the just.
[34] Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the
lowly.
[35] The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of
fools.
[1] Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
[2] For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
[3] For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of
my mother.
[4] He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live.
[5] Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from
the words of my mouth.
[6] Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she
shall keep thee.
[7] Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding.
[8] Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace her.
[9] She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory
shall she deliver to thee.
[10] Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life
shall be many.
[11] I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right
paths.
[12] When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou
runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
[13] Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is
thy life.
[14] Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of
evil men.
[15] Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
[16] For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep
is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
[17] For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
[18] But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
[19] The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they
stumble.
[20] My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
[21] Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of
thine heart.
[22] For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all
their flesh.
[23] Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of
life.
[24] Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from
thee.
[25] Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight
before thee.
[26] Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
[27] Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from
evil.
[1] My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear
to my understanding:
[2] That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep
knowledge.
[3] For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth
is smoother than oil:
[4] But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
[5] Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
[6] Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
[7] Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words
of my mouth.
[8] Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her
house:
[9] Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the
cruel:
[10] Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the
house of a stranger;
[11] And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are
consumed,
[12] And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised
reproof;
[13] And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear
to them that instructed me!
[14] I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and
assembly.
[15] Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well.
[16] Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the
streets.
[17] Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
[18] Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
[19] Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts
satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
[20] And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and
embrace the bosom of a stranger?
[21] For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he
pondereth all his goings.
[22] His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be
holden with the cords of his sins.
[23] He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly
he shall go astray.
[1] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
[2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the
words of thy mouth.
[3] Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the
hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
[4] Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
[5] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
[6] Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
[7] Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
[8] Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
[9] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep?
[10] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep:
[11] So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man.
[12] A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
[13] He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth
with his fingers;
[14] Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he
soweth discord.
[15] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be
broken without remedy.
[16] These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination
unto him:
[17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
[18] An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in
running to mischief,
[19] A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
[20] My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
[21] Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck.
[22] When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall
keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
[23] For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs
of instruction are the way of life:
[24] To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue
of a strange woman.
[25] Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee
with her eyelids.
[26] For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of
bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
[27] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
[28] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
[29] So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her
shall not be innocent.
[30] Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he
is hungry;
[31] But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all
the substance of his house.
[32] But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
[33] A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be
wiped away.
[34] For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in
the day of vengeance.
[35] He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though
thou givest many gifts.
[1] My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments
with thee.
[2] Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine
eye.
[3] Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine
heart.
[4] Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy
kinswoman:
[5] That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
which flattereth with her words.
[6] For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
[7] And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a
young man void of understanding,
[8] Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to
her house,
[9] In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
[10] And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.
[11] (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
[12] Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every
corner.)
[13] So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said
unto him,
[14] I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
[15] Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face,
and I have found thee.
[16] I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works,
with fine linen of Egypt.
[17] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
[18] Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace
ourselves with loves.
[19] For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
[20] He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the
day appointed.
[21] With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him.
[22] He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or
as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
[23] Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
[24] Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the
words of my mouth.
[25] Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her
paths.
[26] For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been
slain by her.
[27] Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
[1] Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth
her voice?
[2] She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of
the paths.
[3] She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in
at the doors.
[4] Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
[5] O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an
understanding heart.
[6] Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my
lips shall be right things.
[7] For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to
my lips.
[8] All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing
froward or perverse in them.
[9] They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that
find knowledge.
[10] Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than
choice gold.
[11] For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared to it.
[12] I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty
inventions.
[13] The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the
evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
[14] Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have
strength.
[15] By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
[16] By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
[17] I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find
me.
[18] Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and
righteousness.
[19] My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue
than choice silver.
[20] I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of
judgment:
[21] That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I
will fill their treasures.
[22] The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works
of old.
[23] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the
earth was.
[24] When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no
fountains abounding with water.
[25] Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought
forth:
[26] While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the
highest part of the dust of the world.
[27] When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass
upon the face of the depth:
[28] When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the
fountains of the deep:
[29] When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass
his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
[30] Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his
delight, rejoicing always before him;
[31] Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were
with the sons of men.
[32] Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they
that keep my ways.
[33] Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
[34] Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
[35] For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
[36] But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that
hate me love death.
[1] Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out
her seven pillars:
[2] She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also
furnished her table.
[3] She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places
of the city,
[4] Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him,
[5] Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
[6] Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
[7] He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that
rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
[8] Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he
will love thee.
[9] Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just man, and he will increase in learning.
[10] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge
of the holy is understanding.
[11] For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life
shall be increased.
[12] If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou
scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
[13] A foolish woman is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
[14] For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city,
[15] To call passengers who go right on their ways:
[16] Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that
wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
[17] Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
[18] But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are
in the depths of hell.
[1] The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad
father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
[2] Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
[3] The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he
casteth away the substance of the wicked.
[4] He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich.
[5] He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in
harvest is a son that causeth shame.
[6] Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.
[7] The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall
rot.
[8] The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool
shall fall.
[9] He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his
ways shall be known.
[10] He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool
shall fall.
[11] The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked.
[12] Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
[13] In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a
rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
[14] Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
[15] The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.
[16] The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the
wicked to sin.
[17] He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that
refuseth reproof erreth.
[18] He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a
slander, is a fool.
[19] In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that
refraineth his lips is wise.
[20] The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked
is little worth.
[21] The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of
wisdom.
[22] The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow
with it.
[23] It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding
hath wisdom.
[24] The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of
the righteous shall be granted.
[25] As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the
righteous is an everlasting foundation.
[26] As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the
sluggard to them that send him.
[27] The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked
shall be shortened.
[28] The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of
the wicked shall perish.
[29] The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity.
[30] The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not
inhabit the earth.
[31] The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue
shall be cut out.
[32] The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of
the wicked speaketh frowardness.
[1] A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a
just weight is his delight.
[2] When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
[3] The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness
of transgressors shall destroy them.
[4] Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
[5] The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the
wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
[6] The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but
transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
[7] When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope
of unjust men perisheth.
[8] The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in
his stead.
[9] An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through
knowledge shall the just be delivered.
[10] When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when
the wicked perish, there is shouting.
[11] By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is
overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
[12] He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of
understanding holdeth his peace.
[13] A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.
[14] Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellers there is safety.
[15] He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that
hateth suretiship is sure.
[16] A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
[17] The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh.
[18] The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness
shall be a sure reward.
[19] As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth
it to his own death.
[20] They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but
such as are upright in their way are his delight.
[21] Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but
the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
[22] As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is
without discretion.
[23] The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of
the wicked is wrath.
[24] There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
[25] The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
[26] He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing
shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
[27] He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that
seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
[28] He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall
flourish as a branch.
[29] He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the
fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
[30] The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth
souls is wise.
[31] Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more
the wicked and the sinner.
[1] Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he
that hateth reproof is brutish.
[2] A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices
will he condemn.
[3] A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved.
[4] A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
[5] The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the
wicked are deceit.
[6] The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth
of the upright shall deliver them.
[7] The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous
shall stand.
[8] A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of
a perverse heart shall be despised.
[9] He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that
honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
[10] A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
[11] He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
[12] The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the
righteous yieldeth fruit.
[13] The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just
shall come out of trouble.
[14] A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and
the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
[15] The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth
unto counsel is wise.
[16] A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth
shame.
[17] He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false
witness deceit.
[18] There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the
tongue of the wise is health.
[19] The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue
is but for a moment.
[20] Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the
counsellers of peace is joy.
[21] There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be
filled with mischief.
[22] Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly
are his delight.
[23] A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools
proclaimeth foolishness.
[24] The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be
under tribute.
[25] Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word
maketh it glad.
[26] The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of
the wicked seduceth them.
[27] The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but
the substance of a diligent man is precious.
[28] In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof
there is no death.
[1] A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but
a scorner heareth not rebuke.
[2] A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the
transgressors shall eat violence.
[3] He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide
his lips shall have destruction.
[4] The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of
the diligent shall be made fat.
[5] A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and
cometh to shame.
[6] Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness
overthroweth the sinner.
[7] There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that
maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
[8] The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke.
[9] The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked
shall be put out.
[10] Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is
wisdom.
[11] Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth
by labour shall increase.
[12] Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it
is a tree of life.
[13] Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth
the commandment shall be rewarded.
[14] The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the
snares of death.
[15] Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is
hard.
[16] Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open
his folly.
[17] A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
is health.
[18] Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
[19] The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination
to fools to depart from evil.
[20] He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.
[21] Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
[22] A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and
the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
[23] Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is
destroyed for want of judgment.
[24] He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
[25] The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly
of the wicked shall want.
[1] Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the
foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
[2] He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is
perverse in his ways despiseth him.
[3] In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the
wise shall preserve them.
[4] Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the
strength of the ox.
[5] A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter
lies.
[6] A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy
unto him that understandeth.
[7] Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in
him the lips of knowledge.
[8] The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of
fools is deceit.
[9] Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
[10] The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.
[11] The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of
the upright shall flourish.
[12] There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
[13] Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth
is heaviness.
[14] The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a
good man shall be satisfied from himself.
[15] The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well
to his going.
[16] A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth,
and is confident.
[17] He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked
devices is hated.
[18] The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with
knowledge.
[19] The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
[20] The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many
friends.
[21] He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on
the poor, happy is he.
[22] Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to
them that devise good.
[23] In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth
only to penury.
[24] The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools
is folly.
[25] A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh
lies.
[26] In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children
shall have a place of refuge.
[27] The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the
snares of death.
[28] In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of
people is the destruction of the prince.
[29] He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is
hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
[30] A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of
the bones.
[31] He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
[32] The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath
hope in his death.
[33] Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but
that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
[34] Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any
people.
[35] The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is
against him that causeth shame.
[1] A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous
words stir up anger.
[2] The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of
fools poureth out foolishness.
[3] The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the
good.
[4] A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a
breach in the spirit.
[5] A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth
reproof is prudent.
[6] In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues
of the wicked is trouble.
[7] The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the
foolish doeth not so.
[8] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the
prayer of the upright is his delight.
[9] The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth
him that followeth after righteousness.
[10] Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that
hateth reproof shall die.
[11] Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the
hearts of the children of men?
[12] A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go
unto the wise.
[13] A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the
heart the spirit is broken.
[14] The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
[15] All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry
heart hath a continual feast.
[16] Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and
trouble therewith.
[17] Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
[18] A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife.
[19] The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way
of the righteous is made plain.
[20] A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his
mother.
[21] Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
[22] Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of
counsellers they are established.
[23] A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due
season, how good is it!
[24] The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell
beneath.
[25] The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish
the border of the widow.
[26] The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the
words of the pure are pleasant words.
[27] He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that
hateth gifts shall live.
[28] The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the
wicked poureth out evil things.
[29] The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
[30] The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh
the bones fat.
[31] The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
[32] He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that
heareth reproof getteth understanding.
[33] The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before
honour is humility.
[1] The preparations of the heart in man, and the
answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
[2] All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD
weigheth the spirits.
[3] Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be
established.
[4] The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for
the day of evil.
[5] Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
[6] By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD
men depart from evil.
[7] When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be
at peace with him.
[8] Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right.
[9] A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
[10] A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
transgresseth not in judgment.
[11] A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the
bag are his work.
[12] It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne
is established by righteousness.
[13] Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that
speaketh right.
[14] The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
[15] In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is
as a cloud of the latter rain.
[16] How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get
understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
[17] The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth
his way preserveth his soul.
[18] Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
[19] Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to
divide the spoil with the proud.
[20] He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso
trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
[21] The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the
lips increaseth learning.
[22] Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but
the instruction of fools is folly.
[23] The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to
his lips.
[24] Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health
to the bones.
[25] There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
[26] He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it
of him.
[27] An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a
burning fire.
[28] A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
[29] A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way
that is not good.
[30] He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
[31] The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
[32] He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
[33] The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of
the LORD.
[1] Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
[2] A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
[3] The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts.
[4] A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue.
[5] Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at
calamities shall not be unpunished.
[6] Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of
children are their fathers.
[7] Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a
prince.
[8] A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
[9] He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth
a matter separateth very friends.
[10] A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes
into a fool.
[11] An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.
[12] Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in
his folly.
[13] Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his
house.
[14] The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore
leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
[15] He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.
[16] Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
[17] A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
[18] A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in
the presence of his friend.
[19] He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth
his gate seeketh destruction.
[20] He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a
perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
[21] He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of
a fool hath no joy.
[22] A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
[23] A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of
judgment.
[24] Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the earth.
[25] A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that
bare him.
[26] Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for
equity.
[27] He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of
understanding is of an excellent spirit.
[28] Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
[1] Through desire a man, having separated himself,
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
[2] A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself.
[3] When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy
reproach.
[4] The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of
wisdom as a flowing brook.
[5] It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the
righteous in judgment.
[6] A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for
strokes.
[7] A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his
soul.
[8] The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
[9] He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a
great waster.
[10] The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe.
[11] The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in
his own conceit.
[12] Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour
is humility.
[13] He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and
shame unto him.
[14] The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded
spirit who can bear?
[15] The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
[16] A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great
men.
[17] He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him.
[18] The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the
mighty.
[19] A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and
their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
[20] A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and
with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
[21] Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love
it shall eat the fruit thereof.
[22] Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of
the LORD.
[23] The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
[24] A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a
friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
[1] Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
[2] Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he
that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
[3] The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth
against the LORD.
[4] Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his
neighbour.
[5] A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall not escape.
[6] Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a
friend to him that giveth gifts.
[7] All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his
friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to
him.
[8] He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth
understanding shall find good.
[9] A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall perish.
[10] Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have
rule over princes.
[11] The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to
pass over a transgression.
[12] The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as
dew upon the grass.
[13] A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of
a wife are a continual dropping.
[14] House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife
is from the LORD.
[15] Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall
suffer hunger.
[16] He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that
despiseth his ways shall die.
[17] He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that
which he hath given will he pay him again.
[18] Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for
his crying.
[19] A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver
him, yet thou must do it again.
[20] Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in
thy latter end.
[21] There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel
of the LORD, that shall stand.
[22] The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than
a liar.
[23] The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall
abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
[24] A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much
as bring it to his mouth again.
[25] Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that
hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
[26] He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son
that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
[27] Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the
words of knowledge.
[28] An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked
devoureth iniquity.
[29] Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of
fools.
[1] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
[2] The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him
to anger sinneth against his own soul.
[3] It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will
be meddling.
[4] The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
[5] Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of
understanding will draw it out.
[6] Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful
man who can find?
[7] The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed
after him.
[8] A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all
evil with his eyes.
[9] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
[10] Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike
abomination to the LORD.
[11] Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.
[12] The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both
of them.
[13] Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and
thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
[14] It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
[15] There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge
are a precious jewel.
[16] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman.
[17] Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall
be filled with gravel.
[18] Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make
war.
[19] He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore
meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
[20] Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out
in obscure darkness.
[21] An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
[22] Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he
shall save thee.
[23] Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false
balance is not good.
[24] Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own
way?
[25] It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and
after vows to make inquiry.
[26] A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over
them.
[27] The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the
inward parts of the belly.
[28] Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by
mercy.
[29] The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men
is the gray head.
[30] The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the
inward parts of the belly.
[1] The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
[2] Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts.
[3] To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
[4] An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is
sin.
[5] The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of
every one that is hasty only to want.
[6] The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and
fro of them that seek death.
[7] The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to
do judgment.
[8] The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work
is right.
[9] It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman in a wide house.
[10] The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no
favour in his eyes.
[11] When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the
wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
[12] The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but
God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
[13] Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry
himself, but shall not be heard.
[14] A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong
wrath.
[15] It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to
the workers of iniquity.
[16] The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain
in the congregation of the dead.
[17] He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine
and oil shall not be rich.
[18] The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the
transgressor for the upright.
[19] It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious
and an angry woman.
[20] There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the
wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
[21] He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour.
[22] A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of the confidence thereof.
[23] Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from
troubles.
[24] Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
[25] The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to
labour.
[26] He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and
spareth not.
[27] The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he
bringeth it with a wicked mind?
[28] A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh
constantly.
[29] A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he
directeth his way.
[30] There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
[31] The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of
the LORD.
[1] A good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
[2] The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
[3] A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple
pass on, and are punished.
[4] By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and
life.
[5] Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep
his soul shall be far from them.
[6] Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
[7] The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.
[8] He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger
shall fail.
[9] He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.
[10] Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease.
[11] He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the
king shall be his friend.
[12] The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the
words of the transgressor.
[13] The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain
in the streets.
[14] The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of
the LORD shall fall therein.
[15] Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him.
[16] He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that
giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
[17] Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine
heart unto my knowledge.
[18] For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they
shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
[19] That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day,
even to thee.
[20] Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and
knowledge,
[21] That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;
that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
[22] Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted
in the gate:
[23] For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those
that spoiled them.
[24] Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou
shalt not go:
[25] Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
[26] Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are
sureties for debts.
[27] If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from
under thee?
[28] Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
[29] Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
[1] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what is before thee:
[2] And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
[3] Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
[4] Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
[5] Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
[6] Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire
thou his dainty meats:
[7] For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he
to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
[8] The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy
sweet words.
[9] Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of
thy words.
[10] Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:
[11] For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
[12] Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of
knowledge.
[13] Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him
with the rod, he shall not die.
[14] Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
hell.
[15] My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
[16] Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
[17] Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the
LORD all the day long.
[18] For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut
off.
[19] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
[20] Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
[21] For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and
drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
[22] Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother
when she is old.
[23] Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
[25] Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee
shall rejoice.
[26] My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
[27] For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
[28] She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the
transgressors among men.
[29] Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath
babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
[30] They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
[31] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his
colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
[32] At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
[33] Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things.
[34] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,
or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
[35] They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they
have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet
again.
[1] Be not thou envious against evil men, neither
desire to be with them.
[2] For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of
mischief.
[3] Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is
established:
[4] And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and
pleasant riches.
[5] A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
[6] For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellers there is safety.
[7] Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
[8] He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
[9] The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination
to men.
[10] If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
[11] If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and
those that are ready to be slain;
[12] If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth
the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and
shall not he render to every man according to his works?
[13] My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste:
[14] So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast
found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut
off.
[15] Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
spoil not his resting place:
[16] For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the
wicked shall fall into mischief.
[17] Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be
glad when he stumbleth:
[18] Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his
wrath from him.
[19] Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at
the wicked;
[20] For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the
wicked shall be put out.
[21] My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them
that are given to change:
[22] For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of
them both?
[23] These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have
respect of persons in judgment.
[24] He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the
people curse, nations shall abhor him:
[25] But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing
shall come upon them.
[26] Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
[27] Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.
[28] Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive
not with thy lips.
[29] Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render
to the man according to his work.
[30] I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
[31] And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
[32] Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received
instruction.
[33] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep:
[34] So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as
an armed man.
[1] These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men
of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
[2] It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings
is to search out a matter.
[3] The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of
kings is unsearchable.
[4] Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a
vessel for the finer.
[5] Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be
established in righteousness.
[6] Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in
the place of great men:
[7] For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than
that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes
have seen.
[8] Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the
end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
[9] Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a
secret to another:
[10] Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn
not away.
[11] A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
[12] As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise
reprover upon an obedient ear.
[13] As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful
messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
[14] Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
[15] By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the bone.
[16] Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest
thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
[17] Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee,
and so hate thee.
[18] A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul,
and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
[19] Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint.
[20] As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar
upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
[21] If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink:
[22] For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall
reward thee.
[23] The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
[24] It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman and in a wide house.
[25] As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
[26] A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled
fountain, and a corrupt spring.
[27] It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own
glory is not glory.
[28] He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is
broken down, and without walls.
[1] As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so
honour is not seemly for a fool.
[2] As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
[3] A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's
back.
[4] Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
[5] Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
[6] He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the
feet, and drinketh damage.
[7] The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of
fools.
[8] As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour
to a fool.
[9] As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in
the mouth of fools.
[10] The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors.
[11] As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
[12] Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a
fool than of him.
[13] The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in
the streets.
[14] As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his
bed.
[15] The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring
it again to his mouth.
[16] The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
[17] He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,
is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
[18] As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
[19] So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in
sport?
[20] Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
[21] As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a
contentious man to kindle strife.
[22] The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
[23] Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with
silver dross.
[24] He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit
within him;
[25] When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart.
[26] Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congregation.
[27] Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a
stone, it will return upon him.
[28] A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a
flattering mouth worketh ruin.
[1] Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth.
[2] Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is
heavier than them both.
[4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand
before envy?
[5] Open rebuke is better than secret love.
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
[7] The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth
from his place.
[9] Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a
man's friend by hearty counsel.
[10] Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour
that is near than a brother far off.
[11] My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that
reproacheth me.
[12] A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the
simple pass on, and are punished.
[13] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman.
[14] He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
[15] A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
[16] Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right
hand, which bewrayeth itself.
[17] Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
[18] Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
[19] As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
[20] Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
[21] As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man
to his praise.
[22] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
[23] Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to
thy herds.
[24] For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
[25] The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs
of the mountains are gathered.
[26] The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the
field.
[27] And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food
of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
[1] The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion.
[2] For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by
a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
[3] A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which
leaveth no food.
[4] They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the
law contend with them.
[5] Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand
all things.
[6] Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
[7] Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of
riotous men shameth his father.
[8] He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall
gather it for him that will pity the poor.
[9] He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer
shall be abomination.
[10] Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall
fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in
possession.
[11] The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath
understanding searcheth him out.
[12] When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the
wicked rise, a man is hidden.
[13] He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
[14] Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his
heart shall fall into mischief.
[15] As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over
the poor people.
[16] The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:
but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
[17] A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to
the pit; let no man stay him.
[18] Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in
his ways shall fall at once.
[19] He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that
followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
[20] A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
[21] To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread
that man will transgress.
[22] He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon him.
[23] He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he
that flattereth with the tongue.
[24] Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no
transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
[25] He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth
his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
[26] He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh
wisely, he shall be delivered.
[27] He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his
eyes shall have many a curse.
[28] When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish,
the righteous increase.
[1] He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
[2] When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when
the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
[3] Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth
company with harlots spendeth his substance.
[4] The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth
gifts overthroweth it.
[5] A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
[6] In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous
doth sing and rejoice.
[7] The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked
regardeth not to know it.
[8] Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away
wrath.
[9] If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or
laugh, there is no rest.
[10] The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
[11] A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
[12] If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
[13] The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth
both their eyes.
[14] The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever.
[15] The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame.
[16] When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the
righteous shall see their fall.
[17] Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give
delight unto thy soul.
[18] Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
[19] A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand
he will not answer.
[20] Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of
a fool than of him.
[21] He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have
him become his son at the length.
[22] An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression.
[23] A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the
humble in spirit.
[24] Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth
cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
[25] The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in
the LORD shall be safe.
[26] Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from
the LORD.
[27] An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright
in the way is abomination to the wicked.
[1] The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the
prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
[2] Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the
understanding of a man.
[3] I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
[4] Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered
the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's
name, if thou canst tell?
[5] Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him.
[6] Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found
a liar.
[7] Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
[8] Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
[9] Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I
be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
[10] Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou
be found guilty.
[11] There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless
their mother.
[12] There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is
not washed from their filthiness.
[13] There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their
eyelids are lifted up.
[14] There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw
teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from
among men.
[15] The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
[16] The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
[17] The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his
mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall
eat it.
[18] There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
[19] The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
[20] Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her
mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
[21] For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it
cannot bear:
[22] For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with
meat;
[23] For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is
heir to her mistress.
[24] There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise:
[25] The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in
the summer;
[26] The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the
rocks;
[27] The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
[28] The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
[29] There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
[30] A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for
any;
[31] A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no
rising up.
[32] If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
[33] Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing
of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth
strife.
[1] The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his
mother taught him.
[2] What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my
vows?
[3] Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which
destroyeth kings.
[4] It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;
nor for princes strong drink:
[5] Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any
of the afflicted.
[6] Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
[7] Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no
more.
[8] Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are
appointed to destruction.
[9] Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor
and needy.
[10] Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
[11] The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil.
[12] She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
[13] She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
[14] She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
[15] She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her
household, and a portion to her maidens.
[16] She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands
she planteth a vineyard.
[17] She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
[18] She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not
out by night.
[19] She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the
distaff.
[20] She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth
her hands to the needy.
[21] She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her
household are clothed with scarlet.
[22] She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and
purple.
[23] Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders
of the land.
[24] She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto
the merchant.
[25] Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time
to come.
[26] She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness.
[27] She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.
[28] Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and
he praiseth her.
[29] Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
[30] Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth
the LORD, she shall be praised.
[31] Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise
her in the gates.
[1] The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king
in
[2] Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity.
[3] What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the
sun?
[4] One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever.
[5] The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his
place where he arose.
[6] The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north;
it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his
circuits.
[7] All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
[8] All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
[9] The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which
is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
[10] Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it
hath been already of old time, which was before us.
[11] There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be
any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
[12] I the Preacher was king over
[13] And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons
of man to be exercised therewith.
[14] I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold,
all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
[15] That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
wanting cannot be numbered.
[16] I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great
estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in
[17] And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly:
I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
[18] For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge
increaseth sorrow.
[1] I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove
thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
[2] I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
[3] I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting
mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the
days of their life.
[4] I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
[5] I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all
kind of fruits:
[6] I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth
forth trees:
[7] I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house;
also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in
Jerusalem before me:
[8] I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of
kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the
delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
[9] So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in
[10] And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld
not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was
my portion of all my labour.
[11] Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on
the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation
of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
[12] And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been
already done.
[13] Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
[14] The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in
darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
[15] Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it
happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart,
that this also is vanity.
[16] For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for
ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And
how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
[17] Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the
sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
[18] Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because
I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
[19] And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall
he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have
shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
[20] Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the
labour which I took under the sun.
[21] For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and
in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for
his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
[22] For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his
heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
[23] For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
[24] There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw,
that it was from the hand of God.
[25] For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
[26] For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap
up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
[1] To every thing there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven:
[2] A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
[3] A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time
to build up;
[4] A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
dance;
[5] A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a
time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
[6] A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to
cast away;
[7] A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
[8] A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
[9] What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
[10] I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to
be exercised in it.
[11] He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set
the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
[12] I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and
to do good in his life.
[13] And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
all his labour, it is the gift of God.
[14] I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing
can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men
should fear before him.
[15] That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already
been; and God requireth that which is past.
[16] And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
[17] I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:
for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
[18] I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that
God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are
beasts.
[19] For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all
one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
[20] All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust
again.
[21] Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of
the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
[22] Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring
him to see what shall be after him?
[1] So I returned, and considered all the oppressions
that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power;
but they had no comforter.
[2] Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the
living which are yet alive.
[3] Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath
not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
[4] Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this
a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
[5] The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
[6] Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with
travail and vexation of spirit.
[7] Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
[8] There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither
child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye
satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my
soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
[9] Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their
labour.
[10] For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him
that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
[11] Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be
warm alone?
[12] And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
[13] Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who
will no more be admonished.
[14] For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born
in his kingdom becometh poor.
[15] I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the
second child that shall stand up in his stead.
[16] There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been
before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this
also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
[1] Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of
God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they
consider not that they do evil.
[2] Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:
therefore let thy words be few.
[3] For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's
voice is known by multitude of words.
[4] When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no
pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
[5] Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.
[6] Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou
before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy
voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
[7] For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers
vanities: but fear thou God.
[8] If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is
higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
[9] Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is
served by the field.
[10] He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he
that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
[11] When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what
good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their
eyes?
[12] The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or
much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
[13] There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely,
riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
[14] But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son,
and there is nothing in his hand.
[15] As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go
as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in
his hand.
[16] And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so
shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
[17] All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow
and wrath with his sickness.
[18] Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat
and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the
sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
[19] Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath
given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his
labour; this is the gift of God.
[20] For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God
answereth him in the joy of his heart.
[1] There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,
and it is common among men:
[2] A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he
wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not
power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an
evil disease.
[3] If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the
days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that
he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
[4] For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his
name shall be covered with darkness.
[5] Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath
more rest than the other.
[6] Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no
good: do not all go to one place?
[7] All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled.
[8] For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that
knoweth to walk before the living?
[9] Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire:
this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
[10] That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is
man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
[11] Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the
better?
[12] For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall
be after him under the sun?
[1] A good name is better than precious ointment; and
the day of death than the day of one's birth.
[2] It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his
heart.
[3] Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
[4] The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of
fools is in the house of mirth.
[5] It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear
the song of fools.
[6] For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.
[7] Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the
heart.
[8] Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the
patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
[9] Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the
bosom of fools.
[10] Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
[11] Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to
them that see the sun.
[12] For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency
of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
[13] Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he
hath made crooked?
[14] In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity
consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man
should find nothing after him.
[15] All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just
man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that
prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
[16] Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why
shouldest thou destroy thyself?
[17] Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest
thou die before thy time?
[18] It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from
this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them
all.
[19] Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in
the city.
[20] For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and
sinneth not.
[21] Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear
thy servant curse thee:
[22] For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself
likewise hast cursed others.
[23] All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it
was far from me.
[24] That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
[25] I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out
wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of
foolishness and madness:
[26] And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares
and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but
the sinner shall be taken by her.
[27] Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one,
to find out the account:
[28] Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand
have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
[29] Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
[1] Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the
interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the
boldness of his face shall be changed.
[2] I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of
the oath of God.
[3] Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for
he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
[4] Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto
him, What doest thou?
[5] Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise
man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
[6] Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the
misery of man is great upon him.
[7] For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it
shall be?
[8] There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the
spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in
that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
[9] All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is
done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his
own hurt.
[10] And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the
place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done:
this is also vanity.
[11] Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
[12] Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be
prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God,
which fear before him:
[13] But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong
his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
[14] There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just
men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there
be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I
said that this also is vanity.
[15] Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under
the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with
him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
[16] When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business
that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night
seeth sleep with his eyes:)
[17] Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the
work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out,
yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet
shall he not be able to find it.
[1] For all this I considered in my heart even to
declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the
hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
[2] All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him
that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the
sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
[3] This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of
evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to
the dead.
[4] For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a
living dog is better than a dead lion.
[5] For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is
forgotten.
[6] Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under
the sun.
[7] Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry
heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
[8] Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
[9] Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the
life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy
vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou
takest under the sun.
[10] Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there
is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou
goest.
[11] I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and
chance happeneth to them all.
[12] For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in
an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of
men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
[13] This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great
unto me:
[14] There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a
great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
[15] Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
[16] Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
[17] The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him
that ruleth among fools.
[18] Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth
much good.
[1] Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary
to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in
reputation for wisdom and honour.
[2] A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his
left.
[3] Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom
faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
[4] If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy
place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
[5] There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler:
[6] Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
[7] I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth.
[8] He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an
hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
[9] Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth
wood shall be endangered thereby.
[10] If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put
to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
[11] Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is
no better.
[12] The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a
fool will swallow up himself.
[13] The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end
of his talk is mischievous madness.
[14] A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and
what shall be after him, who can tell him?
[15] The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city.
[16] Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat
in the morning!
[17] Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and
thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
[18] By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of
the hands the house droppeth through.
[19] A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
[20] Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich
in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which
hath wings shall tell the matter.
[1] Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt
find it after many days.
[2] Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.
[3] If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:
and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where
the tree falleth, there it shall be.
[4] He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.
[5] As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones
do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the
works of God who maketh all.
[6] In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or
whether they both shall be alike good.
[7] Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
behold the sun:
[8] But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him
remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is
vanity.
[9] Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of
thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into
judgment.
[10] Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy
flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
[1] Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;
[2] While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
[3] In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few,
and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
[4] And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the
daughters of musick shall be brought low;
[5] Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears
shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper
shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home,
and the mourners go about the streets:
[6] Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
[7] Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
[8] Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
[9] And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the
people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many
proverbs.
[10] The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which
was written was upright, even words of truth.
[11] The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
[12] And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books
there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
[13] Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
[14] For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[1] The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
[2] Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better
than wine.
[3] Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment
poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
[4] Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his
chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more
than wine: the upright love thee.
[5] I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of
[6] Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked
upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of
the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
[7] Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou
makest thy flock to rest at
[8] If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by
the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
[9] I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's
chariots.
[10] Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of
gold.
[11] We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
[12] While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the
smell thereof.
[13] A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night
betwixt my breasts.
[14] My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of
En-gedi.
[15] Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast
doves' eyes.
[16] Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is
green.
[17] The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
[1] I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the
valleys.
[2] As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
[3] As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved
among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste.
[4] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was
love.
[5] Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
[6] His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
[7] I charge you, O ye daughters of
[8] The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills.
[9] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind
our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
[10] My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
[11] For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
[12] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds
is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
[13] The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[14] O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places
of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is
thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
[15] Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our
vines have tender grapes.
[16] My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
[17] Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,
and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
[1] By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
[2] I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the
broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him
not.
[3] The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye
him whom my soul loveth?
[4] It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my
soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into
my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
[5] I charge you, O ye daughters of
[6] Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
[7] Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about
it, of the valiant of
[8] They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword
upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
[9] King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of
[10] He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold,
the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the
daughters of
[11] Go forth, O ye daughters of
[1] Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art
fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats,
that appear from
[2] Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came
up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among
them.
[3] Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy
temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
[4] Thy neck is like the
[5] Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed
among the lilies.
[6] Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the
mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
[7] Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
[8] Come with me from
[9] Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
[10] How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy
love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
[11] Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are
under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of
[12] A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a
fountain sealed.
[13] Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;
camphire, with spikenard,
[14] Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of
frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
[15] A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
[16] Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and
eat his pleasant fruits.
[1] I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I
have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink
abundantly, O beloved.
[2] I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that
knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my
head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
[3] I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my
feet; how shall I defile them?
[4] My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels
were moved for him.
[5] I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh,
and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
[6] I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and
was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he gave me no answer.
[7] The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they
wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
[8] I charge you, O daughters of
[9] What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge
us?
[10] My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
[11] His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black
as a raven.
[12] His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed
with milk, and fitly set.
[13] His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like
lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
[14] His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as
bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
[15] His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
[16] His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
[1] Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among
women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
[2] My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to
feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
[3] I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the
lilies.
[4] Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners.
[5] Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is
as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
[6] Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,
whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
[7] As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
[8] There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins
without number.
[9] My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother,
she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed
her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
[10] Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,
clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
[11] I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the
valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
[12] Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib.
[13] Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon
thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
[1] How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's
daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a
cunning workman.
[2] Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy
belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
[3] Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
[4] Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which
looketh toward Damascus.
[5] Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like
purple; the king is held in the galleries.
[6] How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
[7] This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters
of grapes.
[8] I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the
boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the
smell of thy nose like apples;
[9] And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that
goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
[10] I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
[11] Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in
the villages.
[12] Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine
flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will I give thee my loves.
[13] The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of
pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
[1] O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the
breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea,
I should not be despised.
[2] I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would
instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my
pomegranate.
[3] His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should
embrace me.
[4] I charge you, O daughters of
[5] Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her
beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee
forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
[6] Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for
love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are
coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
[7] Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if
a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be
contemned.
[8] We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do
for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
[9] If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if
she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
[10] I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as
one that found favour.
[11] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of
silver.
[12] My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must
have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
[13] Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy
voice: cause me to hear it.
[14] Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young
hart upon the mountains of spices.
[1] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
[2] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I
have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
[3] The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but
[4] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,
children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked
the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
[5] Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more:
the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
[6] From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness
in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been
closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
[7] Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your
land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown
by strangers.
[8] And the daughter of
[9] Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we
should have been as
[10] Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of
[11] To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith
the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
[12] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts?
[13] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;
the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it
is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
[14] Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a
trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
[15] And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from
you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of
blood.
[16] Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
[17] Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
[18] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
[19] If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
[20] But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
[21] How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
[22] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
[23] Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one
loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,
neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
[24] Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of
Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
[25] And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross,
and take away all thy tin:
[26] And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers
as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness,
the faithful city.
[27]
[28] And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall
be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
[29] For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye
shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
[30] For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that
hath no water.
[31] And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and
they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
[1] the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
concerning
[2] And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
[3] And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the
law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
[4] And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.
[5] O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
[6] Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because
they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
[7] Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end
of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end
of their chariots:
[8] Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made:
[9] And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself:
therefore forgive them not.
[10] Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the
LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
[11] The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
[12] For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is
proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought
low:
[13] And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,
and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
[14] And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are
lifted up,
[15] And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
[16] And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
[17] And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness
of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
[18] And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
[19] And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves
of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
[20] In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of
gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the
bats;
[21] To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged
rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth
to shake terribly the earth.
[22] Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is
he to be accounted of?
[1] For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take
away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of
bread, and the whole stay of water,
[2] The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and
the prudent, and the ancient,
[3] The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller,
and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
[4] And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
[5] And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every
one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the
ancient, and the base against the honourable.
[6] When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his
father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be
under thy hand:
[7] In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in
my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
[8] For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue
and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
[9] The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they
declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they
have rewarded evil unto themselves.
[10] Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they
shall eat the fruit of their doings.
[11] Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of
his hands shall be given him.
[12] As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule
over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the
way of thy paths.
[13] The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
[14] The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people,
and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the
poor is in your houses.
[15] What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces
of the poor? saith the LORD GOD of hosts.
[16] Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
[17] Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of
the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
[18] In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling
ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the
moon,
[19] The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
[20] The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and
the tablets, and the earrings,
[21] The rings, and nose jewels,
[22] The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins,
[23] The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
[24] And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall
be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning
instead of beauty.
[25] Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
[26] And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall
sit upon the ground.
[1] And in that day seven women shall take hold of
one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let
us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
[2] In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are
escaped of Israel.
[3] And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written
among the living in Jerusalem:
[4] When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of
Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by
the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
[5] And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,
and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming
fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
[6] And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the
heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
[1] Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my
beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very
fruitful hill:
[2] And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted
it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made
a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it
brought forth wild grapes.
[3] And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray
you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
[4] What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done
in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it
forth wild grapes?
[5] And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will
take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall
thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
[6] And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but
there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it.
[7] For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and
the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold
oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
[8] Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,
till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the
earth!
[9] In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be
desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
[10] Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an
homer shall yield an ephah.
[11] Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
[12] And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in
their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the
operation of his hands.
[13] Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up
with thirst.
[14] Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that
rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
[15] And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
[16] But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is
holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
[17] Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places
of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
[18] Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as
it were with a cart rope:
[19] That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see
it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we
may know it!
[20] Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness
for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!
[21] Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their
own sight!
[22] Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drink:
[23] Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him!
[24] Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame
consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom
shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts,
and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
[25] Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and
he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the
hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[26] And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will
hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with
speed swiftly:
[27] None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor
sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of
their shoes be broken:
[28] Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses'
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
[29] Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young
lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away
safe, and none shall deliver it.
[30] And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of
the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the
light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
[1] In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
temple.
[2] Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did
fly.
[3] And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD
of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
[4] And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and
the house was filled with smoke.
[5] Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine
eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
[6] Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his
hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
[7] And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy
lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
[8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and
who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
[9] And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
[10] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and
shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
[11] Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly
desolate,
[12] And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great
forsaking in the midst of the land.
[13] But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be
eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they
cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son
of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war
against it, but could not prevail against it.
[2] And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate
with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
[3] Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and
Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway
of the fuller's field;
[4] And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce
anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
[5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil
counsel against thee, saying,
[6] Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach
therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
[7] Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come
to pass.
[8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is
Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be
not a people.
[9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is
Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
[10] Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
[11] Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or
in the height above.
[12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
[13] And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for
you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
[15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
[16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the
good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
[17] The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy
father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed
from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
[18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for
the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee
that is in the land of Assyria.
[19] And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate
valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all
bushes.
[20] In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired,
namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the
hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a
young cow, and two sheep;
[22] And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they
shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that
is left in the land.
[23] And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,
where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be
for briers and thorns.
[24] With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the
land shall become briers and thorns.
[25] And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending
forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
[1] Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great
roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[2] And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
[3] And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son.
Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[4] For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my
mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away
before the king of Assyria.
[5] The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
[6] Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go
softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
[7] Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of
the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he
shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
[8] And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he
shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill
the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
[9] Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken
in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
[10] Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word,
and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
[11] For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me
that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
[12] Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall
say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
[13] Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and
let him be your dread.
[14] And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and
for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[15] And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be
snared, and be taken.
[16] Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
[17] And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house
of Jacob, and I will look for him.
[18] Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for
signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount
Zion.
[19] And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek
unto their God? for the living to the dead?
[20] To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.
[21] And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it
shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves,
and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
[22] And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and
darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
[1] Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was
in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and
the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way
of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
[2] The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
[3] Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy
before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they
divide the spoil.
[4] For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
[5] For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
[6] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
[7] Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish
it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform this.
[8] The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
[9] And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
[10] The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the
sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
[11] Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against
him, and join his enemies together;
[12] The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall
devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still.
[13] For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do
they seek the LORD of hosts.
[14] Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch
and rush, in one day.
[15] The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that
teacheth lies, he is the tail.
[16] For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are
led of them are destroyed.
[17] Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite
and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not
turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[18] For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and
thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up
like the lifting up of smoke.
[19] Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and
the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
[20] And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall
eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man
the flesh of his own arm:
[21] Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall
be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
[1] Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,
and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
[2] To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right
from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may
rob the fatherless!
[3] And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye
leave your glory?
[4] Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall
fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand
is stretched out still.
[5] O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is
mine indignation.
[6] I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the
people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the
prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
[7] Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it
is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
[8] For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
[9] Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria
as Damascus?
[10] As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven
images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
[11] Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to
Jerusalem and her idols?
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the
stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
[13] For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
[14] And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as
one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was
none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
[15] Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or
shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should
shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up
itself, as if it were no wood.
[16] Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat
ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning
of a fire.
[17] And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a
flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
[18] And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful
field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
[19] And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child
may write them.
[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel,
and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon
him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in
truth.
[21] The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the
mighty God.
[22] For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness.
[23] For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined,
in the midst of all the land.
[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a
rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
[25] For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and
mine anger in their destruction.
[26] And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to
the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea,
so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
[27] And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be
taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
[28] He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath
laid up his carriages:
[29] They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at
Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
[30] Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto
Laish, O poor Anathoth.
[31] Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to
flee.
[32] As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand
against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
[33] Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with
terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall
be humbled.
[34] And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
[1] And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem
of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
[2] And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the LORD;
[3] And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD:
and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the
hearing of his ears:
[4] But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
[5] And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
[6] The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
and a little child shall lead them.
[7] And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
[8] And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
[9] They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
[10] And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand
for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall
be glorious.
[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his
hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be
left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from
Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
[12] And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble
the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the
four corners of the earth.
[13] The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex
Ephraim.
[14] But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the
west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand
upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
[15] And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
[16] And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came
up out of the land of Egypt.
[1] And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will
praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and
thou comfortedst me.
[2] Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for
the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
[3] Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.
[4] And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name,
declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
[5] Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known
in all the earth.
[6] Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy
One of Israel in the midst of thee.
[1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of
Amoz did see.
[2] Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto
them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
[3] I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty
ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
[4] The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great
people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the
LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
[5] They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD,
and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
[6] Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
[7] Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall
melt:
[8] And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at
another; their faces shall be as flames.
[9] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce
anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out
of it.
[10] For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not
give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to shine.
[11] And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
[12] I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir.
[13] Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out
of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce
anger.
[14] And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man
taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into
his own land.
[15] Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that
is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
[16] Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
[17] Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not
regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
[18] Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall
have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
[19] And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
[20] It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither
shall the shepherds make their fold there.
[21] But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses
shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs
shall dance there.
[22] And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate
houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come,
and her days shall not be prolonged.
[1] For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will
yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be
joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
[2] And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and
the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and
handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and
they shall rule over their oppressors.
[3] And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee
rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou
wast made to serve,
[4] That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,
and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
[5] The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the
rulers.
[6] He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that
ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
[7] The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into
singing.
[8] Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,
saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
[9] Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it
stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath
raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
[10] All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak
as we? art thou become like unto us?
[11] Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
[12] How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how
art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
[13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I
will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of
the congregation, in the sides of the north:
[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the
most High.
[15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
[16] They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider
thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake
kingdoms;
[17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
[18] All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every
one in his own house.
[19] But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and
as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go
down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
[20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be
renowned.
[21] Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their
fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the
world with cities.
[22] For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut
off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
[23] I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of
water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[24] The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so
shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
[25] That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains
tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden
depart from off their shoulders.
[26] This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this
is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
[27] For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and
his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
[28] In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
[29] Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that
smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a
cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
[30] And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie
down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy
remnant.
[31] Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved:
for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his
appointed times.
[32] What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the
LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
[1] The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of
Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is
laid waste, and brought to silence;
[2] He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep:
Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be
baldness, and every beard cut off.
[3] In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the
tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping
abundantly.
[4] And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even
unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall
be grievous unto him.
[5] My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,
an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping
shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of
destruction.
[6] For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered
away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
[7] Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have
laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
[8] For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling
thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
[9] For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring
more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of
the land.
[1] Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from
Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
[2] For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so
the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
[3] Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the
midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
[4] Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them
from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler
ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
[5] And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon
it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and
hasting righteousness.
[6] We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
[7] Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the
foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
[8] For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the
lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are
come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are
stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
[9] Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of
Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the
shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
[10] And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and
in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting:
the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their
vintage shouting to cease.
[11] Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine
inward parts for Kir-haresh.
[12] And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on
the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not
prevail.
[13] This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since
that time.
[14] But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the
years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that
great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
[1] The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken
away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
[2] The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which
shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
[3] The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children
of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall
be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
[5] And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and
reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the
valley of Rephaim.
[6] Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive
tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in
the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
[7] At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have
respect to the Holy One of Israel.
[8] And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither
shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the
images.
[9] In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an
uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there
shall be desolation.
[10] Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not
been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
[11] In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning
shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the
day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
[12] Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the
noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the
rushing of mighty waters!
[13] The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God
shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the
chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the
whirlwind.
[14] And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is
not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob
us.
[1] Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
[2] That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out
and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
[3] All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye,
when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet,
hear ye.
[4] For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will
consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of
dew in the heat of harvest.
[5] For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape
is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks,
and take away and cut down the branches.
[6] They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to
the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the
beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
[7] In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of
a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have
spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
[1] The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon
a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved
at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
[2] And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall
fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city
against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
[3] And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will
destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the
charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
[4] And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord;
and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
[5] And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be
wasted and dried up.
[6] And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence
shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
[7] The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every
thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
[8] The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the
brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
[9] Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks,
shall be confounded.
[10] And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make
sluices and ponds for fish.
[11] Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise
counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son
of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
[12] Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now,
and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
[13] The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are
deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the
tribes thereof.
[14] The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and
they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man
staggereth in his vomit.
[15] Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,
branch or rush, may do.
[16] In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid
and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he
shaketh over it.
[17] And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that
maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of
the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
[18] In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the
language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The
city of destruction.
[19] In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
[20] And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts
in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors,
and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
[21] And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know
the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow
a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
[22] And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and
they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and
shall heal them.
[23] In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and
the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the
Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
[24] In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the land:
[25] Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my
people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
[1] In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when
Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
[2] At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying,
Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy
foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
[3] And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and
barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
[4] So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and
the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their
buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
[5] And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation,
and of Egypt their glory.
[6] And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such
is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of
Assyria: and how shall we escape?
[1] The burden of the desert of the sea. As
whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a
terrible land.
[2] A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer
dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
[3] Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon
me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of
it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
[4] My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
hath he turned into fear unto me.
[5] Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye
princes, and anoint the shield.
[6] For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth.
[7] And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,
and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
[8] And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the
watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
[9] And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
[10] O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard
of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
[11] The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what
of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
[12] The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye
will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
[13] The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O
ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
[14] The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was
thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
[15] For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the
bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
[16] For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to
the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
[17] And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken
it.
[1] The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth
thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
[2] Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy
slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
[3] All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all
that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
[4] Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour
not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
[5] For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity
by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and
of crying to the mountains.
[6] And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
[7] And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full
of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
[8] And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that
day to the armour of the house of the forest.
[9] Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
[10] And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have
ye broken down to fortify the wall.
[11] Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old
pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto
him that fashioned it long ago.
[12] And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
[13] And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep,
eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall
die.
[14] And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this
iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer,
even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
[16] What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed
thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and
that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
[17] Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and
will surely cover thee.
[18] He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a
large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall
be the shame of thy lord's house.
[19] And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he
pull thee down.
[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
[21] And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy
girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a
father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
[22] And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so
he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
[23] And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious throne to his father's house.
[24] And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house,
the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of
cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
[25] In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is
fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the
burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
[1] The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish;
for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land
of Chittim it is revealed to them.
[2] Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of
Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
[3] And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is
her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
[4] Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength
of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I
nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
[5] As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at
the report of Tyre.
[6] Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
[7] Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her
own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
[8] Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
[9] The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory,
and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
[10] Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is
no more strength.
[11] He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the
LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong
holds thereof.
[12] And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no
rest.
[13] Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the
Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the
towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
[14] Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
[15] And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten
seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy
years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
[16] Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been
forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
[17] And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the
LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit
fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
[18] And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it
shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that
dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
[1] Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and
maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof.
[2] And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with
the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as
with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
[3] The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD
hath spoken this word.
[4] The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth
away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
[5] The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting
covenant.
[6] Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell
therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and
few men left.
[7] The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do
sigh.
[8] The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
the joy of the harp ceaseth.
[9] They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter
to them that drink it.
[10] The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that
no man may come in.
[11] There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the
mirth of the land is gone.
[12] In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.
[13] When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when
the vintage is done.
[14] They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of
the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
[15] Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the
LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
[16] From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even
glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the
treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have
dealt very treacherously.
[17] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of
the earth.
[18] And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit
shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the
foundations of the earth do shake.
[19] The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly.
[20] The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be
removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish
the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth.
[22] And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in
the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be
visited.
[23] Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the
LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously.
[1] O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I
will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old
are faithfulness and truth.
[2] For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
[3] Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the
terrible nations shall fear thee.
[4] For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy
in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the
blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
[5] Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry
place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible
ones shall be brought low.
[6] And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a
feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
[7] And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
[8] He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from
off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
[9] And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
[10] For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab
shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the
dunghill.
[11] And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their
pride together with the spoils of their hands.
[12] And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
[1] In that day shall this song be sung in the land
of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and
bulwarks.
[2] Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth
may enter in.
[3] Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
[4] Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength:
[5] For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he
layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the
dust.
[6] The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
[7] The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh
the path of the just.
[8] Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee;
the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
[9] With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the
inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
[10] Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not
behold the majesty of the LORD.
[11] LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall
see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine
enemies shall devour them.
[12] LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all
our works in us.
[13] O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us:
but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
[14] They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall
not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their
memory to perish.
[15] Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the
nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the
earth.
[16] LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer
when thy chastening was upon them.
[17] Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy
sight, O LORD.
[18] We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were
brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither
have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
[19] Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of
herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
[20] Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors
about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation
be overpast.
[21] For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her
blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
[1] In that day the LORD with his sore and great and
strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that
crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
[2] In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
[3] I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt
it, I will keep it night and day.
[4] Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in
battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
[5] Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me;
and he shall make peace with me.
[6] He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall
blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
[7] Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he
slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
[8] In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he
stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
[9] By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is
all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar
as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand
up.
[10] Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation
forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there
shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
[11] When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the
women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding:
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed
them will shew them no favour.
[12] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off
from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be
gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall
be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of
Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in
the holy mount at Jerusalem.
[1] Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the
fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
[2] Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of
hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall
cast down to the earth with the hand.
[3] The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under
feet:
[4] And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley,
shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when
he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
[5] In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for
a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
[6] And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and
for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
[7] But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are
out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,
they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink;
they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
[8] For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no
place clean.
[9] Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
[10] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon
line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
[11] For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this
people.
[12] To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary
to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
[13] But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there
a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and
taken.
[14] Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule
this people which is in Jerusalem.
[15] Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with
hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it
shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood
have we hid ourselves:
[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste.
[17] Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall
overflow the hiding place.
[18] And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your
agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass
through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
[19] From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by
morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation
only to understand the report.
[20] For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it:
and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
[21] For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth
as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and
bring to pass his act, his strange act.
[22] Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:
for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon
the whole earth.
[23] Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
[24] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the
clods of his ground?
[25] When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the
appointed barley and rie in their place?
[26] For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
[27] For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,
neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are
beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
[28] Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it,
nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
[29] This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful
in counsel, and excellent in working.
[1] Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
[2] Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow:
and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
[3] And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
[4] And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground,
and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one
that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper
out of the dust.
[5] Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,
and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
[6] Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring
fire.
[7] And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even
all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as
a dream of a night vision.
[8] It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he
eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth,
and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his
soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight
against mount Zion.
[9] Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
[10] For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and
hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
[11] And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book
that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I
pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
[12] And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
[13] Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far
from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
[14] Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among
this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
[15] Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD,
and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth
us?
[16] Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall
the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
[17] Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
[18] And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
[19] The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
[20] For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is
consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
[21] That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him
that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
[22] Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the
house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax
pale.
[23] But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the
midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
and shall fear the God of Israel.
[24] They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and
they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
[1] Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD,
that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my
spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
[2] That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to
strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of
Egypt!
[3] Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust
in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
[4] For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
[5] They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be
an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
[6] The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and
anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying
serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and
their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit
them.
[7] For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore
have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
[8] Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that
it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
[9] That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will
not hear the law of the LORD:
[10] Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not
unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
[11] Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy
One of Israel to cease from before us.
[12] Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise
this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
[13] Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,
swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
[14] And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that
is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in
the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water
withal out of the pit.
[15] For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning
and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your
strength: and ye would not.
[16] But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye
flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be
swift.
[17] One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five
shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as
an ensign on an hill.
[18] And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD
is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
[19] For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no
more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall
hear it, he will answer thee.
[20] And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water
of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more,
but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
[21] And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the
way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the
left.
[22] Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver,
and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a
menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
[23] Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the
ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and
plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
[24] The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat
clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
[25] And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high
hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the
towers fall.
[26] Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,
and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the
day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke
of their wound.
[27] Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his
anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and
his tongue as a devouring fire:
[28] And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst
of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a
bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
[29] Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is
kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the
mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
[30] And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall
shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with
the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
[31] For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten
down, which smote with a rod.
[32] And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the
LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of
shaking will he fight with it.
[33] For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he
hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath
of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
[1] Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and
stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen,
because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,
neither seek the LORD!
[2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his
words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help
of them that work iniquity.
[3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and
not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth
shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail
together.
[4] For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the
young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth
against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the
noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion,
and for the hill thereof.
[5] As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;
defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
[6] Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply
revolted.
[7] For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and
his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
[8] Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;
and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the
sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
[9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his
furnace in Jerusalem.
[1] Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and
princes shall rule in judgment.
[2] And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert
from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land.
[3] And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them
that hear shall hearken.
[4] The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the
tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
[5] The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said
to be bountiful.
[6] For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make
empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to
fail.
[7] The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked
devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh
right.
[8] But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall
he stand.
[9] Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless
daughters; give ear unto my speech.
[10] Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for
the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
[11] Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:
strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
[12] They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the
fruitful vine.
[13] Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea,
upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
[14] Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city
shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild
asses, a pasture of flocks;
[15] Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness
be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
[16] Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness
remain in the fruitful field.
[17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
[18] And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
[19] When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall
be low in a low place.
[20] Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither
the feet of the ox and the ass.
[1] Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not
spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make
an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
[2] O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their
arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
[3] At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of
thyself the nations were scattered.
[4] And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the
caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
[5] The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion
with judgment and righteousness.
[6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and
strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
[7] Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of
peace shall weep bitterly.
[8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken
the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
[9] The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn
down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their
fruits.
[10] Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I
lift up myself.
[11] Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath,
as fire, shall devour you.
[12] And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up
shall they be burned in the fire.
[13] Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
[14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us
shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
[15] He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes
from seeing evil;
[16] He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions
of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
[17] Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the
land that is very far off.
[18] Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is
the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
[19] Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech
than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not
understand.
[20] Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not
one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords
thereof be broken.
[21] But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers
and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship
pass thereby.
[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is
our king; he will save us.
[23] Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their
mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil
divided; the lame take the prey.
[24] And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
[1] Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye
people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things
that come forth of it.
[2] For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury
upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them
to the slaughter.
[3] Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up
out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
[4] And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall
be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf
falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
[5] For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down
upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
[6] The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with
fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of
rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the
land of Idumea.
[7] And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with
the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat
with fatness.
[8] For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of
recompences for the controversy of Zion.
[9] And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust
thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
[10] It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go
up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass
through it for ever and ever.
[11] But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also
and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of
confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
[12] They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall
be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
[13] And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in
the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court
for owls.
[14] The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts
of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also
shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
[15] There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and
gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one
with her mate.
[16] Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these
shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his
spirit it hath gathered them.
[17] And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it
unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to
generation shall they dwell therein.
[1] The wilderness and the solitary place shall be
glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
[2] It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing:
the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and
Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
[3] Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
[4] Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will
come and save you.
[5] Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
[6] Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
[7] And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass
with reeds and rushes.
[8] And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The
way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those:
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
[9] No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
[10] And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
[1] Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the
defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
[2] And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto
king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool
in the highway of the fuller's field.
[3] Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the
house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
[4] And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
[5] I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
[6] Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt;
whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
[7] But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he,
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah
and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
[8] Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria,
and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set
riders upon them.
[9] How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[10] And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy
it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[11] Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak
not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the
wall.
[12] But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to
thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the
wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
[13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
[14] Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you.
[15] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD
will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the
king of Assyria.
[16] Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of
his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of
his own cistern;
[17] Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land
of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver
us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of
the king of Assyria?
[19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[20] Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my
hand?
[21] But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the
king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
[22] Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
[1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the LORD.
[2] And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
[3] And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
[4] It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will
reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy
prayer for the remnant that is left.
[5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[6] And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus
saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the
servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
[7] Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,
and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his
own land.
[8] So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
[9] And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come
forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying,
[10] Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy
God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[11] Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all
lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were
in Telassar?
[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king
of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
[14] And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers,
and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it
before the LORD.
[15] And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
[16] O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the
cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth:
thou hast made heaven and earth.
[17] Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and
see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the
living God.
[18] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations,
and their countries,
[19] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but
the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
[20] Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
[21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king
of Assyria:
[22] This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
[23] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast
thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
[24] By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By
the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to
the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the
choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and
the forest of his Carmel.
[25] I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I
dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
[26] Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient
times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou
shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
[27] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed
and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as
the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
[28] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
[29] Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine
ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and
I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
[30] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as
groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in
the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit
thereof.
[31] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
[32] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
[33] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with
shields, nor cast a bank against it.
[34] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
[35] For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for
my servant David's sake.
[36] Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the
Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early
in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
[37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
[38] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and
they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his
stead.
[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the
LORD,
[3] And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good
in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
[4] Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
[5] Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy
father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto
thy days fifteen years.
[6] And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria: and I will defend this city.
[7] And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will
do this thing that he hath spoken;
[8] Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone
down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten
degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
[9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and
was recovered of his sickness:
[10] I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of
the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
[11] I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the
living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
[12] Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent:
I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness:
from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
[13] I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my
bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
[14] Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove:
mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
[15] What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath
done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
[16] O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the
life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
[17] Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to
my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
[18] For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
[19] The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the
father to the children shall make known thy truth.
[20] The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to
the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
[21] For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a
plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
[22] Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the
house of the LORD?
[1] At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had
heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
[2] And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious
ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his
treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
[3] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,
What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
[4] Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures that I have not shewed them.
[5] Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
[6] Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
[7] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
[8] Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my
days.
[1] Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
[2] Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her
warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received
of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
[3] The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
[4] Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be
made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
[5] And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
[6] The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is
grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
[7] The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the
LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
[8] The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God
shall stand for ever.
[9] O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high
mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with
strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your
God!
[10] Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall
rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
[11] He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs
with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are
with young.
[12] Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted
out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
[13] Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counseller
hath taught him?
[14] With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him
in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of
understanding?
[15] Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little
thing.
[16] And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof
sufficient for a burnt offering.
[17] All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him
less than nothing, and vanity.
[18] To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare
unto him?
[19] The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it
over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
[20] He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree
that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven
image, that shall not be moved.
[21] Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you
from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
[22] It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a
curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
[23] That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the
earth as vanity.
[24] Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea,
their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them,
and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
[25] To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy
One.
[26] Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these
things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by
the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
[27] Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
[28] Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?
there is no searching of his understanding.
[29] He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength.
[30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall:
[31] But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and not faint.
[1] Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the
people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us
come near together to judgment.
[2] Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them
as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
[3] He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not
gone with his feet.
[4] Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the
beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
[5] The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid,
drew near, and came.
[6] They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his
brother, Be of good courage.
[7] So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth
with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering:
and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
[8] But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed
of Abraham my friend.
[9] Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee
from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have
chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
[10] Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of my righteousness.
[11] Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed
and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall
perish.
[12] Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a
thing of nought.
[13] For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee,
Fear not; I will help thee.
[14] Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,
saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
[15] Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having
teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the
hills as chaff.
[16] Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the
whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt
glory in the Holy One of Israel.
[17] When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will
not forsake them.
[18] I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of
the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water.
[19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine,
and the box tree together:
[20] That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together,
that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath
created it.
[21] Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong
reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
[22] Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them
shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the
latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
[23] Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that
ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it
together.
[24] Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination
is he that chooseth you.
[25] I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the
rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as
upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
[26] Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and
beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth,
yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
[27] The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give
to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
[28] 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.
[29] Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten
images are wind and confusion.
[1] Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles.
[2] He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in
the street.
[3] A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
[4] He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in
the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
[5] Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched
them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he
that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk
therein:
[6] I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine
hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles;
[7] To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
[8] I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to graven images.
[9] Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
[10] Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the
earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the
inhabitants thereof.
[11] Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the
villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let
them shout from the top of the mountains.
[12] Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the
islands.
[13] The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy
like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his
enemies.
[14] I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained
myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at
once.
[15] I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs;
and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
[16] And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead
them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake
them.
[17] They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that
trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
[18] Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
[19] Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?
[20] Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but
he heareth not.
[21] The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will
magnify the law, and make it honourable.
[22] But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them
snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and
none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
[23] Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for
the time to come?
[24] Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the
LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways,
neither were they obedient unto his law.
[25] Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the
strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not;
and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
[1] But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O
Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
[2] When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
[3] For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I
gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
[4] Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and
I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
[5] Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west;
[6] I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back:
bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
[7] Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for
my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
[8] Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have
ears.
[9] Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be
assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them
bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and
say, It is truth.
[10] Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have
chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me
there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
[11] I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
[12] I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was
no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I
am God.
[13] Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver
out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
[14] Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For
your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and
the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
[15] I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
[16] Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in
the mighty waters;
[17] Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power;
they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are
quenched as tow.
[18] Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of
old.
[19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye
not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the
desert.
[20] The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls:
because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give
drink to my people, my chosen.
[21] This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my
praise.
[22] But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary
of me, O Israel.
[23] Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;
neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to
serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
[24] Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou
filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with
thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
[25] I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own
sake, and will not remember thy sins.
[26] Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that
thou mayest be justified.
[27] Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed
against me.
[28] Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
[1] Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel,
whom I have chosen:
[2] Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I
have chosen.
[3] For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the
dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring:
[4] And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water
courses.
[5] One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by
the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and
surname himself by the name of Israel.
[6] Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of
hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
[7] And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order
for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming,
and shall come, let them shew unto them.
[8] Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea,
there is no God; I know not any.
[9] They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their
delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see
not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
[10] Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable
for nothing?
[11] Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are
of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall
fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
[12] The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth
it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is
hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
[13] The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a
line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and
maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it
may remain in the house.
[14] He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth
an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
[15] Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and
warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and
worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
[16] He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth
flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith,
Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
[17] And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he
falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,
Deliver me; for thou art my god.
[18] They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes,
that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
[19] And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor
understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have
baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and
shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock
of a tree?
[20] He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that
he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
[21] Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have
formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
[22] I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a
cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
[23] Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower
parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in
Israel.
[24] Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the
womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens
alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
[25] That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;
that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
[26] That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel
of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the
cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places
thereof:
[27] That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
[28] That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my
pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
[1] Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose
the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
shall not be shut;
[2] I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
[3] And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of
secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy
name, am the God of Israel.
[4] For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even
called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
[5] I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I
girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
[6] That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,
that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
[7] I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create
evil: I the LORD do all these things.
[8] Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down
righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let
righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
[9] Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive
with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it,
What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
[10] Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
[11] Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me
of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands
command ye me.
[12] I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands,
have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
[13] I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his
ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price
nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
[14] Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of
Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and
they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come
over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto
thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
[15] Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the
Saviour.
[16] They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall
go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
[17] But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting
salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
[18] For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in
vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
[19] I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said
not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
[20] Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are
escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their
graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
[21] Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together:
who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have
not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour;
there is none beside me.
[22] Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else.
[23] I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue
shall swear.
[24] Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and
strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him
shall be ashamed.
[25] In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall
glory.
[1] Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were
upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they
are a burden to the weary beast.
[2] They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the
burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
[3] Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house
of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the
womb:
[4] And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry
you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
[5] To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we
may be like?
[6] They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance,
and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they
worship.
[7] They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his
place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry
unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
[8] Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye
transgressors.
[9] Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me,
[10] Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the
things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all
my pleasure:
[11] Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to
pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
[12] Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
[13] I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my
salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my
glory.
[1] Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter
of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans:
for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
[2] Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare
the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
[3] Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I
will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
[4] As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of
Israel.
[5] Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the
Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
[6] I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and
given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient
hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
[7] And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not
lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
[8] Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that
dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me;
I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
[9] But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the
loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection
for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine
enchantments.
[10] For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in
thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
[11] Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from
whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to
put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not
know.
[12] Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be
able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
[13] Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the
astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save
thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
[14] Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they
shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a
coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
[15] Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy
merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none
shall save thee.
[1] Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called
by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which
swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not
in truth, nor in righteousness.
[2] For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon
the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
[3] I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went
forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to
pass.
[4] Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron
sinew, and thy brow brass;
[5] I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came
to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them,
and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
[6] Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have
shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not
know them.
[7] They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the
day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
[8] Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time
that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very
treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
[9] For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
[10] Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen
thee in the furnace of affliction.
[11] For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how
should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
[12] Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the
first, I also am the last.
[13] Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right
hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
[14] All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath
declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
[15] I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous.
[16] Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord
GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
[17] Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the
LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that
thou shouldest go.
[18] O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace
been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
[19] Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels
like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed
from before me.
[20] Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye,
The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
[21] And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he
caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and
the waters gushed out.
[22] There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
[1] Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people,
from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother
hath he made mention of my name.
[2] And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his
hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid
me;
[3] And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
[4] Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for
nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with
my God.
[5] And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his
servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall
I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
[6] And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will
also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation
unto the end of the earth.
[7] Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to
him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of
rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the
LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
[8] Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in
a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee
for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the
desolate heritages;
[9] That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures
shall be in all high places.
[10] They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun
smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs
of water shall he guide them.
[11] And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be
exalted.
[12] Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north
and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
[13] Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have
mercy upon his afflicted.
[14] But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath
forgotten me.
[15] Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget
thee.
[16] Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls
are continually before me.
[17] Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made
thee waste shall go forth of thee.
[18] Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt
surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee,
as a bride doeth.
[19] For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy
destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and
they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
[20] The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,
shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me
that I may dwell.
[21] Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,
seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and
fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had
they been?
[22] Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons
in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
[23] And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy
nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth,
and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for
they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
[24] Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive
delivered?
[25] But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend
with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
[26] And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and
they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall
know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
[1] Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your
mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to
whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and
for your transgressions is your mother put away.
[2] Wherfore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there
none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I
no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a
wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for
thirst.
[3] I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their
covering.
[4] The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should
know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by
morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
[5] The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back.
[6] I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
[7] For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed.
[8] He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us
stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
[9] Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me?
lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
[10] Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of
his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the
name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
[11] Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about
with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
[1] Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness,
ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole
of the pit whence ye are digged.
[2] Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I
called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
[3] For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the
garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and
the voice of melody.
[4] Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of
the people.
[5] My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms
shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall
they trust.
[6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath:
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like
a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my
salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
[7] Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose
heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their
revilings.
[8] For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall
eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation
from generation to generation.
[9] Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the
ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab,
and wounded the dragon?
[10] Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great
deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
[11] Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall
obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
[12] I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall
be made as grass;
[13] And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the
heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually
every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
and where is the fury of the oppressor?
[14] The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he
should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
[15] But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves
roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
[16] And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in
the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations
of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
[17] Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand
of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of
trembling, and wrung them out.
[18] There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought
forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that
she hath brought up.
[19] These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee?
desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I
comfort thee?
[20] Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as
a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy
God.
[21] Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
[22] Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause
of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling,
even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
[23] But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which
have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy
body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
[1] Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on
thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall
no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
[2] Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose
thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
[3] For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye
shall be redeemed without money.
[4] For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into
Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
[5] Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is
taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the
LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
[6] Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in
that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
[7] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
[8] Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall
they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
[9] Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem:
for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
[10] The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the
nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
[11] Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean
thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the
LORD.
[12] For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD
will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
[13] Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and
extolled, and be very high.
[14] As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than
any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
[15] So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their
mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that
which they had not heard shall they consider.
[1] Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the
arm of the LORD revealed?
[2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed.
[6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth:
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is
dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
[8] He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare
his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people was he stricken.
[9] And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
[10] Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he
shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
[11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by
his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their
iniquities.
[12] Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto
death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
[1] Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break
forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for
more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,
saith the LORD.
[2] Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the
curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen
thy stakes;
[3] For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and
thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be
inhabited.
[4] Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded;
for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy
youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
[5] For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and
thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be
called.
[6] For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in
spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
[7] For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will
I gather thee.
[8] In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
[9] For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I
would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
[10] For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
[11] O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
[12] And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
[13] And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall
be the peace of thy children.
[14] In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from
oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come
near thee.
[15] Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
[16] Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the
fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created
the waster to destroy.
[17] No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith
the LORD.
[1] Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine
and milk without money and without price.
[2] Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your
labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
[3] Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of
David.
[4] Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people.
[5] Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the
Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
[6] Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is
near:
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways, saith the LORD.
[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher
than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
[10] For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and
bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
[11] So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
[12] For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the
mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands.
[13] Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
[1] Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do
justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
[2] Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand
from doing any evil.
[3] Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the
LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people:
neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
[4] For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and
choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
[5] Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place
and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
[6] Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
[7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in
my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be
accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for
all people.
[8] The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will
I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
[9] All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in
the forest.
[10] His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb
dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
[11] Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for
his gain, from his quarter.
[12] Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves
with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
[1] The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to
heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come.
[2] He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.
[3] But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the
adulterer and the whore.
[4] Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide
mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of
falsehood,
[5] Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the
children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
[6] Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a
meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
[7] Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither
wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
[8] Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone
up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou
lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
[9] And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy
perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even
unto hell.
[10] Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not,
There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast
not grieved.
[11] And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,
and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace
even of old, and thou fearest me not?
[12] I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not
profit thee.
[13] When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind
shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his
trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
[14] And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the
stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
[15] For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is
of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones.
[16] For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth:
for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
[17] For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I
hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
[18] I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and
restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
[19] I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far
off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
[20] But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
[21] There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
[1] Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a
trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins.
[2] Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation
that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of
me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
[3] Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore
have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of
your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
[4] Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard
on high.
[5] Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his
soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and
ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
[6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke?
[7] Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
[8] Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the
glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
[9] Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and
he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the
putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
[10] And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as
the noonday:
[11] And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
[12] And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
[13] If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,
honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine
own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
[14] Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee
to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of
Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
[1] Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
[2] But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
[3] For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
[4] None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in
vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
[5] They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that
eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a
viper.
[6] Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover
themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of
violence is in their hands.
[7] Their feet run to evil, and they make hast to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their
paths.
[8] The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their
goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not
know peace.
[9] Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us:
we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in
darkness.
[10] We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no
eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead
men.
[11] We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for
judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
[12] For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins
testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our
iniquities, we know them;
[13] In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away
from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the
heart words of falsehood.
[14] And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar
off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
[15] Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself
a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
[16] And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his
righteousness, it sustained him.
[17] For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of
salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
[18] According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay
recompence.
[19] So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
[20] And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
[21] As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit
that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart
out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy
seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
[1] Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the
glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
[2] For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness
the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee.
[3] And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the
brightness of thy rising.
[4] Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves
together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters
shall be nursed at thy side.
[5] Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,
the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
[6] The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian
and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense;
and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
[7] All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the
rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance
on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
[8] Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
[9] Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the
name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath
glorified thee.
[10] And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings
shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I
had mercy on thee.
[11] Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be
shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles,
and that their kings may be brought.
[12] For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;
yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
[13] The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine
tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will
make the place of my feet glorious.
[14] The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto
thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of
thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy
One of Israel.
[15] Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went
through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
[16] Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the
breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
[17] For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and
for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and
thine exactors righteousness.
[18] Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor
destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy
gates Praise.
[19] The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
[20] Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw
itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy
mourning shall be ended.
[21] Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land
for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be
glorified.
[22] A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong
nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
[1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because
the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me
to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
opening of the prison to them that are bound;
[2] To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
[3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
the LORD, that he might be glorified.
[4] And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many
generations.
[5] And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the
alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
[6] But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you
the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their
glory shall ye boast yourselves.
[7] For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the
double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
[8] For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and
I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with
them.
[9] And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their
offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they
are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
[10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my
God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me
with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
[11] For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth
the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause
righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
[1] For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
[2] And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD
shall name.
[3] Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
[4] Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land
Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
[5] For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
thee.
[6] I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never
hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not
silence,
[7] And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem
a praise in the earth.
[8] The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his
strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and
the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast
laboured:
[9] But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD;
and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my
holiness.
[10] Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people;
cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the
people.
[11] Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye
to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is
with him, and his work before him.
[12] And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the
LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
[1] Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the
greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
[2] Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him
that treadeth in the winefat?
[3] I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none
with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and
their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my
raiment.
[4] For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my
redeemed is come.
[5] And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there
was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my
fury, it upheld me.
[6] And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk
in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
[7] I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of
the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great
goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
[8] For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie:
so he was their Saviour.
[9] In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his
presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare
them, and carried them all the days of old.
[10] But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was
turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
[11] Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock?
where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
[12] That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm,
dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
[13] That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that
they should not stumble?
[14] As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD
caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious
name.
[15] Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy
holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of
thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
[16] Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us,
and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy
name is from everlasting.
[17] O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened
our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine
inheritance.
[18] The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:
our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
[19] We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called
by thy name.
[1] Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou
wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
[2] As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to
boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble
at thy presence!
[3] When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest
down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
[4] For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived
by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath
prepared for him that waiteth for him.
[5] Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those
that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in
those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
[6] But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are
as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away.
[7] And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up
himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast
consumed us, because of our iniquities.
[8] But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
[9] Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever:
behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
[10] Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a
desolation.
[11] Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee,
is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
[12] Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold
thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
[1] I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am
found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation
that was not called by my name.
[2] I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people,
which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
[3] A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
[4] Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
[5] Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier
than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
[6] Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will
recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
[7] Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith
the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon
the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
[8] Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and
one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my
servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
[9] And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants
shall dwell there.
[10] And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a
place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
[11] But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy
mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink
offering unto that number.
[12] Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down
to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye
did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I
delighted not.
[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat,
but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be
thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
[14] Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry
for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
[15] And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the
Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
[16] That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in
the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of
truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from
mine eyes.
[17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
[18] But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,
behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
[19] And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the
voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
[20] There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man
that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old;
but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
[21] And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
[22] They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine
elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
[23] They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for
they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
[24] And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;
and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
[25] The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
[1] Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and
the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where
is the place of my rest?
[2] For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have
been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
[3] He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a
lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he
offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea,
they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their
abominations.
[4] I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon
them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear:
but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
[5] Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your
brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the
LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
[6] A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of
the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
[7] Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she
was delivered of a man child.
[8] Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the
earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for
as soon as
[9] Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the
LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
[10] Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love
her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
[11] That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her
consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her
glory.
[12] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a
river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck,
ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
[13] As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye
shall be comforted in
[14] And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones
shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
[15] For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots
like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
[16] For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:
and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
[17] They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and
the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
[18] For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I
will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
[19] And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape
of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to
Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither
have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
[20] And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the
LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain
[21] And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the
LORD.
[22] For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
[23] And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the LORD.
[24] And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that
have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their
fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
[1] The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the
priests that were in Anathoth in the
[2] To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of
Amon king of
[3] It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of
Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
[4] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[5] Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou
camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
[6] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
[7] But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go
to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
[8] Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,
saith the LORD.
[9] Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD
said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
[10] See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the
kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to
build, and to plant.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what
seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
[12] Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten
my word to perform it.
[13] And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What
seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward
the north.
[14] Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break
forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
[15] For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,
saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at
the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round
about, and against all the cities of Judah.
[16] And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their
wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and
worshipped the works of their own hands.
[17] Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them
all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee
before them.
[18] For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah,
against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the
people of the land.
[19] And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail
against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
[2] Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I
remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when
thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
[3] Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his
increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith
the LORD.
[4] Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families
of the house of Israel:
[5] Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me,
that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become
vain?
[6] Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts
and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a
land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
[7] And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof
and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made
mine heritage an abomination.
[8] The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the
law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets
prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
[9] Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your
children's children will I plead.
[10] For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,
and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
[11] Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my
people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
[12] Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye
very desolate, saith the LORD.
[13] For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that
can hold no water.
[14] Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
[15] The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land
waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
[16] Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of
thy head.
[17] Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast
forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
[18] And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the
waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the
waters of the river?
[19] Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall
reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that
thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the
Lord GOD of hosts.
[20] For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and
thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every
green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
[21] Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then
art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
[22] For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet
thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
[23] How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after
Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift
dromedary traversing her ways;
[24] A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her
pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will
not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
[25] Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:
but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after
them will I go.
[26] As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their
prophets,
[27] Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast
brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face:
but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
[28] But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if
they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of
thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
[29] Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against
me, saith the LORD.
[30] In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction:
your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
[31] O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness
unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will
come no more unto thee?
[32] Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my
people have forgotten me days without number.
[33] Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also
taught the wicked ones thy ways.
[34] Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor
innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
[35] Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn
from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not
sinned.
[36] Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt
be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
[37] Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head:
for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
[1] They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go
from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not
that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many
lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
[2] Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not
been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the
wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy
wickedness.
[3] Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no
latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
[4] Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the
guide of my youth?
[5] Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end?
Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
[6] The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou
seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high
mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
[7] And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.
But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[8] And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
[9] And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she
defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
[10] And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
[11] And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified
herself more than treacherous Judah.
[12] Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou
backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall
upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for
ever.
[13] Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed
against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under
every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
[14] Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto
you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring
you to Zion:
[15] And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall
feed you with knowledge and understanding.
[16] And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in
the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the
covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they
remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
[17] At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and
all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:
neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
[18] In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of
Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land
that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
[19] But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee
a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou
shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
[20] Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have
ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
[21] A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications
of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have
forgotten the LORD their God.
[22] Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
[23] Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
[24] For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
[25] We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we
have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even
unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
[1] If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD,
return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove.
[2] And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in
righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall
they glory.
[3] For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up
your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
[4] Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of
your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come
forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your
doings.
[5] Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the
trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and
let us go into the defenced cities.
[6] Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring
evil from the north, and a great destruction.
[7] The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate;
and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
[8] For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce
anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
[9] And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the
heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests
shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
[10] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth
unto the soul.
[11] At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A
dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people,
not to fan, nor to cleanse,
[12] Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also
will I give sentence against them.
[13] Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
[14] O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be
saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
[15] For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from
mount Ephraim.
[16] Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem,
that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the
cities of Judah.
[17] As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because
she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
[18] Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this
is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
[19] My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh
a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the
sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
[20] Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is
spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
[21] How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the
trumpet?
[22] For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish
children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do
good they have no knowledge.
[23] I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
[24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills
moved lightly.
[25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the
heavens were fled.
[26] I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the
cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce
anger.
[27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet
will I not make a full end.
[28] For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black:
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will
I turn back from it.
[29] The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen;
they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken,
and not a man dwell therein.
[30] And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest
thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though
thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy
lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
[31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish
as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of
Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now!
for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
[1] Run ye to and fro through the streets of
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye
can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the
truth; and I will pardon it.
[2] And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
[3] O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them,
but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to
receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have
refused to return.
[4] Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they
know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
[5] I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they
have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have
altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
[6] Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of
the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every
one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions
are many, and their backslidings are increased.
[7] How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and
sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then
committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
[8] They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his
neighbour's wife.
[9] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take
away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
[11] For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
[12] They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall
evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
[13] And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:
thus shall it be done unto them.
[14] Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this
word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and
it shall devour them.
[15] Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,
saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose
language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
[16] Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
[17] And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons
and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds:
they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced
cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
[18] Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full
end with you.
[19] And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the
LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye
have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve
strangers in a land that is not yours.
[20] Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying,
[21] Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which
have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
[22] Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence,
which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that
it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they
not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
[23] But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are
revolted and gone.
[24] Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God,
that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth
unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
[25] Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have
withholden good things from you.
[26] For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that
setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
[27] As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
[28] They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the
wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they
prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
[29] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[30] A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
[31] The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their
means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end
thereof?
[1] O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to
flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a
sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great
destruction.
[2] I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
[3] The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall
pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his
place.
[4] Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe
unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched
out.
[5] Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
[6] For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a
mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly
oppression in the midst of her.
[7] As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her
wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief
and wounds.
[8] Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest
I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
[9] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant
of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
[10] To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?
behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word
of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
[11] Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with
holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly
of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the
aged with him that is full of days.
[12] And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and
wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the
land, saith the LORD.
[13] For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one
is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely.
[14] They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[15] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they
were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall
among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down,
saith the LORD.
[16] Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the
old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for
your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
[17] Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the
trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
[18] Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among
them.
[19] Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the
fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to
my law, but rejected it.
[20] To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the
sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor
your sacrifices sweet unto me.
[21] Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks
before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them;
the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
[22] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north
country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
[23] They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no
mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
[24] We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath
taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
[25] Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of
the enemy and fear is on every side.
[26] O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow
thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation:
for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
[27] I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that
thou mayest know and try their way.
[28] They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are
brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
[29] The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the
founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
[30] Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath
rejected them.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word,
and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The
temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and
shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your
hurt:
[7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I
gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and
burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my
name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers
in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people
Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and
I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called
you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers,
as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor
prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury
shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the
trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and
shall not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings
unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day
that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or
sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will
be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not
forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but
hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will
not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and
is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the
LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name,
to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the
valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the
fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no
more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice
of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring
out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the
bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom
they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they
shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of
the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of
them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they
fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented
him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his
course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the
turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo,
certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to
them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the
greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every
one dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they
were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down,
saith the LORD.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the
things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the
defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us
to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against
the LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health,
and behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land
trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come,
and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that
dwell therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which
will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in
me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in
her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with
strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then
is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
[1] Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a
fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the
daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men;
that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an
assembly of treacherous men.
[3] And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are
not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any
brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk
with slanders.
[5] And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak
the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to
commit iniquity.
[6] Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they
refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
[7] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them,
and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one
speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his
wait.
[9] Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not
my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so
that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle;
both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
[11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will
make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to
whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the
land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13] And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
[14] But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall
to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor
their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have
consumed them.
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the
mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may
come:
[18] And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our
eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we
are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our
dwellings have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive
the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation.
[21] For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our
palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the
streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as
dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none
shall gather them.
[23] Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in
his riches:
[24] But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
[25] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them
which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab,
and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all
these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised
in the heart.
[1] Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto
you, O house of Israel:
[2] Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
[3] For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out
of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
[4] They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails
and with hammers, that it move not.
[5] They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be
borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil,
neither also is it in them to do good.
[6] Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great,
and thy name is great in might.
[7] Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their
kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
[8] But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine
of vanities.
[9] Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from
Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and
purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
[10] But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an
everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall
not be able to abide his indignation.
[11] Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under
these heavens.
[12] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world
by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
[13] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
[14] Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded
by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them.
[15] They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
[16] The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all
things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his
name.
[17] Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
[18] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants
of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
[19] Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this
is a grief, and I must bear it.
[20] My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children
are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent
any more, and to set up my curtains.
[21] For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD:
therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
[22] Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out
of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of
dragons.
[23] O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in
man that walketh to direct his steps.
[24] O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest
thou bring me to nothing.
[25] Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the
families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured
him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[2] Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah,
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
[3] And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be
the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
[4] Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do
them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I
will be your God:
[5] That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to
give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered
I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
[6] Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities
of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this
covenant, and do them.
[7] For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I
brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and
protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
[8] Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in
the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the
words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
[9] And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of
Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[10] They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which
refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the
house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made
with their fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them,
which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I
will not hearken unto them.
[12] Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and
cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at
all in the time of their trouble.
[13] For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah;
and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars
to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
[14] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or
prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for
their trouble.
[15] What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought
lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest
evil, then thou rejoicest.
[16] The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly
fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the
branches of it are broken.
[17] For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil
against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah,
which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering
incense unto Baal.
[18] And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then
thou shewedst me their doings.
[19] But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter;
and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy
the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the
living, that his name may be no more remembered.
[20] But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the
reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
revealed my cause.
[21] Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy
life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our
hand:
[22] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them:
the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die
by famine:
[23] And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon
the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
[1] Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with
thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the
wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
[2] Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea,
they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
[3] But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine
heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them
for the day of slaughter.
[4] How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither,
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the
birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
[5] If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then
how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou
trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
[6] For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have
dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee:
believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
[7] I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given
the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
[8] Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out
against me: therefore have I hated it.
[9] Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
[10] Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my
portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
[11] They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
[12] The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness:
for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the
other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
[13] They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put
themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your
revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
[14] Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch
the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will
pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
[15] And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I
will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man
to his heritage, and every man to his land.
[16] And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways
of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to
swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
[17] But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that
nation, saith the LORD.
[1] Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a
linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
[2] So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on
my loins.
[3] And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
[4] Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and
arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
[5] So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
[6] And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise,
go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to
hide there.
[7] Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the
place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable
for nothing.
[8] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of
Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
[10] This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the
imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to
worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
[11] For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused
to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith
the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a
praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
[12] Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto
thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
[13] Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's
throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
[14] And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the
sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but
destroy them.
[15] Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
[16] Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and
before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light,
he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
[17] But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for
your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the
LORD's flock is carried away captive.
[18] Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:
for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
[19] The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them:
Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away
captive.
[20] Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where
is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
[21] What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught
them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a
woman in travail?
[22] And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon
me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy
heels made bare.
[23] Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then
may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
[24] Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by
the wind of the wilderness.
[25] This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the
LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
[26] Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame
may appear.
[27] I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of
thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee,
O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah
concerning the dearth.
[2] Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto
the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
[3] And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they
came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty;
they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
[4] Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the
plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
[5] Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because
there was no grass.
[6] And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the
wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
[7] O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy
name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
[8] O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that
turneth aside to tarry for a night?
[9] Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot
save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name;
leave us not.
[10] Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to
wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept
them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
[11] Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their
good.
[12] When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer
burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them
by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[13] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye
shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you
assured peace in this place.
[14] Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name:
I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they
prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the
deceit of their heart.
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy
in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in
this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
[16] And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the
streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have
none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for
I will pour their wickedness upon them.
[17] Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run
down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter
of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
[18] If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword!
and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea,
both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
[19] Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why
hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and
there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
[20] We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our
fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
[21] Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of
thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
[22] Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
[1] Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and
Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them
out of my sight, and let them go forth.
[2] And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we
go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for
death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are
for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the
captivity.
[3] And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword
to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of
the earth, to devour and destroy.
[4] And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because
of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in
Jerusalem.
[5] For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan
thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
[6] Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary
with repenting.
[7] And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will
bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from
their ways.
[8] Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have
brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I
have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
[9] She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and
confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their
enemies, saith the LORD.
[10] Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a
man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men
have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
[11] The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I
will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time
of affliction.
[12] Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
[13] Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without
price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
[14] And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which
thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon
you.
[15] O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of
my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I
have suffered rebuke.
[16] Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of
hosts.
[17] I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone
because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
[18] Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to
be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
[19] Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring
thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious
from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return
not thou unto them.
[20] And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and
they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I
am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
[21] And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
[1] The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
[2] Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or
daughters in this place.
[3] For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the
daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare
them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
[4] They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;
neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the
earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their
carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the
earth.
[5] For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,
neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this
people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
[6] Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not
be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make
themselves bald for them:
[7] Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort
them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink
for their father or for their mother.
[8] Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them
to eat and to drink.
[9] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will
cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of
mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of
the bride.
[10] And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all
these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced
all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin
that we have committed against the LORD our God?
[11] Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken
me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and
have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
[12] And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk
every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken
unto me:
[13] Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know
not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and
night; where I will not shew you favour.
[14] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no
more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt;
[15] But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from
the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I
will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
[16] Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they
shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt
them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the
rocks.
[17] For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my
face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
[18] And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;
because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the
carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
[19] O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and
shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein
there is no profit.
[20] Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
[21] Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will
cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is
The LORD.
[1] The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,
and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart,
and upon the horns of your altars;
[2] Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the
green trees upon the high hills.
[3] O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy
treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy
borders.
[4] And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I
gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou
knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for
ever.
[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
[6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when
good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt
land and not inhabited.
[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the
LORD is.
[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth
out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf
shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall
cease from yielding fruit.
[9] The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?
[10] I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
[11] As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that
getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a fool.
[12] A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
sanctuary.
[13] O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have
forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
[14] Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise.
[15] Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it
come now.
[16] As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my
lips was right before thee.
[17] Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
[18] Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be
confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them
the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
[19] Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the
children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they
go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
[20] And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah,
and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these
gates:
[21] Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on
the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
[22] Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day,
neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your
fathers.
[23] But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their
neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
[24] And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith
the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath
day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
[25] Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and
princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses,
they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
and this city shall remain for ever.
[26] And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places
about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from
the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices,
and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the
house of the LORD.
[27] But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and
not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the
palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
[1] The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[2] Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause
thee to hear my words.
[3] Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a
work on the wheels.
[4] And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the
potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to
make it.
[5] Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
[6] O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the
LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O
house of Israel.
[7] At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
[8] If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their
evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
[9] And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and
concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
[10] If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will
repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
[11] Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil
against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his
evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
[12] And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own
devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
[13] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who
hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
[14] Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of
the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be
forsaken?
[15] Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to
vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient
paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
[16] To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one
that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
[17] I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will
shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
[18] Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;
for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor
the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let
us not give heed to any of his words.
[19] Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that
contend with me.
[20] Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for
my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn
away thy wrath from them.
[21] Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out
their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their
children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men
be slain by the sword in battle.
[22] Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop
suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for
my feet.
[23] Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let
them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
[1] Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's
earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of
the priests;
[2] And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the
entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
[3] And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his
ears shall tingle.
[4] Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and
have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood
of innocents;
[5] They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons
with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it,
neither came it into my mind:
[6] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place
shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The
valley of slaughter.
[7] And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this
place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by
the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
[8] And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues
thereof.
[9] And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh
of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the
siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives,
shall straiten them.
[10] Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go
with thee,
[11] And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will
I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that
cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be
no place to bury.
[12] Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the
inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
[13] And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,
shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose
roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out
drink offerings unto other gods.
[14] Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to
prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the
people,
[15] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will
bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced
against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my
words.
[1] Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was
also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied
these things.
[2] Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks
that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
[3] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth
Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not
called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
[4] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to
thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their
enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and
shall slay them with the sword.
[5] Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the
labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of
the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall
spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
[6] And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into
captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt
be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
[7] O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger
than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
[8] For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because
the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
[9] Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in
his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
[10] For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say
they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall
take our revenge on him.
[11] But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly
ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be
forgotten.
[12] But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the
reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
opened my cause.
[13] Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the
soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
[14] Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my
mother bare me be blessed.
[15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man
child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
[16] And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and
repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at
noontide;
[17] Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have
been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
[18] Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?
[1] The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the
son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
[2] Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
[3] Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
[4] Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of
Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I
will assemble them into the midst of this city.
[5] And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and
with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
[6] And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast:
they shall die of a great pestilence.
[7] And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of
Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from
the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into
the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge
of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
[8] And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I
set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
[9] He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the
famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the
Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a
prey.
[10] For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for
good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall burn it with fire.
[11] And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word
of the LORD;
[12] O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the
morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest
my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil
of your doings.
[13] Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of
the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who
shall enter into our habitations?
[14] But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith
the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour
all things round about it.
[1] Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the
king of Judah, and speak there this word,
[2] And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon
the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by
these gates:
[3] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent
blood in this place.
[4] For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the
gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots
and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
[5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the
LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
[6] For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art
Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a
wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
[7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his
weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the
fire.
[8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every
man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
[9] Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of
the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
[10] Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him
that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
[11] For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of
Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this
place; He shall not return thither any more:
[12] But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive,
and shall see this land no more.
[13] Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his
chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth
him not for his work;
[14] That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and
cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with
vermilion.
[15] Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not
thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well
with him?
[16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with
him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
[17] But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,
and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
[18] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or,
Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
[19] He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth
beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
[20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry
from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
[21] I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not
hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
[22] The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into
captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy
wickedness.
[23] O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how
gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in
travail!
[24] As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
[25] And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and
into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[26] And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into
another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
[27] But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they
not return.
[28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein
is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into
a land which they know not?
[29] O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
[30] Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall
not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the
throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
[1] Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter
the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
[2] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that
feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not
visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the
LORD.
[3] And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries
whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they
shall be fruitful and increase.
[4] And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and
they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith
the LORD.
[5] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David
a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in the earth.
[6] In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
[7] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no
more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt;
[8] But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the
house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had
driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
[9] Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones
shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because
of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
[10] For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the
land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their
course is evil, and their force is not right.
[11] For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I
found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
[12] Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the
darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon
them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
[13] And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied
in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
[14] I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:
they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of
evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto
me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;
Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall:
for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
[16] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of
their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
[17] They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye
shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the
imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
[18] For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived
and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
[19] Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a
grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
[20] The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and
till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it perfectly.
[21] I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to
them, yet they prophesied.
[22] But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to
hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from
the evil of their doings.
[23] Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
[24] Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?
saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
[25] I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name,
saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
[26] How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy
lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
[27] Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams
which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my
name for Baal.
[28] The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that
hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?
saith the LORD.
[29] Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer
that breaketh the rock in pieces?
[30] Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that
steal my words every one from his neighbour.
[31] Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their
tongues, and say, He saith.
[32] Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the
LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their
lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not
profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
[33] And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,
saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What
burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
[34] And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall
say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
[35] Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his
brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
[36] And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every
man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living
God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
[37] Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered
thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
[38] But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the
LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto
you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
[39] Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will
forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of
my presence:
[40] And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual
shame, which shall not be forgotten.
[1] The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of
figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and
had brought them to Babylon.
[2] One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first
ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten,
they were so bad.
[3] Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said,
Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten,
they are so evil.
[4] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[5] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so
will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
[6] For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them
again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will
plant them, and not pluck them up.
[7] And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me
with their whole heart.
[8] And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil;
surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his
princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that
dwell in the land of Egypt:
[9] And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the
earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in
all places whither I shall drive them.
[10] And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among
them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to
their fathers.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the
people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
[2] The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
[3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah,
even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD
hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but
ye have not hearkened.
[4] And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear
to hear.
[5] They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto
you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
[6] And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no
hurt.
[7] Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
[8] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,
[9] Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith
the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring
them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all
these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
[10] Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of
the millstones, and the light of the candle.
[11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and
these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
[12] And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,
that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for
their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
[13] And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have
pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah
hath prophesied against all the nations.
[14] For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them
also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the
works of their own hands.
[15] For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of
this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink
it.
[16] And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the
sword that I will send among them.
[17] Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to
drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
[18] To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof,
and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an
hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
[19] Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all
his people;
[20] And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz,
and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and
Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
[21] Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
[22] And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the
kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
[23] Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
[24] And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled
people that dwell in the desert,
[25] And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes,
[26] And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and
all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the
king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
[27] Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no
more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
[28] And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to
drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink.
[29] For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my
name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I
will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[30] Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto
them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy
habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout,
as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
[31] A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath
a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them
that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
[32] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth.
[33] And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither
gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
[34] Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye
principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions
are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
[35] And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of
the flock to escape.
[36] A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the
principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their
pasture.
[37] And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce
anger of the LORD.
[38] He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is
desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce
anger.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and
speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house,
all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
[3] If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,
that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of
the evil of their doings.
[4] And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[5] To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent
unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
[6] Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a
curse to all the nations of the earth.
[7] So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
[8] Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all
that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests
and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
[9] Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house
shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant?
And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
[10] When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up
from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of the LORD's house.
[11] Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all
the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against
this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
[12] Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city
all the words that ye have heard.
[13] Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice
of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
[14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good
and meet unto you.
[15] But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall
surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all
these words in your ears.
[16] Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to
the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the
name of the LORD our God.
[17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all
the assembly of the people, saying,
[18] Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and
the mountains of the house as the high places of a forest.
[19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?
did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil
against our souls.
[20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city
and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
[21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the
princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah
heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
[22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the
son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
[23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into
the graves of the common people.
[24] Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with
Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him
to death.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them
upon thy neck,
[3] And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to
the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon,
by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of
Judah;
[4] And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
[5] I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto
whom it seemed meet unto me.
[6] And now have I given all these lands unto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.
[7] And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son,
until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings
shall serve themselves of him.
[8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will
not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put
their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish,
saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence,
until I have consumed them by his hand.
[9] Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor
to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
[10] For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
[11] But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith
the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
[12] I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these
words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
serve him and his people, and live.
[13] Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon?
[14] Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a
lie unto you.
[15] For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie
in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
[16] Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto
you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be
brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
[17] Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
wherefore should this city be laid waste?
[18] But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them,
let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are
left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at
Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
[19] For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and
concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the
vessels that remain in this city,
[20] Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
[21] Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king
of Judah and of Jerusalem;
[22] They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the
day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore
them to this place.
[1] And it came to pass the same year, in the
beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in
the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests
and of all the people, saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have
broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[3] Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the
vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from
this place, and carried them to Babylon:
[4] And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim
king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith
the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[5] Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the
presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in
the house of the LORD,
[6] Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD
perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the
LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this
place.
[7] Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and
in the ears of all the people;
[8] The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old
prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and
of evil, and of pestilence.
[9] The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly
sent him.
[10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet
Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
[11] And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the
prophet Jeremiah went his way.
[12] Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after
that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken
the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
[14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a
yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him
the beasts of the field also.
[15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in
a lie.
[16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off
the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught
rebellion against the LORD.
[17] So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
[1] Now these are the words of the letter that
Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which
were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all
the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to
Babylon;
[2] (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jerusalem;)
[3] By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon) saying,
[4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem
unto Babylon;
[5] Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
[6] Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
[7] And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
[8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your
prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither
hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
[9] For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the LORD.
[10] For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished
at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing
you to return to this place.
[11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[12] Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with
all your heart.
[14] And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places
whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the
place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
[15] Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in
Babylon;
[16] Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the
throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the
sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that
cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
[18] And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the
earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach,
among all the nations whither I have driven them:
[19] Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which
I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them;
but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
[20] Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in
my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
[22] And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah
which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
[23] Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name,
which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
[24] Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
[25] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because
thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem,
and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests,
saying,
[26] The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,
that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad,
and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the
stocks.
[27] Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,
which maketh himself a prophet to you?
[28] For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit
of them.
[29] And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah
the prophet.
[30] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[31] Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto
you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people;
neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD;
because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the
words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
[3] For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the
captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them
to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
[4] And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
[5] For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of
fear, and not of peace.
[6] Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore
do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all
faces are turned into paleness?
[7] Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
[8] For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that
I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and
strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
[9] But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom
I will raise up unto them.
[10] Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
[11] For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a
full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a
full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee
altogether unpunished.
[12] For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is
grievous.
[13] There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:
thou hast no healing medicines.
[14] All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have
wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one,
for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
[15] Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for
the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done
these things unto thee.
[16] Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that
spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a
prey.
[17] For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy
wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is
Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
[18] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of
Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be
builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner
thereof.
[19] And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them
that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will
also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
[20] Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation
shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
[21] And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall
proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall
approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me?
saith the LORD.
[22] And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[23] Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
[24] The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done
it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye
shall consider it.
[1] At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
[2] Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found
grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
[3] The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved
thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
[4] Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of
Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the
dances of them that make merry.
[5] Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the
planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
[6] For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
[7] For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout
among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save
thy people, the remnant of Israel.
[8] Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman
with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall
return thither.
[9] They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead
them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
firstborn.
[10] Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the
isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep
him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
[11] For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of
him that was stronger than he.
[12] Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for
oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as
a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
[13] Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old
together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and
make them rejoice from their sorrow.
[14] And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my
people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
[15] Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and
bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her
children, because they were not.
[16] Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes
from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come
again from the land of the enemy.
[17] And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children
shall come again to their own border.
[18] I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised
me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me,
and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
[19] Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was
instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because
I did bear the reproach of my youth.
[20] Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake
against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are
troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
[21] Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward
the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel,
turn again to these thy cities.
[22] How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the
LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
[23] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall
use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall
bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and
mountain of holiness.
[24] And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities
thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
[25] For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every
sorrowful soul.
[26] Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
[27] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of
Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
[28] And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them,
to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to
afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
[29] In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour
grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
[30] But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth
the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
[31] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
[32] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the
day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which
my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
[33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
[34] And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least
of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
[35] Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and
the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which
divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
[36] If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the
seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
[37] Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations
of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel
for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
[38] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built
to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
[39] And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the
hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
[40] And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all
the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward
the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown
down any more for ever.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in
the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar.
[2] For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah
the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of
Judah's house.
[3] For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost
thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
[4] And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the
Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
[5] And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I
visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not
prosper?
[6] And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[7] Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto
thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of
redemption is thine to buy it.
[8] So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison
according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee,
that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of
inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I
knew that this was the word of the LORD.
[9] And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in
Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
[10] And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses,
and weighed him the money in the balances.
[11] So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed
according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
[12] And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in
the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before
all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
[13] And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
[14] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these
evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this
evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may
continue many days.
[15] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and
fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
[16] Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
[17] Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy
great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
[18] Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the
iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great,
the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
[19] Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon
all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and
according to the fruit of his doings:
[20] Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at
this day;
[21] And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt
with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out
arm, and with great terror;
[22] And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
[23] And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice,
neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst
them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
[24] Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the
city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of
the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken
is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
[25] And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for
money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans.
[26] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[27] Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too
hard for me?
[28] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and he shall take it:
[29] And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set
fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have
offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to
provoke me to anger.
[30] For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done
evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked
me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.
[31] For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of
my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove
it from before my face,
[32] Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the
children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their
kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[33] And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I
taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to
receive instruction.
[34] But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my
name, to defile it.
[35] And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind,
that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
[36] And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
[37] Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have
driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring
them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
[38] And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
[39] And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me
for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
[40] And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts,
that they shall not depart from me.
[41] Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant
them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
[42] For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil
upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised
them.
[43] And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is
desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[44] Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal
them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and
in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause
their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah
the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
establish it; the LORD is his name;
[3] Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
[4] For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of
this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown
down by the mounts, and by the sword;
[5] They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is 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.
[6] Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and
will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
[7] And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel
to return, and will build them, as at the first.
[8] And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have
sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
[9] And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before
all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto
them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the
prosperity that I procure unto it.
[10] Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,
which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without
man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
[11] The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say,
Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for
ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of
the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the
first, saith the LORD.
[12] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate
without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an
habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
[13] In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in
the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the
hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
[14] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that
good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of
Judah.
[15] In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of
righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and
righteousness in the land.
[16] In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our
righteousness.
[17] For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon
the throne of the house of Israel;
[18] Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer
burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
[19] And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
[20] Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their
season;
[21] Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he
should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the
priests, my ministers.
[22] As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the
sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites
that minister unto me.
[23] Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
[24] Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two
families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have
despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
[25] Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and
if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
[26] Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so
that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on
them.
[1] The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of
the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities thereof, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah
king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
[3] And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be
taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the
king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go
to Babylon.
[4] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith
the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
[5] But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers,
the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee;
and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word,
saith the LORD.
[6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king
of Judah in Jerusalem,
[7] When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against
Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
[8] This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that
the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at
Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
[9] That every man should let his manservant, and every man his
maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve
himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
[10] Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered
into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every
one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any
more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
[11] But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the
handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into
subjection for servants and for handmaids.
[12] Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[13] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your
fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondmen, saying,
[14] At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an
Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years,
thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me,
neither inclined their ear.
[15] And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming
liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the
house which is called by my name:
[16] But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his
servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for
servants and for handmaids.
[17] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in
proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour:
behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth.
[18] And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which
have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me,
when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
[19] The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,
and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts
of the calf;
[20] I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the
hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto
the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
[21] And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the
hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into
the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
[22] Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to
this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire:
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
[1] The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD
in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
[2] Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring
them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine
to drink.
[3] Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,
and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
[4] And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of
the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber
of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the
keeper of the door:
[5] And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full
of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
[6] But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your
sons for ever:
[7] Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor
have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days
in the land where ye be strangers.
[8] Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our
wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
[9] Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard,
nor field, nor seed:
[10] But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to
all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
[11] But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up
into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the
army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at
Jerusalem.
[12] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the
men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction
to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
[14] The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons
not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey
their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising
early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
[15] I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and
amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall
dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have
not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
[16] Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the
commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not
hearkened unto me:
[17] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all
the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them,
but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not
answered.
[18] And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of
Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all
that he hath commanded you:
[19] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab
the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah
from the LORD, saying,
[2] Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I
have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the
nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto
this day.
[3] It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I
purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that
I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
[4] Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him,
upon a roll of a book.
[5] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go
into the house of the LORD:
[6] Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written
from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's
house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all
Judah that come out of their cities.
[7] It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and
will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury
that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
[8] And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the
prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's
house.
[9] And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD
to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities
of Judah unto Jerusalem.
[10] Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of
the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the
higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of
all the people.
[11] When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard
out of the book all the words of the LORD,
[12] Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber:
and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the
son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of
Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
[13] Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard,
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
[14] Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son
of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the
roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the
son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
[15] And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So
Baruch read it in their ears.
[16] Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were
afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king
of all these words.
[17] And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write
all these words at his mouth?
[18] Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me
with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
[19] Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and
Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
[20] And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the
roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears
of the king.
[21] So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of
Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and
in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
[22] Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there
was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
[23] And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four
leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the
hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
[24] Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the
king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
[25] Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made
intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear
them.
[26] But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah
the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
[27] Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had
burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,
saying,
[28] Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words
that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
[29] And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim the king of Judah, Thus saith the
LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein,
saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and
shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
[30] Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall
have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out
in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
[31] And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their
iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them;
but they hearkened not.
[32] Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe,
the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words
of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there
were added besides unto them many like words.
[1] And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned
instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah.
[2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did
hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
[3] And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray
now unto the LORD our God for us.
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not
put him into prison.
[5] Then Pharoah's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the
Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
Jerusalem.
[6] Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] 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.
[8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
[9] Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
[10] For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that
fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should
they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
[11] And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken
up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
[12] Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of
Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
[13] And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was
there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he
took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
[14] Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans.
But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the
princes.
[15] Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and
put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that
the prison.
[16] When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,
and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
[17] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked
him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And
Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon.
[18] Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended
against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put
me in prison?
[19] Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The
king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
[20] Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to
return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
[21] Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah
into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of
bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent.
Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
[1] Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah
the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of
Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the
Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
[3] Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand
of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
[4] Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this
man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that
remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words
unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
[5] Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the
king is not he that can do any thing against you.
[6] Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah
the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down
Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so
Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
[7] Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in
the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king
then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
[8] Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the
king, saying,
[9] My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have
done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is
like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in
the city.
[10] Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take
from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the
dungeon, before he die.
[11] So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of
the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten
rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
[12] And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old
cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah
did so.
[13] So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the
dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
[14] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him
into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto
Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
[15] Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt
thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not
hearken unto me?
[16] So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the
LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will
I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
[17] Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of
Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned
with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
[18] But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall
burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
[19] And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews
that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and
they mock me.
[20] But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech
thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto
thee, and thy soul shall live.
[21] But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath
shewed me:
[22] And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's
house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women
shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy
feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
[23] So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by
the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned
with fire.
[24] Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words,
and thou shalt not die.
[25] But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come
unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the
king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the
king said unto thee:
[26] Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before
the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die
there.
[27] Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told
them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off
speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
[28] So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that
Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
[1] In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in
the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against
Jerusalem, and they beseiged it.
[2] And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth
day of the month, the city was broken up.
[3] And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the
middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris,
Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of
Babylon.
[4] And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by
night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and
he went out the way of the plain.
[5] But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in
the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave
judgment upon him.
[6] Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before
his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
[7] Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to
carry him to Babylon.
[8] And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the
people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
[9] Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that
fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
[10] But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the
people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and
fields at the same time.
[11] Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah
to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,
[12] Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him
even as he shall say unto thee.
[13] So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,
Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
[14] Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison,
and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he
should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
[15] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up
in the court of the prison, saying,
[16] Go and speak to Ebed-melech 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.
[17] But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt
not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
[18] For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the
sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith the LORD.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah,
when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away
captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
[2] And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The
LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
[3] Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said:
because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice,
therefore this thing is come upon you.
[4] And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were
upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come;
and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth
good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
[5] Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath
made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or
go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the
guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
[6] Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and
dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
[7] Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,
even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women,
and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away
captive to Babylon;
[8] Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men.
[9] And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them
and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land,
and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
[10] As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil,
and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
[11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the
Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king
of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
[12] Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were
driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered
wine and summer fruits very much.
[13] Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
[14] And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of
the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam believed them not.
[15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all
the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
Judah perish?
[16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
[1] Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the
princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
[2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were
with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the
sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
[3] Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of
war.
[4] And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and
no man knew it,
[5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and
having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them
to the house of the LORD.
[6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet
them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he
said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
[7] And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the
pit, he, and the men that were with him.
[8] But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us
not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil,
and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
[9] Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for
fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with
them that were slain.
[10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people
that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that
remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
[11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah had done,
[12] Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
[13] Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that
were with him, then they were glad.
[14] So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
[15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight
men, and went to the Ammonites.
[16] Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered
from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the
children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
[17] And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is
by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
[18] Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the
king of Babylon made governor in the land.
[1] Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan
the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from
the least even unto the greatest, came near,
[2] And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,
even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do
behold us:)
[3] That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and
the thing that we may do.
[4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold,
I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come
to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it
unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
[5] Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD
thy God shall send thee to us.
[6] Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of the LORD our God.
[7] And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came
unto Jeremiah.
[8] Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the
greatest,
[9] And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto
whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
[10] If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of
the evil that I have done unto you.
[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver
you from his hand.
[12] And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you,
and cause you to return to your own land.
[13] But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the
voice of the LORD your God,
[14] Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall
see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and
there will we dwell:
[15] And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to
enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
[16] Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
[17] So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into
Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will
bring upon them.
[18] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger
and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall
my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall
be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye
shall see this place no more.
[19] The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
[20] For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD
your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all
that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
[21] And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed
the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me
unto you.
[22] Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.
[1] And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made
an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for
which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
[2] Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the
LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
[3] But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to
deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and
carry us away captives into Babylon.
[4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of
Judah.
[5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither
they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
[6] Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and
every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the
son of Neriah.
[7] So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice
of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
[8] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
[9] Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight
of the men of Judah;
[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread
his royal pavilion over them.
[11] And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver
such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and
such as are for the sword to the sword.
[12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he
shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with
the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth
from thence in peace.
[13] He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land
of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the
Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,
and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all
the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
[3] Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me
to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they
knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
[4] Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early
and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
[5] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
[6] Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled
in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and
desolate, as at this day.
[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of
Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from
you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to
dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth?
[9] Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness
of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the
land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[10] They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared,
nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your
fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
[12] And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to
go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and
fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the
famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and
by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a
curse, and a reproach.
[13] For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
[14] So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land
of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into
the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there:
for none shall return but such as shall escape.
[15] Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense
unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all
the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah,
saying,
[16] As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the
LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
[17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our
own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had
we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
[18] But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the famine.
[19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out
drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings unto her, without our men?
[20] Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,
and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
[21] The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and
the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into
his mind?
[22] So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your
doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is
your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
[23] Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against
the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor
in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto
you, as at this day.
[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women,
Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
[25] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and
your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely
accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
[26] Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my
name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of
Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
[27] Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all
the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword
and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
[28] Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the
land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall
stand, mine, or theirs.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will
punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand
against you for evil:
[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of
Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his
life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
[1] The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto
Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the
mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
[3] Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my
sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
[4] Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that
which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will
pluck up, even this whole land.
[5] And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I
give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
[1] The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the
prophet against the Gentiles;
[2] Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt,
which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
[3] Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
[4] Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with
your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
[5] Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their
mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear
was round about, saith the LORD.
[6] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall
stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
[7] Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the
rivers?
[8] Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the
rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy
the city and the inhabitants thereof.
[9] Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men
come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the
Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
[10] For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance,
that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it
shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts
hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
[11] Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt:
in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
[12] The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the
land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen
both together.
[13] The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
[14] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and
in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour
round about thee.
[15] Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the
LORD did drive them.
[16] He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said,
Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity,
from the oppressing sword.
[17] They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath
passed the time appointed.
[18] As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely
as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
[19] O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
[20] Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh
out of the north.
[21] Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;
for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their
visitation.
[22] The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march
with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
[23] They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be
searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
[24] The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered
into the hand of the people of the north.
[25] The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish
the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings;
even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
[26] And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their
lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old,
saith the LORD.
[27] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O
Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land
of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and
none shall make him afraid.
[28] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with
thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee:
but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I
not leave thee wholly unpunished.
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the
prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
[2] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and
shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is
therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all
the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
[3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at
the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers
shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
[4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to
cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will
spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
[5] Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of
their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
[6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put
up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
[7] How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against
Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
[1] Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and
taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
[2] There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised
evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou
shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
[3] A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
destruction.
[4] Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
[5] For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in
the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
[6] Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
[7] For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,
thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his
priests and his princes together.
[8] And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall
escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
LORD hath spoken.
[9] Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities
thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
[10] Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and
cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
[11] Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his
lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone
into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not
changed.
[12] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send
unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles.
[13] And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was
ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
[14] How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
[15] Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen
young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the
LORD of hosts.
[16] The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth
fast.
[17] All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his
name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
[18] Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory,
and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall
destroy thy strong holds.
[19] O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that
fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
[20] Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; and tell
ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
[21] And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon
Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
[22] And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
[23] And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
[24] And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the
land of Moab, far or near.
[25] The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
[26] Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD:
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
[27] For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among
thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
[28] O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
[29] We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
[30] I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies
shall not so effect it.
[31] Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;
mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
[32] O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer:
thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the
spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
[33] And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from
the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none
shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
[34] From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,
have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of
three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
[35] Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that
offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
[36] Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine
heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that
he hath gotten are perished.
[37] For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the
hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
[38] There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of
Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein
is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
[39] They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab
turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all
them about him.
[40] For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and
shall spread his wings over Moab.
[41] Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the
mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her
pangs.
[42] And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath
magnified himself against the LORD.
[43] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant
of Moab, saith the LORD.
[44] He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that
getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon
it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
[45] They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the
force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst
of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the
tumultuous ones.
[46] Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy
sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
[47] Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,
saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
[1] Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD;
Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and
his people dwell in his cities?
[2] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause
an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel
be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
[3] Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,
gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their
king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
[4] Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come
unto me?
[5] Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right
forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
[6] And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of
Ammon, saith the LORD.
[7] Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in
Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
[8] Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will
bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
[9] If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning
grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
[10] But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and
he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren,
and his neighbours, and he is not.
[11] Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let
thy widows trust in me.
[12] For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to
drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether
go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
[13] For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities
thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
[14] I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto
the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to
the battle.
[15] For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised
among men.
[16] Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart,
O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the
hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring
thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
[17] Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
[18] As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man
dwell in it.
[19] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away
from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like
me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before
me?
[20] Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their
habitations desolate with them.
[21] The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise
thereof was heard in the Red sea.
[22] Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings
over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as
the heart of a woman in her pangs.
[23] Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it
cannot be quiet.
[24] Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear
hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
[25] How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
[26] Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men
of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
[27] And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[28] Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go
up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
[29] Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take
to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they
shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
[30] Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith
the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you,
and hath conceived a purpose against you.
[31] Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without
care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
[32] And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost
corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the
LORD.
[33] And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for
ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
[34] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam
in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
[35] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
[36] And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of
heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no
nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
[37] For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my
fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have
consumed them:
[38] And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the
king and the princes, saith the LORD.
[39] But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring
again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
[1] The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and
against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
[2] Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;
publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is
broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
[3] For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which
shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove,
they shall depart, both man and beast.
[4] In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of
Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping:
they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
[5] They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying,
Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall
not be forgotten.
[6] My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to
go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from
mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
[7] All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said,
We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of
justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
[8] Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of
the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
[9] For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an
assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves
in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as
of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
[10] And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be
satisfied, saith the LORD.
[11] Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine
heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
[12] Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be
ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry
land, and a desert.
[13] Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it
shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished,
and hiss at all her plagues.
[14] Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that
bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the
LORD.
[15] Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her
foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of
the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
[16] Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in
the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one
to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
[17] Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first
the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon hath broken his bones.
[18] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of
Assyria.
[19] And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed
on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and
Gilead.
[20] In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of
Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and
they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
[21] Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against
the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
[22] A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
[23] How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is
Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
[24] I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,
and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast
striven against the LORD.
[25] The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the
weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in
the land of the Chaldeans.
[26] Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast
her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
[27] Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto
them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
[28] The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon,
to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his
temple.
[29] Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the
bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her
according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for
she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
[30] Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men
of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
[31] Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of
hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
[32] And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him
up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about
him.
[33] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the
children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held
them fast; they refused to let them go.
[34] Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall
throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet
the inhabitants of Babylon.
[35] A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the
inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
[36] A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her
mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
[37] A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all
the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as
women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
[38] A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is
the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
[39] Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the
islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no
more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to
generation.
[40] As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of
man dwell therein.
[41] Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and
many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
[42] They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not
shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon
horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O
daughter of Babylon.
[43] The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands
waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
[44] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan
unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from
her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me?
and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand
before me?
[45] Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken
against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of
the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he
shall make their habitation desolate with them.
[46] At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the
cry is heard among the nations.
[1] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up
against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
against me, a destroying wind;
[2] And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall
empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round
about.
[3] Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against
him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men;
destroy ye utterly all her host.
[4] Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they
that are thrust through in her streets.
[5] For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD
of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
[6] Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be
not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he
will render unto her a recompence.
[7] Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the
earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are
mad.
[8] Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm
for her pain, if so she may be healed.
[9] We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her,
and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto
heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
[10] The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us
declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
[11] Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up
the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to
destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his
temple.
[12] Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch
strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both
devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
[13] O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine
end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
[14] The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill
thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against
thee.
[15] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world
by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
[16] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
[17] Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded
by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them.
[18] They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all
things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his
name.
[20] Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I
break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
[21] And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and
with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
[22] With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee
will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the
young man and the maid;
[23] I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock;
and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and
with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
[24] And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of
Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the
LORD.
[25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD,
which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and
roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone
for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
[27] Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the
nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the
kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause
the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
[28] Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the
captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
[29] And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the
LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a
desolation without an inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained
in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned
her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
[31] One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet
another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
[32] And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned
with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
[33] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter
of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
[34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a
dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the
inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall
Jerusalem say.
[36] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and
take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an
astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
[38] They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lion's
whelps.
[39] In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them
drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake,
saith the LORD.
[40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with
he goats.
[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth
surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude
of the waves thereof.
[43] Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his
mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together
any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
[45] My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man
his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be
heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another
year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
[47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the
graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her
slain shall fall in the midst of her.
[48] Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing
for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the
LORD.
[49] As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon
shall fall the slain of all the earth.
[50] Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember
the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
[51] We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath
covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's
house.
[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do
judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall
groan.
[53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should
fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her,
saith the LORD.
[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from
the land of the Chaldeans:
[55] Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice
is uttered:
[56] Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her
mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
recompences shall surely requite.
[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains,
and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[58] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be
utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people
shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
[59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
[60] So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon
Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
[61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and
shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
[62] Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place,
to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it
shall be desolate for ever.
[63] And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book,
that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
[64] And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise
from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are
the words of Jeremiah.
[1] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
[2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
[3] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in
[4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of
[5] So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
[6] And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine
was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
[7] Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went
forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round
about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
[8] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of
[9] Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of
[10] And the king of
[11] Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of
[12] Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was
the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
[13] And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the
houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
[14] And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of
the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
[15] Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive
certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained
in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and
the rest of the multitude.
[16] But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor
of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
[17] Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
[18] The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the
bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered,
took they away.
[19] And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons,
and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in
gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard
away.
[20] The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under
the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of
all these vessels was without weight.
[21] And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen
cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof
was four fingers: it was hollow.
[22] And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter
was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about,
all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
[23] And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the
pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
[24] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
[25] He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the
men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were
found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the
people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were
found in the midst of the city.
[26] So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
them to the king of
[27] And the king of
[28] This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
[29] In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive
from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
[30] In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the
captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and
five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
[31] And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the
captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and
twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first
year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought
him forth out of prison,
[32] And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of
the kings that were with him in Babylon,
[33] And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread
before him all the days of his life.
[34] And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king
of
[1] How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of
people how is she become as a widow she that was was great among the nations,
and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary
[2] She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:
among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
[3]
[4] The ways of
[5] Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD
hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are
gone into captivity before the enemy.
[6] And from the daughter of
[7]
[8]
[9] Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;
therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my
affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
[10] The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant
things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom
thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
[11] All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their
pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I
am become vile.
[12] Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD
hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
[13] From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth
against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath
made me desolate and faint all the day.
[14] The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are
wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord
hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
[15] The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of
me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath
trodden the virgin, the daughter of
[16] For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with
water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my
children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
[17]
[18] The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:
hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men
are gone into captivity.
[19] I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine
elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve
their souls.
[20] Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine
heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword
bereaveth, at home there is as death.
[21] They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine
enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou
wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
[22] Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as
thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my
heart is faint.
[1] How hath the Lord covered the daughter of
[2] The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath
not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter
of
[3] He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of
[4] He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as
an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of
the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
[5] The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up
[6] And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a
garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the
solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
[7] The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he
hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have
made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
[8] The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion:
he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying:
therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
[9] Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her
bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her
prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
[10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep
silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves
with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
[11] Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is
poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;
because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
[12] They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they
swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured
out into their mothers' bosom.
[13] What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I
liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may
comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea:
who can heal thee?
[14] Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they
have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen
for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
[15] All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their
head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The
perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
[16] All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss
and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the
day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
[17] The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his
word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath
not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up
the horn of thine adversaries.
[18] Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let
tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the
apple of thine eye cease.
[19] Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour
out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands
toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top
of every street.
[20] Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the
women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the
prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
[21] The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins
and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of
thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
[22] Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that
in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have
swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
[1] I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod
of his wrath.
[2] He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
[3] Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all
the day.
[4] My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
[5] He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
[6] He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
[7] He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my
chain heavy.
[8] Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
[9] He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths
crooked.
[10] He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret
places.
[11] He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made
me desolate.
[12] He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
[13] He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
[14] I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
[15] He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with
wormwood.
[16] He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me
with ashes.
[17] And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat
prosperity.
[18] And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
[19] Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the
gall.
[20] My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
[21] This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
[22] It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not.
[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
[24] The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in
him.
[25] The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
[26] It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the
salvation of the LORD.
[27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
[28] He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon
him.
[29] He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
[30] He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with
reproach.
[31] For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
[32] But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to
the multitude of his mercies.
[33] For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
[34] To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
[35] To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
[36] To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
[37] Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord
commandeth it not?
[38] Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
[39] Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of
his sins?
[40] Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
[41] Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
[42] We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
[43] Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain,
thou hast not pitied.
[44] Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not
pass through.
[45] Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the
people.
[46] All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
[47] Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
[48] Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of
the daughter of my people.
[49] Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
[50] Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
[51] Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my
city.
[52] Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
[53] They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
[54] Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
[55] I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
[56] Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my
cry.
[57] Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst,
Fear not.
[58] O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed
my life.
[59] O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
[60] Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations
against me.
[61] Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations
against me;
[62] The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against
me all the day.
[63] Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
[64] Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their
hands.
[65] Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
[66] Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the
LORD.
[1] How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine
gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every
street.
[2] The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they
esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
[3] Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their
young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in
the wilderness.
[4] 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.
[5] They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that
were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
[6] For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is
greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a
moment, and no hands stayed on her.
[7] Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they
were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
[8] Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the
streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like
a stick.
[9] They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain
with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of
the field.
[10] The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they
were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[11] The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce
anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations
thereof.
[12] The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would
not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the
gates of Jerusalem.
[13] For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,
that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
[14] They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted
themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
[15] They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart,
touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They
shall no more sojourn there.
[16] The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard
them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the
elders.
[17] As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our
watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
[18] They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is
near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
[19] Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they
pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
[20] The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in
their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
[21] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land
of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and
shalt make thyself naked.
[22] The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of
Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine
iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
[1] Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider,
and behold our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
[4] We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
[5] Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
[6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their
iniquities.
[8] Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out
of their hand.
[9] We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of
the wilderness.
[10] Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
[11] They ravished the women in
[12] Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not
honoured.
[13] They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the
wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their
musick.
[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have
sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
[18] Because of the
[19] Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long
time?
[21] Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our
days as of old.
[22] But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
[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
[2] In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity,
[3] The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son
of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the
LORD was there upon him.
[4] And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a
great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and
out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
[5] Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
[6] And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
[7] And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was
like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished
brass.
[8] And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four
sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
[9] Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they
went; they went every one straight forward.
[10] As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a
man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of
an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
[11] Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two
wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
[12] And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to
go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
[13] As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was
like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and
down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire
went forth lightning.
[14] And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a
flash of lightning.
[15] Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the
earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
[16] The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the
colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and
their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
[17] When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned
not when they went.
[18] As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and
their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
[19] And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and
when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted
up.
[20] Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit
of the living creature was in the wheels.
[21] When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and
when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
[22] And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living
creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their
heads above.
[23] And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward
the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had
two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
[24] And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the
noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as
the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
[25] And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,
when they stood, and had let down their wings.
[26] And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness
of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of
the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
[27] And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round
about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the
appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire,
and it had brightness round about.
[28] As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of
rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell
upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
[1] And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy
feet, and I will speak unto thee.
[2] And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me
upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of
Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their
fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
[4] For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto
them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
[5] And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet
among them.
[6] And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of
their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though
they be a rebellious house.
[7] And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
[8] But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou
rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give
thee.
[9] And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll
of a book was therein;
[10] And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without:
and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
[1] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that
thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
[2] So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill
thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my
mouth as honey for sweetness.
[4] And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of
Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
[5] For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard
language, but to the house of Israel;
[6] Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language,
whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they
would have hearkened unto thee.
[7] But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will
not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
[8] Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy
forehead strong against their foreheads.
[9] As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them
not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
[10] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall
speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
[11] And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy
people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether
they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
[12] Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a
great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
[13] I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that
touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise
of a great rushing.
[14] So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in
bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
[15] Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the
river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among
them seven days.
[16] And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
[17] Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
[18] When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest
him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save
his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at thine hand.
[19] Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,
nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered
thy soul.
[20] Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because
thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness
which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at
thine hand.
[21] Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin
not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou
hast delivered thy soul.
[22] And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me,
Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
[23] Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory
of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I
fell on my face.
[24] Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
[25] But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and
shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
[26] And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that
thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a
rebellious house.
[27] But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he
that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
[1] Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay
it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
[2] And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a
mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against
it round about.
[3] Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of
iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be
besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the
house of Israel.
[4] Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house
of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon
it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
[5] For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to
the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the
iniquity of the house of Israel.
[6] And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have
appointed thee each day for a year.
[7] Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
[8] And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn
thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
[9] Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,
and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread
thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side,
three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
[10] And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty
shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
[11] Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin:
from time to time shalt thou drink.
[12] And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with
dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
[13] And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
[14] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted:
for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of
itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my
mouth.
[15] Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's
dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
[16] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the
staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care;
and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
[17] That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with
another, and consume away for their iniquity.
[1] And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife,
take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy
beard: then take thee balances to weight, and divide the hair.
[2] Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city,
when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and
smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind;
and I will draw out a sword after them.
[3] Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy
skirts.
[4] Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,
and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the
house of Israel.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the
midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
[6] And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the
nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for
they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than
the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes,
neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of
the nations that are round about you;
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against
thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the
nations.
[9] And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I
will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
[10] Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and
the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the
whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
[11] Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
[12] A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the
sword round about thee and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and
I will draw out a sword after them.
[13] Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to
rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD
have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
[14] Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations
that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
[15] So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute
judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have
spoken it.
[16] When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall
be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
[17] So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall
bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will
bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and
prophesy against them,
[3] And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the
valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy
your high places.
[4] And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken:
and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
[5] And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before
their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
[6] In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the
high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate,
and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and
your works may be abolished.
[7] And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that
I am the LORD.
[8] Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape
the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
[9] And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations
whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they
have committed in all their abominations.
[10] And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in
vain that I would do this evil unto them.
[11] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy
foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for
they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[12] He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near
shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the
famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
[13] Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall
be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the
tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak,
the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
[14] So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land
desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of
Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
[3] Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee,
and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all
thine abominations.
[4] And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I
will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the
midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
[6] An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is
come.
[7] The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the
mountains.
[8] Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine
anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will
recompense thee for all thine abominations.
[9] And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will
recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the
midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
[10] Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the
rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
[11] Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be
wailing for them.
[12] The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice,
nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[13] For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although
they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of
his life.
[14] They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth
to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[15] The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he
that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him.
[16] But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the
mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his
iniquity.
[17] All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
[18] They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall
cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their
heads.
[19] They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall
be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in
the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither
fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
[20] As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they
made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein:
therefore have I set it far from them.
[21] And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and
to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
[22] My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my
secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
[23] Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city
is full of violence.
[24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall
possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and
their holy places shall be defiled.
[25] Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be
none.
[26] Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;
then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the
priest, and counsel from the ancients.
[27] The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with
desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will
do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them;
and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the
sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the
elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon
me.
[2] Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as
the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
[3] And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought
me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that
looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which
provoketh to jealousy.
[4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to
the vision that I saw in the plain.
[5] Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way
toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
[6] He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do?
even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I
should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations.
[7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,
behold a hole in the wall.
[8] Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I
had digged in the wall, behold a door.
[9] And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that
they do here.
[10] So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon
the wall round about.
[11] And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the
house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
[12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients
of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his
imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house
which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
[15] Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee
yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
[16] And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar,
were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD,
and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a
light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to
provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
[18] Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice,
yet will I not hear them.
[1] He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice,
saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man
with his destroying weapon in his hand.
[2] And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which
lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one
man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and
they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
[3] And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man
clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
[4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men
that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst
thereof.
[5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
[6] Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
[7] And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with
the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
[8] And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,
that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy
all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
[9] Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah
is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of
perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD
seeth not.
[10] And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
[11] And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by
his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
[1] Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that
was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a
sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
[2] And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in
between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of
fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in
in my sight.
[3] Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man
went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
[4] Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over
the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the
court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.
[5] And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer
court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
[6] And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with
linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims;
then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
[7] And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims
unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into
the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
[8] And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under
their wings.
[9] And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one
wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of
the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
[10] And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel
had been in the midst of a wheel.
[11] When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as
they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they
turned not as they went.
[12] And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their
wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they
four had.
[13] As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
[14] And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub,
and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion,
and the fourth the face of an eagle.
[15] And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that
I saw by the river of Chebar.
[16] And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels
also turned not from beside them.
[17] When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these
lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
[18] Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the
house, and stood over the cherubims.
[19] And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the
earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and
every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory
of the God of Israel was over them above.
[20] This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by
the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
[21] Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the
likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
[22] And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by
the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one
straight forward.
[1] Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me
unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at
the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of
Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.
[2] Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise
mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
[3] Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the
caldron, and we be the flesh.
[4] Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
[5] And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak;
Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the
things that come into your mind, every one of them.
[6] Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the
streets thereof with the slain.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in
the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will
bring you forth out of the midst of it.
[8] Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith
the Lord GOD.
[9] And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into
the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
[10] Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of
Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[11] This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh
in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
[12] And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my
statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the
heathen that are round about you.
[13] And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of
Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and
said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
[14] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[15] Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy
kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants
of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given
in possession.
[16] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them
far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the
countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where
they shall come.
[17] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from
the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered,
and I will give you the land of Israel.
[18] And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
[19] And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within
you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an
heart of flesh:
[20] That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
[21] But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon
their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
[22] Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside
them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
[23] And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and
stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
[24] Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the
Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had
seen went up from me.
[25] Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the
LORD had shewed me.
[1] The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which
have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they
are a rebellious house.
[3] Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and
remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another
place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious
house.
[4] Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as
stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they
that go forth into captivity.
[5] Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
[6] In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it
forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground:
for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
[7] And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as
stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand;
I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their
sight.
[8] And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
[9] Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said
unto thee, What doest thou?
[10] Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth
the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
[11] Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto
them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
[12] And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in
the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out
thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
[13] My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall
he not see it, though he shall die there.
[14] And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help
him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
[15] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them
among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
[16] But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine,
and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the
heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[17] Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
[18] Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with
trembling and with carefulness;
[19] And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread
with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be
desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that
dwell therein.
[20] And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[21] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[22] Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of
Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
[23] Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this
proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say
unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
[24] For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering
divination within the house of Israel.
[25] For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak
shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O
rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
[26] Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
[27] Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision
that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that
are far off.
[28] Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none
of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be
done, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy,
and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word
of the LORD;
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow
their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
[4] O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
[5] Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the
house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
[6] They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith:
and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they
would confirm the word.
[7] Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying
divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity,
and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that
divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they
be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into
the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[10] Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace;
and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with
untempered morter:
[11] Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall
fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
[12] Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where
is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a
stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger,
and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
[14] So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered
morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall
be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst
thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[15] Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that
have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it;
[16] To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord
GOD.
[17] Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of
thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against
them,
[18] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows
to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive
that come unto you?
[19] And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and
for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your
lies?
[20] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your
pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear
them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to
make them fly.
[21] Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your
hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD.
[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom
I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
[23] Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for
I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
[1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto
me, and sat before me.
[2] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and
put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be
inquired of at all by them?
[4] Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart,
and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to
the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude
of his idols;
[5] That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they
are all estranged from me through their idols.
[6] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all
your abominations.
[7] For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that
sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his
idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his
face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will
answer him by myself:
[8] And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign
and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[9] And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the
LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and
will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
[10] And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the
punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh
unto him;
[11] That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my
people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
[12] The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
[13] Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing
grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff
of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and
beast from it:
[14] Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they
should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil
it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
[16] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered,
but the land shall be desolate.
[17] Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through
the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
[18] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered
themselves.
[19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon
it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
[20] Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord
GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their
own souls by their righteousness.
[21] For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore
judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and
the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
[22] Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought
forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye
shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have
brought upon it.
[23] And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their
doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a
branch which is among the trees of the forest?
[3] Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin
of it to hang any vessel thereon?
[4] Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both
the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
[5] Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less
shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is
burned?
[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees
of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[7] And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one
fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD,
when I set my face against them.
[8] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a
trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy
nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an
Hittite.
[4] And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not
cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at
all, nor swaddled at all.
[5] None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have
compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing
of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
[6] And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood,
I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when
thou wast in thy blood, Live.
[7] I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou
hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy
breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and
bare.
[8] Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time
was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy
nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith
the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
[9] Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy
blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
[10] I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with
badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with
silk.
[11] I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy
hands, and a chain on thy neck.
[12] And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and
a beautiful crown upon thine head.
[13] Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of
fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey,
and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a
kingdom.
[14] And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it
was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord
GOD.
[15] But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot
because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that
passed by; his it was.
[16] And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places
with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall
not come, neither shall it be so.
[17] Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,
which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit
whoredom with them,
[18] And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou
hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
[19] My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,
wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and
thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
[20] Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast
borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this
of thy whoredoms a small matter,
[21] That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them
to pass through the fire for them?
[22] And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not
remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast
polluted in thy blood.
[23] And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee!
saith the Lord GOD;)
[24] That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made
thee an high place in every street.
[25] Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast
made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that
passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
[26] Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours,
great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
[27] Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have
diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that
hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
[28] Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou
wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest
not be satisfied.
[29] Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan
unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
[30] How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all
these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
[31] In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way,
and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in
that thou scornest hire;
[32] But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers
instead of her husband!
[33] They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy
lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy
whoredom.
[34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms,
whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a
reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
[35] Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
[36] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and
thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all
the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou
didst give unto them;
[37] Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast
taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast
hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy
nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
[38] And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood
are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
[39] And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw
down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall
strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee
naked and bare.
[40] They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall
stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
[41] And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments
upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from
playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
[42] So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall
depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
[43] Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast
fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy
way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this
lewdness above all thine abominations.
[44] Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb
against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
[45] Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her
children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands
and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
[46] And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell
at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is
Sodom and her daughters.
[47] Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their
abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted
more than they in all thy ways.
[48] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she
nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness
of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither
did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:
therefore I took them away as I saw good.
[51] Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast
multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in
all thine abominations which thou hast done.
[52] Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for
thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more
righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that
thou hast justified thy sisters.
[53] When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom
and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I
bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
[54] That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in
all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
[55] When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their
former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former
estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
[56] For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of
thy pride,
[57] Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy
reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the
daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
[58] Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the
LORD.
[59] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou
hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
[60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of
thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
[61] Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt
receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto
thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
[62] And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD:
[63] That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy
mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all
that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house
of Israel;
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,
longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and
took the highest branch of the cedar:
[4] He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a
land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
[5] He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful
field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
[6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose
branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became
a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
[7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth
her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her
plantation.
[8] It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth
branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
[9] Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not
pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it
shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many
people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
[10] Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly
wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it
grew.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[12] Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things
mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath
taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to
Babylon;
[13] And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him,
and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
[14] That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
[15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt,
that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he
escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
[16] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king
dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he
brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
[17] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make
for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many
persons:
[18] Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he
had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that
he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I
recompense upon his own head.
[20] And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his
trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
[21] And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword,
and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know
that I the LORD have spoken it.
[22] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of
the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young
twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
[23] In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it
shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it
shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall
they dwell.
[24] And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have
brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green
tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have brought down the
high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have
made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of
Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth
are set on edge?
[3] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more
to use this proverb in Israel.
[4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the
soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
[5] But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
[6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's
wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
[7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his
pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and
hath covered the naked with a garment;
[8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any
increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true
judgment between man and man,
[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal
truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that
doeth the like to any one of these things,
[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon
the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
[12] Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath
not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath
committed abomination,
[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then
live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely
die; his blood shall be upon him.
[14] Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which
he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
[15] That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's
wife,
[16] Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither
hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath
covered the naked with a garment,
[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received
usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he
shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
[18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his
brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even
he shall die in his iniquity.
[19] Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?
When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my
statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
[20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:
the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
[21] But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath
committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall surely live, he shall not die.
[22] All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be
mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
[23] Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the
Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
[24] But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the
wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall
not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that
he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
[25] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
[26] When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done
shall he die.
[27] Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he
hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his
soul alive.
[28] Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[29] Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O
house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
[30] Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according
to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
[31] Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O
house of Israel?
[32] For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
[1] Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the
princes of Israel,
[2] And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions,
she nourished her whelps among young lions.
[3] And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it
learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
[4] The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they
brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
[5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then
she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
[6] And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and
learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
[7] And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities;
and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his
roaring.
[8] Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces,
and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
[9] And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of
Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard
upon the mountains of Israel.
[10] Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she
was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
[11] And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule,
and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her
height with the multitude of her branches.
[12] But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered;
the fire consumed them.
[13] And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty
ground.
[14] And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured
her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a
lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
[1] And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth
month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to
inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
[2] Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
[3] Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord
GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
[4] Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them
to know the abominations of their fathers:
[5] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose
Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made
myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto
them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
[6] In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth
of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk
and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
[7] Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of
his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your
God.
[8] But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they
did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they
forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them to
accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
[9] But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted
before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto
them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
[10] Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and
brought them into the wilderness.
[11] And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if
a man do, he shall even live in them.
[12] Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
[13] But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do,
he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said,
I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
[14] But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted
before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
[15] Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I
would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk
and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
[16] Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes,
but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
[17] Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did
I make an end of them in the wilderness.
[18] But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in
the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile
yourselves with their idols:
[19] I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments,
and do them;
[20] And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and
you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
[21] Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not
in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he
shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour
out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
[22] Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake,
that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I
brought them forth.
[23] I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I
would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
[24] Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my
statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their
fathers' idols.
[25] Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and
judgments whereby they should not live;
[26] And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass
through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to
the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
[27] Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in
that they have committed a trespass against me.
[28] For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted
up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the
thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented
the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and
poured out there their drink offerings.
[29] Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And
the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
[30] Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after
their abominations?
[31] For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass
through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this
day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the
Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
[32] And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye
say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood
and stone.
[33] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with
a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
[34] And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out
of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
[35] And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there
will I plead with you face to face.
[36] Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land
of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
[37] And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you
into the bond of the covenant:
[38] And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that
transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they
sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know
that I am the LORD.
[39] As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye,
serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto
me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
[40] For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the
land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your
offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
[41] I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered;
and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
[42] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into
the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to
give it to your fathers.
[43] And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein
ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all
your evils that ye have committed.
[44] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you
for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your
corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
[45] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[46] Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward
the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
[47] And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour
every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be
quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
[48] And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall
not be quenched.
[49] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak
parables?
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward
the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
[3] And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am
against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off
from thee the righteous and the wicked.
[4] Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the
wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh
from the south to the north:
[5] That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword
out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
[6] Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and
with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
[7] And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?
that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart
shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and
all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to
pass, saith the Lord GOD.
[8] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a
sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
[10] It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it
may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as
every tree.
[11] And he hath give 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.
[12] Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall
be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon
my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
[13] Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod?
it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands
together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain:
it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their
privy chambers.
[15] I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that
their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it
is wrapped up for the slaughter.
[16] Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,
whithersoever thy face is set.
[17] I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to
rest: I the LORD have said it.
[18] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
[19] Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the
king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and
choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
[20] Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites,
and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
[21] For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the
head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he
consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
[22] At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint
captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with
shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to
build a fort.
[23] And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to
them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that
they may be taken.
[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your
iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that
in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to
remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
[25] And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when
iniquity shall have an end,
[26] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown:
this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
[27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more,
until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
[28] And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD
concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The
sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume
because of the glittering:
[29] Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto
thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose
day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
[30] Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in
the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
[31] And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against
thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men,
and skilful to destroy.
[32] Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst
of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody
city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
[3] Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in
the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself.
[4] Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy
days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee
a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
[5] Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock
thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
[6] Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power
to shed blood.
[7] In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of
thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed
the fatherless and the widow.
[8] Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
[9] In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat
upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
[10] In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have
they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
[11] And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and
another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath
humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
[12] In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury
and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and
hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
[13] Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain
which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
[14] Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days
that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
[15] And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the
countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
[16] And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of
the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
[17] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[18] Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are
brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even
the dross of silver.
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross,
behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
[20] As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into
the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I
gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt
you.
[21] Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath,
and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
[22] As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be
melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out
my fury upon you.
[23] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[24] Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed,
nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
[25] There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a
roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst
thereof.
[26] Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy
things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have
they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their
eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
[27] Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
[28] And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing
vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the
LORD hath not spoken.
[29] The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery,
and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger
wrongfully.
[30] And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but
I found none.
[31] Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have
consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon
their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
[3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in
their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats
of their virginity.
[4] And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her
sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their
names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
[5] And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her
lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
[6] Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them
desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
[7] Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were
the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols
she defiled herself.
[8] Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth
they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured
their whoredom upon her.
[9] Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the
hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
[10] These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her
daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for
they had executed judgment upon her.
[11] And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her
whoredoms.
[12] She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable
young men.
[13] Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
[14] And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men
pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
[15] Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon
their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the
Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
[16] And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and
sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
[17] And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they
defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind
was alienated from them.
[18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then
my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
[19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the
days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
[20] For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of
asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
[21] Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in
bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
[22] There, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up
thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them
against thee on every side;
[23] The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa,
and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and
rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
[24] And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels,
and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield
and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall
judge thee according to their judgments.
[25] And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal
furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy
remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters;
and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
[26] They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy
fair jewels.
[27] Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom
brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto
them, nor remember Egypt any more.
[28] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the
hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is
alienated:
[29] And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all
thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy
whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
[30] I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring
after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
[31] Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give
her cup into thine hand.
[32] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep
and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth
much.
[33] Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of
astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
[34] Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the
sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith
the Lord GOD.
[35] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me,
and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy
whoredoms.
[36] The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah
and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
[37] That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and
with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons,
whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
[38] Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my
sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
[39] For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they
came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done
in the midst of mine house.
[40] And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto
whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash
thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
[41] And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it,
whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
[42] And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the
men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put
bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
[43] Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now
commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
[44] Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth
the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
[45] And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of
adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are
adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
[46] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them,
and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
[47] And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them
with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up
their houses with fire.
[48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women
may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
[49] And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear
the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[1] Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in
the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day:
the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
[3] And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
[4] Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh,
and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
[5] Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and
make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
[6] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the
pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out
piece by piece; let no lot fall up on it.
[7] For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a
rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
[8] That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set
her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
[9] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will
even make the pile for fire great.
[10] Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it
well, and let the bones be burned.
[11] Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may
be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that
the scum of it may be consumed.
[12] She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not
forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
[13] In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou
wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I
have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
[14] I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it;
I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to
thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord
GOD.
[15] Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[16] Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes
with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears
run down.
[17] Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of
thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy
lips, and eat not the bread of men.
[18] So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife
died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
[19] And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these
things are to us, that thou doest so?
[20] Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[21] Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your
eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom
ye have left shall fall by the sword.
[22] And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor
eat the bread of men.
[23] And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your
feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities,
and mourn one toward another.
[24] Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done
shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[25] Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from
them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that
whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
[26] That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause
thee to hear it with thine ears?
[27] In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and
thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against
them;
[3] And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was
profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the
house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
[4] Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings
in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
[5] 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.
[6] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands,
and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against
the land of Israel;
[7] Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will
deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the
people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
[8] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold,
the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
[9] Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,
from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,
Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
[10] Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in
possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
[11] And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I
am the LORD.
[12] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the
house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged
himself upon them;
[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine
hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it
desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
[14] And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel:
and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and
they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by
revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for
the old hatred;
[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine
hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the
remnant of the sea coast.
[17] And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes;
and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon
them.
[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she
is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be
replenished, now she is laid waste:
[3] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O
Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth
his waves to come up.
[4] And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her
towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a
rock.
[5] It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the
sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to
the nations.
[6] And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the
sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[7] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses,
and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
[8] He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he
shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the
buckler against thee.
[9] And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes
he shall break down thy towers.
[10] By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover
thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels,
and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a
city wherein is made a breach.
[11] With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets:
he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down
to the ground.
[12] And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant
houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst
of the water.
[13] And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of
thy harps shall be no more heard.
[14] And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place
to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken
it, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the
sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the
midst of thee?
[16] Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones,
and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall
clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall
tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
[17] And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How
art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city,
which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror
to be on all that haunt it!
[18] Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles
that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
[19] For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate
city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep
upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
[20] When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit,
with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth,
in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not
inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
[21] I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou
be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
[3] And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,
which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O
Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
[4] Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have
perfected thy beauty.
[5] They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have
taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
[6] Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the
Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
[7] Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou
spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was
that which covered thee.
[8] The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men,
O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
[9] The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy
calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy
thy merchandise.
[10] They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men
of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy
comeliness.
[11] The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about,
and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls
round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
[12] Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of
riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
[13] Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
[14] They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and
horsemen and mules.
[15] The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the
merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and
ebony.
[16] Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of
thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered
work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
[17] Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded
in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
[18] Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy
making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
[19] Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright
iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
[20] Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
[21] Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in
lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
[22] The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they
occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones,
and gold.
[23] Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assur, and
Chilmad, were thy merchants.
[24] These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes,
and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made
of cedar, among thy merchandise.
[25] The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast
replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
[26] Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath
broken thee in the midst of the seas.
[27] Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy
pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of
war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
[28] The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
[29] And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of
the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
[30] And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry
bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves
in the ashes:
[31] And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them
with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and
bitter wailing.
[32] And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and
lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the
midst of the sea?
[33] When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many
people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy
riches and of thy merchandise.
[34] In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of
the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
[35] All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and
their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
[36] The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a
terror, and never shalt be any more.
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the
seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though
thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
[3] Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can
hide from thee:
[4] With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee
riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
[5] By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy
riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart
as the heart of God;
[7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom,
and they shall defile thy brightness.
[8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths
of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
[9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou
shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
[10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of
strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and
perfect in beauty.
[13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the
jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship
of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast
created.
[14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire.
[15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
[16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of
thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane
out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from
the midst of the stones of fire.
[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground,
I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
[18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a
fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
[19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at
thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
[20] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[21] Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
[22] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O
Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I
am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be
sanctified in her.
[23] For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets;
and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on
every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[24] And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised
them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[25] Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of
Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified
in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I
have given to my servant Jacob.
[26] And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and
plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed
judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall
know that I am the LORD their God.
[1] In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the
twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt:
[3] Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers,
which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
[4] But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of
thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
[5] And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the
fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be
brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the
field and to the fowls of the heaven.
[6] And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD,
because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
[7] When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend
all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest
all their loins to be at a stand.
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon
thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
[9] And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall
know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have
made it.
[10] Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene
even unto the border of Ethiopia.
[11] No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass
through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
[12] And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the
countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid
waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
[13] Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I
gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
[14] And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them
to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they
shall be there a base kingdom.
[15] It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt
itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no
more rule over the nations.
[16] And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel,
which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them:
but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[17] And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[18] Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve
a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was
peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he
had served against it:
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of
Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and
take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
[20] I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he
served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
[21] In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud
forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe
worth the day
[3] For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day;
it shall be the time of the heathen.
[4] And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her
multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
[5] Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and
Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the
sword.
[6] Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the
pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in
it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
[7] And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
[8] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in
Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
[9] In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the
careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day
of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to
cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
[11] He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be
brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with the slain.
[12] And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of
the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the
hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will
cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of
the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
[14] And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and
will execute judgments in No.
[15] And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will
cut off the multitude of No.
[16] And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No
shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
[17] The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and
these cities shall go into captivity.
[18] At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break
there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as
for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
[19] Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I
am the LORD.
[20] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in
the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[21] Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo,
it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it
strong to hold the sword.
[22] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken;
and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
[23] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will
disperse them through the countries.
[24] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my
sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before
him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
[25] But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms
of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I
shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch
it out upon the land of Egypt.
[26] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse
them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
[2] Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
[3] Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and
with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the
thick boughs.
[4] 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.
[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,
and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the
multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
[6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under
his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under
his shadow dwelt all great nations.
[7] Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches:
for his root was by great waters.
[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees
were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches;
nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
[9] I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all
the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
[10] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up
thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his
heart is lifted up in his height;
[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of
the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his
wickedness.
[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and
have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are
fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the
people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
[13] Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the
beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
[14] To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt
themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs,
neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they
are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of
the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave
I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods
thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for
him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast
him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of
Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted
in the nether parts of the earth.
[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with
the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst
of the heathen.
[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the
trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the
nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised
with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,
saith the Lord GOD.
[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the
twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came
unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in
the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with
thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over
thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
[4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon
the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,
and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
[5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys
with thy height.
[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,
even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
[7] And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not
give her light.
[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
[10] Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall
be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and
they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of
thy fall.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall
come upon thee.
[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt,
and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
[13] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great
waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of
beasts trouble them.
[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run
like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall
be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that
dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
[16] This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the
daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for
Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
[17] It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of
the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[18] Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down,
even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the
earth, with them that go down into the pit.
[19] Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the
uncircumcised.
[20] They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword:
she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
[21] The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of
hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain
by the sword.
[22] Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all
of them slain, fallen by the sword:
[23] Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is
round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused
terror in the land of the living.
[24] There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of
them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the
nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living;
yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
[25] They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her
multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by
the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have
they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the
midst of them that be slain.
[26] There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are
round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they
caused their terror in the land of the living.
[27] And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the
uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they
have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their
bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
[28] Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and
shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
[29] There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their
might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the
uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
[30] There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the
Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are
ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by
the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
[31] Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his
multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord
GOD.
[32] For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall
be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the
sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of
their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
[3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet,
and warn the people;
[4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not
warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own
head.
[5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood
shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
[6] But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among
them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the
watchman's hand.
[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of
Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
[8] When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if
thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die
in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
[9] Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if
he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
[10] Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus
ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine
away in them, how should we then live?
[11] Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in
the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
[12] Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people,
The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his
transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby
in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be
able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
[13] When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he
trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses
shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall
die for it.
[14] Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he
turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
[15] If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed,
walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely
live, he shall not die.
[16] None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto
him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
[17] Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not
equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
[18] When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
[19] But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
[20] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel,
I will judge you every one after his ways.
[21] And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the
tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of
Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
[22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that
was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
[23] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[24] Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel
speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the
land is given us for inheritance.
[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye
possess the land?
[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every
one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
[27] Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely
they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the
open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the
forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
[28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall
pass through.
[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land
most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
[30] Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking
against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to
another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is
the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
[31] And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before
thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with
their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath
a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words,
but they do them not.
[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they
know that a prophet hath been among them.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the
flocks?
[3] Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that
are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
[4] The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that
which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye
brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was
lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
[5] And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they
became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
[6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high
hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did
search or seek after them.
[7] Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
[8] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a
prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was
no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds
fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
[9] Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I
will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the
flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver
my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out.
[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
[13] And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the
mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country.
[14] I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of
Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat
pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the
Lord GOD.
[16] I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was
driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that
which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them
with judgment.
[17] And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
[18] Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good
pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?
and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your
feet?
[19] And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your
feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I,
will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
[21] Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all
the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
[22] Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey;
and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
[23] And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,
even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
[24] And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince
among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
[25] And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the
evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
[26] And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing;
and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers
of blessing.
[27] And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth
shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know
that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered
them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
[28] And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the
beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make
them afraid.
[29] And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be
no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen
any more.
[30] Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and
that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
[31] And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your
God, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against
it,
[3] And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am
against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make
thee most desolate.
[4] I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou
shalt know that I am the LORD.
[5] Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of
the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity,
in the time that their iniquity had an end:
[6] Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto
blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood
shall pursue thee.
[7] Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him
that passeth out and him that returneth.
[8] And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and
in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the
sword.
[9] I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not
return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[10] Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries
shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
[11] Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according
to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy
hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have
judged thee.
[12] And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all
thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying,
They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
[13] Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have
multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
[14] Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will
make thee desolate.
[15] As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,
because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O
mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
[1] Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the
mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
LORD:
[2] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you,
Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
[3] Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they
have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a
possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of
talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
[4] Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;
Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and
to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken,
which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round
about;
[5] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy
have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which
have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart,
with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
[6] Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have
borne the shame of the heathen:
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand,
Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
[8] But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches,
and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
[9] For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown:
[10] And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all
of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
[11] And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase
and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[12] Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no
more henceforth bereave them of men.
[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land
devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
[14] Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy
nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen
any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither
shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
[16] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[17] Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they
defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the
uncleanness of a removed woman.
[18] Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had
shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
[19] And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed
through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I
judged them.
[20] And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they
profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the
LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
[21] But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had
profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
[22] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,
which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
[23] And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the
heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you
before their eyes.
[24] For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of
all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
[25] Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
[26] A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will
give you an heart of flesh.
[27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
[28] And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye
shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[29] I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call
for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
[30] And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the
field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
[31] Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that
were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities
and for your abominations.
[32] Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto
you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
[33] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you
from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the
wastes shall be builded.
[34] And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in
the sight of all that passed by.
[35] And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the
garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced,
and are inhabited.
[36] Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I
the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD
have spoken it, and I will do it.
[37] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
[38] As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts;
so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know
that I am the LORD.
[1] The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me
out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which
was full of bones,
[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were
very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I
answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them,
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause
breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
[6] And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
[8] And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,
and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
[9] Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O
breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
[10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them,
and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
[11] Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house
of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are
cut off for our parts.
[12] Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
[13] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your
graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
[14] And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall
place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
[15] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[16] Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it,
For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick,
and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel his companions:
[17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become
one in thine hand.
[18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying,
Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
[19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
[20] And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before
their eyes.
[21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of
Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two
nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
[23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor
with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will
save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will
cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
[24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall
have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my
statutes, and do them.
[25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my
servant David shall be their prince for ever.
[26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and
will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when
my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will
bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed
with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all
of them handling swords:
[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north
quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou
shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered
out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely
all of them.
[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud
to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the
same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil
thought:
[11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I
will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
[12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered
out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst
of the land.
[13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young
lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou
gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take
away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
[14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not
know it?
[15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou,
and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and
a mighty army:
[16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to
cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against
my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O
Gog, before their eyes.
[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old
time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
[18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come
against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in
my face.
[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all
the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and
the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every
wall shall fall to the ground.
[21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my
mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
[22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I
will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with
him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be
known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,
and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and
will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the
mountains of Israel:
[3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine
arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
[4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,
and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of
every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
[5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the
Lord GOD.
[6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell
carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel;
and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
[8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the
day whereof I have spoken.
[9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and
shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the
bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn
them with fire seven years:
[10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down
any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they
shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the
Lord GOD.
[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a
place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of
the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they
bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
[12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that
they may cleanse the land.
[13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing
through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of
the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
[15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a
man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it
in the valley of Hamon-gog.
[16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they
cleanse the land.
[17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come;
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you,
even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and
drink blood.
[18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes
of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them
fatlings of Bashan.
[19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
[20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with
mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
[21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen
shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon
them.
[22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from
that day and forward.
[23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into
captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid
I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they
all by the sword.
[24] According to their uncleanness and according to their
transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
[25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the
captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be
jealous for my holy name;
[26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land,
and none made them afraid.
[27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them
out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many
nations;
[28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them
to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their
own land, and have left none of them any more there.
[29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured
out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] In the five and twentieth year of our captivity,
in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth
year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD
was upon me, and brought me thither.
[2] In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set
me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
[3] And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose
appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand,
and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
[4] And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and
hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for
to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare
all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
[5] And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in
the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand
breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height,
one reed.
[6] Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went
up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one
reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
[7] And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and
between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by
the porch of the gate within was one reed.
[8] He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
[9] Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts
thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
[10] And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this
side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had
one measure on this side and on that side.
[11] And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits;
and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
[12] The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this
side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were
six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
[13] He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to
the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
[14] He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the
court round about the gate.
[15] And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the
porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
[16] And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their
posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were
round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
[17] Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were
chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were
upon the pavement.
[18] And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length
of the gates was the lower pavement.
[19] Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate
unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and
northward.
[20] And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured
the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
[21] And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three
on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the
measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth
five and twenty cubits.
[22] And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were
after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up
unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
[23] And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward
the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred
cubits.
[24] After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward
the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according
to these measures.
[25] And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about,
like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and
twenty cubits.
[26] And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof
were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that
side, upon the posts thereof.
[27] And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he
measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
[28] And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he
measured the south gate according to these measures;
[29] And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and
in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.
[30] And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and
five cubits broad.
[31] And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees
were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
[32] And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he
measured the gate according to these measures.
[33] And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows
therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and
five and twenty cubits broad.
[34] And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm
trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the
going up to it had eight steps.
[35] And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to
these measures;
[36] The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and
the breadth five and twenty cubits.
[37] And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees
were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up
to it had eight steps.
[38] And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the
gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
[39] And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two
tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering
and the trespass offering.
[40] And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north
gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate,
were two tables.
[41] Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the
side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
[42] And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a
cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high:
whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering
and the sacrifice.
[43] And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and
upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
[44] And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the
inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was
toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward
the north.
[45] And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the
south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
[46] And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the
priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok
among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
[47] So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred
cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
[48] And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post
of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the
breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that
side.
[49] The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there
were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
[1] Afterward he brought me to the temple, and
measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on
the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
[2] And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the
door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he
measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
[3] Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits;
and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
[4] So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth,
twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy
place.
[5] After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth
of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
[6] And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in
order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side
chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the
wall of the house.
[7] And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the
side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about
the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so
increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
[8] I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of
the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
[9] The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without,
was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers
that were within.
[10] And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round
about the house on every side.
[11] And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was
left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the
breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
[12] Now the building that was before the separate place at the end
toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five
cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
[13] So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate
place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
[14] Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate
place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
[15] And he measured the length of the building over against the
separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side
and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the
porches of the court;
[16] The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round
about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round
about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
[17] To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and
by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
[18] And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree
was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
[19] So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side,
and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was
made through all the house round about.
[20] From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees
made, and on the wall of the temple.
[21] The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the
sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
[22] The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two
cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof,
were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
[23] And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
[24] And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves
for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
[25] And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims
and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks
upon the face of the porch without.
[26] And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on
the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the
house, and thick planks.
[1] Then he brought me forth into the utter court,
the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over
against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.
[2] Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the
breadth was fifty cubits.
[3] Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and
over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against
gallery in three stories.
[4] And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a
way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
[5] Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher
than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
[6] For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars
of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and
the middlemost from the ground.
[7] And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the
utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty
cubits.
[8] For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was
fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
[9] And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one
goeth into them from the utter court.
[10] The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward
the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
[11] And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers
which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all
their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their
doors.
[12] And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the
south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall
toward the east, as one entereth into them.
[13] Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers,
which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests
that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they
lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering; for the place is holy.
[14] When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the
holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments
wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and
shall approach to those things which are for the people.
[15] Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he
brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and
measured it round about.
[16] He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred
reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
[17] He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring
reed round about.
[18] He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring
reed.
[19] He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds
with the measuring reed.
[20] He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five
hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the
sanctuary and the profane place.
[1] Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the
gate that looketh toward the east:
[2] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the
east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with
his glory.
[3] And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,
even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and
the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell
upon my face.
[4] And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate
whose prospect is toward the east.
[5] So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and,
behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
[6] And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood
by me.
[7] And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the
place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children
of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile,
neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their
kings in their high places.
[8] In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post
by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy
name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed
them in mine anger.
[9] Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their
kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
[10] Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they
may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
[11] And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the
form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the
comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof,
and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their
sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and do them.
[12] This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the
whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of
the house.
[13] And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit
is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the
breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall
be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
[14] And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall
be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to
the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
[15] So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward
shall be four horns.
[16] And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in
the four squares thereof.
[17] And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in
the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and
the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the
east.
[18] And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are
the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt
offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
[19] And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed
of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a
young bullock for a sin offering.
[20] And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four
horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round
about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
[21] Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall
burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
[22] And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without
blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did
cleanse it with the bullock.
[23] When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a
young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
[24] And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall
cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the
LORD.
[25] Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering:
they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without
blemish.
[26] Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall
consecrate themselves.
[27] And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth
day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar,
and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] Then he brought me back the way of the gate of
the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
[2] Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel,
hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
[3] It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread
before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall
go out by the way of the same.
[4] Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I
looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I
fell upon my face.
[5] And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all
the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark
well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
[6] And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your
abominations,
[7] In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised
in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it,
even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have
broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
[8] And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is
among the children of Israel.
[10] And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear
their iniquity.
[11] Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the
gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt
offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to
minister unto them.
[12] Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused
the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand
against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
[13] And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest
unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but
they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
[14] But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all
the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
[15] But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the
charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they
shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to
offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
[16] They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my
table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
[17] And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of
the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall
come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and
within.
[18] They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have
linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing
that causeth sweat.
[19] And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter
court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered,
and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and
they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
[20] Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to
grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
[21] Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner
court.
[22] Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is
put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a
widow that had a priest before.
[23] And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
[24] And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall
judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes
in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
[25] And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for
father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister
that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
[26] And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
[27] And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner
court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the
Lord GOD.
[28] And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:
and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
[29] They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
[30] And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every
oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye
shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the
blessing to rest in thine house.
[31] The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or
torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
[1] Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land
for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of
the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and
the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders
thereof round about.
[2] Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length,
with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about
for the suburbs thereof.
[3] And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and
the most holy place.
[4] The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers
of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall
be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
[5] And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of
breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for
themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
[6] And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad,
and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion:
it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
[7] And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the
other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the
city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the
city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the
length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the
east border.
[8] In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall
no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the
house of Israel according to their tribes.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:
remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. I
[11] The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may
contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer:
the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
[12] And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and
twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your manneh.
[13] This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an
ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an
homer of barley:
[14] Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer
the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for
ten baths are an homer:
[15] And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat
pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for
peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.
[16] All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince
in Israel.
[17] And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the
sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin
offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace
offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
[18] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of
the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the
sanctuary:
[19] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put
it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the
altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
[20] And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one
that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
[21] In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall
have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
[22] And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all
the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
[23] And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to
the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days;
and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
[24] And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and
an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
[25] In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he
do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,
according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and
according to the oil.
[1] Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner
court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on
the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be
opened.
[2] And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate
without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare
his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the
threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut
until the evening.
[3] Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this
gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
[4] And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in
the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
[5] And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat
offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an
ephah.
[6] And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without
blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
[7] And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and
an hin of oil to an ephah.
[8] And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the
porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
[9] But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the
solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship
shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of
the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return
by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
[10] And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in;
and when they go forth, shall go forth.
[11] And in the feast and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be
an ephah to a bullock, and ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to
give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
[12] Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or
peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate
that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his
peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and
after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
[13] Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb
of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
[14] And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the
sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the
fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.
[15] Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the
oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
[16] Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his
sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession
by inheritance.
[17] But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants,
then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the
prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
[18] Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by
oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons
inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every
man from his possession.
[19] After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the
gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north:
and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
[20] Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall
boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat
offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the
people.
[21] Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to
pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the
court there was a court.
[22] In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty
cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
[23] And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them
four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
[24] Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where
the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
[1] Afterward he brought me again unto the door of
the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house
eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters
came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the
altar.
[2] Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me
about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward;
and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
[3] And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward,
he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters
were to the ancles.
[4] Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the
waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through;
the waters were to the loins.
[5] Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could
not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could
not be passed over.
[6] And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he
brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
[7] Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very
many trees on the one side and on the other.
[8] Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east
country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought
forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
[9] And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which
moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a
very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they
shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
[10] And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it
from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets;
their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea,
exceeding many.
[11] But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be
healed; they shall be given to salt.
[12] And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that
side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall
the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his
months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit
thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall
inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have
two portions.
[14] And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the
which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall
fall unto you for inheritance.
[15] And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,
from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
[16] Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus
and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
[17] And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of
Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the
north side.
[18] And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus,
and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto
the east sea. And this is the east side.
[19] And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of
strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side
southward.
[20] The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a
man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
[21] So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of
Israel.
[22] And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an
inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall
beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country
among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the
tribes of Israel.
[23] And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger
sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
[1] Now these are the names of the tribes. From the
north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan,
the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his
sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
[2] And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a
portion for Asher.
[3] And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west
side, a portion for Naphtali.
[4] And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Manasseh.
[5] And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Ephraim.
[6] And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west
side, a portion for Reuben.
[7] And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side,
a portion for
[8] And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side,
shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in
breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the
west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
[9] The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and
twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
[10] And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation;
toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten
thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward
the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD
shall be in the midst thereof.
[11] It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of
Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of
[12] And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a
thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
[13] And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have
five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length
shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
[14] And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits
of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
[15] And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against
the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for
dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
[16] And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four
thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred,
and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four
thousand and five hundred.
[17] And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred
and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two
hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
[18] And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy
portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall
be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof
shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
[19] And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes
of
[20] All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and
twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the
possession of the city.
[21] And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the
other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the
five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward
over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against
the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the
sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
[22] Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the
possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's,
between the border of
[23] As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west
side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
[24] And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west
side, Simeon shall have a portion.
[25] And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side,
Issachar a portion.
[26] And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west
side, Zebulun a portion.
[27] And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west
side, Gad a portion.
[28] And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border
shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river
toward the great sea.
[29] This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of
[30] And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four
thousand and five hundred measures.
[31] And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of
[32] And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three
gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
[33] And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and
three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
[34] At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three
gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
[35] It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the
city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
[1] In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king
of
[2] And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of
[3] And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of
the princes;
[4] Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in
all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as
had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach
the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
[5] And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat,
and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end
thereof they might stand before the king.
[6] Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah:
[7] Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto
Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael,
of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
[8] But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself
with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank:
therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile
himself.
[9] Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the
prince of the eunuchs.
[10] And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the
king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your
faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make
me endanger my head to the king.
[11] Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set
over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
[12] Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us
pulse to eat, and water to drink.
[13] Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as
thou seest, deal with thy servants.
[14] So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
[15] And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's
meat.
[16] Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that
they should drink; and gave them pulse.
[17] As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in
all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and
dreams.
[18] Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring
them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
[19] And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none
like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the
king.
[20] And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king
inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and
astrologers that were in all his realm.
[21] And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
[1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep
brake from him.
[2] Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers,
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they
came and stood before the king.
[3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit
was troubled to know the dream.
[4] Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for
ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
[5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from
me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation
thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
[6] But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream,
and the interpretation thereof.
[7] They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the
dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
[8] The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain
the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
[9] But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one
decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before
me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know
that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
[10] The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a
man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king,
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.
[11] And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none
other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh.
[12] For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded
to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
[13] And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and
they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
[14] Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain
of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
[15] He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the
decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
[16] Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him
time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
[17] Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
[18] That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise
men of Babylon.
[19] Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then
Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
[20] Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:
[21] And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding:
[22] He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
[23] I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
[24] Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not
the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the
king the interpretation.
[25] Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said
thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make
known unto the king the interpretation.
[26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof?
[27] Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret
which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
[28] But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh
known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream,
and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
[29] As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed,
what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known
to thee what shall come to pass.
[30] But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom
that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
[31] Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,
whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible.
[32] This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of
silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
[33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
[34] Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which
smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
[35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled
the whole earth.
[36] This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof
before the king.
[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
[38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field
and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee
ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
[39] And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
[40] And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
[41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,
and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
[42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so
the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
[43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
[44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and
it shall stand for ever.
[45] Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
sure.
[46] Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped
Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto
him.
[47] The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that
your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets,
seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
[48] Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great
gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the
governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
[49] Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,
whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set
it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of
the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[3] Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set
up.
[4] Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,
nations, and languages,
[5] That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
[6] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the
people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[8] Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the
Jews.
[9] They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for
ever.
[10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all
kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
[11] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have
not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.
[13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image
which I have set up?
[15] Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,
ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship
not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace;
and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
[18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve
thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[19] Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage
was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
furnace.
[21] Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their
hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
[22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[24] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,
and spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into
the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
[25] He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the
midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like
the Son of God.
[26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of
the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
[27] And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's
counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire
had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
[28] Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his
servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded
their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own
God.
[29] Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill:
because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
[30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the
province of Babylon.
[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people,
nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto
you.
[2] I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God
hath wrought toward me.
[3] How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
[4] I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my
palace:
[5] I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and
the visions of my head troubled me.
[6] Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon
before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
[7] Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto
me the interpretation thereof.
[8] But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was
Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the
holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
[9] O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the
spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
[10] Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a
tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
[11] The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto
heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
[12] The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it
was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of
the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
[13] I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher
and an holy one came down from heaven;
[14] He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his
branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away
from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
[15] Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet
with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of
the earth:
[16] Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be
given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
[17] This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the
word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and
setteth up over it the basest of men.
[18] This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O
Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men
of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou
art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
[19] Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one
hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar,
let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar
answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the
interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
[20] The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height
reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
[21] Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was
meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose
branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
[22] It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy
greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of
the earth.
[23] And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of
the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let
his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
[24] This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the
most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
[25] That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and
they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over
thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever he will.
[26] And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots;
thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the
heavens do rule.
[27] Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and
break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to
the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
[28] All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
[29] At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom
of Babylon.
[30] The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have
built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour
of my majesty?
[31] While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from
heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thee.
[32] And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven
times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
[33] The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he
was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the
dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails
like birds' claws.
[34] And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes
unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most
High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
[35] And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he
doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of
the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
[36] At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of
my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and
my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent
majesty was added unto me.
[37] Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of
heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk
in pride he is able to abase.
[1] Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a
thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
[2] Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden
and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple
which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his
concubines, might drink therein.
[3] Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the
temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his
princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
[4] They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of
brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
[5] In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over
against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and
the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
[6] Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled
him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one
against another.
[7] The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and
the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[8] Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
[9] Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was
changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
[10] Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords,
came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for
ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
[11] There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy
gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like
the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy
father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
[12] Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now
let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
[13] Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and
said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the
captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
[14] I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee,
and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
[15] And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before
me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the
interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the
thing:
[16] And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the
interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of
gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[17] Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to
thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the
king, and make known to him the interpretation.
[18] O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a
kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
[19] And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and
languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he
would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put
down.
[20] But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,
he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
[21] And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like
the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass
like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the
most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it
whomsoever he will.
[22] And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,
though thou knewest all this;
[23] But hast lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven; and they
have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy
wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the
gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor
hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy
ways, hast thou not glorified:
[24] Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was
written.
[25] And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
[26] This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered
thy kingdom, and finished it.
[27] TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
[28] PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
[29] Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,
and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him,
that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[30] In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
[31] And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and
two years old.
[1] It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
[2] And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the
princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
[3] Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes,
because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over
the whole realm.
[4] Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against
Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch
as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
[5] Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this
Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
[6] Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king,
and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
[7] All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,
the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal
statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any
God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den
of lions.
[8] Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be
not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth
not.
[9] Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
[10] Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his
house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon
his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he
did aforetime.
[11] Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his God.
[12] Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the
king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a
petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be
cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true,
according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
[13] Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is
of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the
decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
[14] Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with
himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the
going down of the sun to deliver him.
[15] Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,
Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor
statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
[16] Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into
the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou
servest continually, he will deliver thee.
[17] And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the
king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the
purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
[18] Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting:
neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from
him.
[19] Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste
unto the den of lions.
[20] And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto
Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living
God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the
lions?
[21] Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
[22] My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that
they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and
also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
[23] Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they
should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den,
and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
[24] And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had
accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children,
and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their
bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
[25] Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages,
that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
[26] I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble
and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for
ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall
be even unto the end.
[27] He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in
heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
[28] So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign
of Cyrus the Persian.
[1] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon
Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the
dream, and told the sum of the matters.
[2] Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
[3] And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from
another.
[4] The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand
upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
[5] And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth
of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
[6] After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon
the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
[7] After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it
devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and
it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
[8] I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them
another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up
by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a
mouth speaking great things.
[9] I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days
did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the
pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
[10] A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before
him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
[11] I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the
horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame.
[12] As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
[13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man
came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him.
[14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that
all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.
[15] I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions of my head troubled me.
[16] I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth
of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
[17] These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall
arise out of the earth.
[18] But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess
the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
[19] Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse
from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
his feet;
[20] And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which
came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a
mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
[21] I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
[22] Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the
saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the
kingdom.
[23] Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon
earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
[24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the
first, and he shall subdue three kings.
[25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time.
[26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
[27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve
and obey him.
[28] Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations
much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my
heart.
[1] In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar
a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto
me at the first.
[2] And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was
at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision,
and I was by the river of Ulai.
[3] Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before
the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was
higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
[4] I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so
that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver
out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
[5] And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on
the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes.
[6] And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had there seen
standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
[7] And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler
against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power
in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped
upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
[8] Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four
winds of heaven.
[9] And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed
exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant
land.
[10] And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down
some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
[11] Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by
him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast
down.
[12] And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and
prospered.
[13] Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that
certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily
sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and
the host to be trodden under foot?
[14] And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
[15] And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,
and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the
appearance of a man.
[16] And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called,
and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
[17] So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and
fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the
time of the end shall be the vision.
[18] Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face
toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
[19] And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the
last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
[20] The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media
and Persia.
[21] And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that
is between his eyes is the first king.
[22] Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms
shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
[23] And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are
come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up.
[24] And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people.
[25] And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his
hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy
many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be
broken without hand.
[26] And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is
true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
[27] And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose
up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none
understood it.
[1] In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus,
of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
[2] In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the
number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet,
that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
[3] And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and
supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
[4] And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said,
O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that
love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
[5] We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly,
and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
[6] Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which
spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the
people of the land.
[7] O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of
faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through
all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that
they have trespassed against thee.
[8] O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our
princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
[9] To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him;
[10] Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in
his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
[11] Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that
they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the
oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have
sinned against him.
[12] And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and
against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under
the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
[13] As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon
us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from
our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
[14] Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon
us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we
obeyed not his voice.
[15] And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of
the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this
day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
[16] O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let
thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy
mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
[17] Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate,
for the Lord's sake.
[18] O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold
our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not
present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy
great mercies.
[19] O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,
for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy
name.
[20] And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and
the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my
God for the holy mountain of my God;
[21] Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched
me about the time of the evening oblation.
[22] And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am
now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
[23] At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,
and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand
the matter, and consider the vision.
[24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy
city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
[25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall
be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again,
and the wall, even in troublous times.
[26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but
not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined.
[27] And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in
the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
[1] In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing
was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was
true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had
understanding of the vision.
[2] In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
[3] I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,
neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
[4] And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by
the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
[5] Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man
clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
[6] His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of
lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in
colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a
multitude.
[7] And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw
not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide
themselves.
[8] Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there
remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption,
and I retained no strength.
[9] Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of
his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the
ground.
[10] And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and
upon the palms of my hands.
[11] And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand
the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now
sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
[12] Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that
thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
[13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty
days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings of Persia.
[14] Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in
the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
[15] And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the
ground, and I became dumb.
[16] And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my
lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before
me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained
no strength.
[17] For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for
as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there
breath left in me.
[18] Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a
man, and he strengthened me,
[19] And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be
strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and
said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
[20] Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will
I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince
of Grecia shall come.
[21] But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth:
and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your
prince.
[1] Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even
I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
[2] And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet
three kings in
[3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great
dominion, and do according to his will.
[4] And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall
be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor
according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up,
even for others beside those.
[5] And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes;
and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a
great dominion.
[6] And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the
king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an
agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he
stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and
he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
[7] But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate,
which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of
the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
[8] And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their
princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall
continue more years than the king of the north.
[9] So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall
return into his own land.
[10] But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of
great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through:
then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
[11] And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall
come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall
set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
[12] And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be
lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be
strengthened by it.
[13] For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a
multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years
with a great army and with much riches.
[14] And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of
the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish
the vision; but they shall fall.
[15] So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take
the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither
his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
[16] But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will,
and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which
by his hand shall be consumed.
[17] He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the
daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither
be for him.
[18] After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take
many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him
to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
[19] Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he
shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
[20] Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of
the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor
in battle.
[21] And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall
not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain
the kingdom by flatteries.
[22] And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before
him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
[23] And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for
he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
[24] He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the
province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'
fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and
he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
[25] And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of
the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to
battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they
shall forecast devices against him.
[26] Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him,
and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
[27] And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they
shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall
be at the time appointed.
[28] Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart
shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his
own land.
[29] At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south;
but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
[30] For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall
be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so
shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake
the holy covenant.
[31] And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the
sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall
place the abomination that maketh desolate.
[32] And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
[33] And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet
they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many
days.
[34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help:
but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
[35] And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to
purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet
for a time appointed.
[36] And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt
himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be
accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
[37] Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
[38] But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom
his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things.
[39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom
he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule
over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
[40] And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:
and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with
chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the
countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries
shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and
Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
[42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the
land of Egypt shall not escape.
[43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,
and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians
shall be at his steps.
[44] But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make
away many.
[45] And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas
in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall
help him.
[1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be
a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book.
[2] And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
[3] And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and
ever.
[4] But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased.
[5] Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on
this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of
the river.
[6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters
of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
[7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and
sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an
half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy
people, all these things shall be finished.
[8] And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what
shall be the end of these things?
[9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end.
[10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked
shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
understand.
[11] And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two
hundred and ninety days.
[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days.
[13] But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand
in thy lot at the end of the days.
[1] The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the
son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
[2] The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for
the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
[3] So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived,
and bare him a son.
[4] And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little
while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will
cause to cease the kingdom of the house of
[5] And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of
[6] And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him,
Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of
[7] But I will have mercy upon the house of
[8] Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
[9] Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and
I will not be your God.
[10] Yet the number of the children of
[11] Then shall the children of
[1] Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your
sisters, Ru-hamah.
[2] Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I
her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her
adulteries from between her breasts;
[3] Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,
and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with
thirst.
[4] And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the
children of whoredoms.
[5] For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them
hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my
bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
[6] Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a
wall, that she shall not find her paths.
[7] And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake
them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I
will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than
now.
[8] For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and
multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
[9] Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof,
and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given
to cover her nakedness.
[10] And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
[11] I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new
moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
[12] And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath
said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a
forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
[13] And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned
incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and
she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
[14] Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak comfortably unto her.
[15] And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of
Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her
youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
[16] And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call
me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
[17] For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they
shall no more be remembered by their name.
[18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of
the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the
ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth,
and will make them to lie down safely.
[19] And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee
unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in
mercies.
[20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
know the LORD.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD,
I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
[22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and
they shall hear Jezreel.
[23] And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon
her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my
people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
[1] Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman
beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD
toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of
wine.
[2] So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer
of barley, and an half homer of barley:
[3] And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt
not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be
for thee.
[4] For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and
without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an
ephod, and without teraphim:
[5] Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD
their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in
the latter days.
[1] Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel:
for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
[2] By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing
adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
[3] Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein
shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
[4] Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as
they that strive with the priest.
[5] Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall
fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
[7] As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I
change their glory into shame.
[8] They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity.
[9] And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them their doings.
[10] For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit
whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to
the LORD.
[11] Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
[12] My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth
unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
gone a whoring from under their God.
[13] They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense
upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is
good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall
commit adultery.
[14] I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor
your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with
whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not
understand shall fall.
[15] Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD
liveth.
[16] For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will
feed them as a lamb in a large place.
[17] Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
[18] Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her
rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
[19] The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices.
[1] Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of
Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you,
because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
[2] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been
a rebuker of them all.
[3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim,
thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
[4] They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the
spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
[5] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall
Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
[6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the
LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
[7] They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have
begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
[8] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
[9] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of
Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
[10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:
therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
[11] Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment.
[12] Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of
Judah as rottenness.
[13] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went
Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor
cure you of your wound.
[14] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the
house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none
shall rescue him.
[15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
[1] Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he
hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
[2] After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us
up, and we shall live in his sight.
[3] Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going
forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the
latter and former rain unto the earth.
[4] O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto
thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth
away.
[5] Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by
the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
[6] For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God
more than burnt offerings.
[7] But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they
dealt treacherously against me.
[8] Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with
blood.
[9] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests
murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
[10] I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
[11] Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the
captivity of my people.
[1] When I would have healed Israel, then the
iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit
falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
[2] And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my
face.
[3] They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with
their lies.
[4] They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth
from raising after he hath kneeded the dough, until it be leavened.
[5] In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles
of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
[6] For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie
in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a
flaming fire.
[7] They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all
their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
[8] Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake
not turned.
[9] Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea,
gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
[10] And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not
return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
[11] Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to
Egypt, they go to Assyria.
[12] When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring
them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation hath heard.
[13] Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!
because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet
they have spoken lies against me.
[14] And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled
upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel
against me.
[15] Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they
imagine mischief against me.
[16] They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful
bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this
shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
[1] Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an
eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my
covenant, and trespassed against my law.
[2] Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
[3] Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue
him.
[4] They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I
knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they
may be cut off.
[5] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
[6] For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is
not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
[7] For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it
hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers
shall swallow it up.
[8] Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a
vessel wherein is no pleasure.
[9] For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired lovers.
[10] Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather
them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
[11] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto
him to sin.
[12] I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were
counted as a strange thing.
[13] They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat
it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and
visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
[14] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and
Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
[1] Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people:
for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every
cornfloor.
[2] The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine
shall fail in her.
[3] They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to
Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
[4] They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be
pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of
mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their
soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
[5] What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of
the LORD?
[6] For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather
them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles
shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
[7] The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;
Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the
multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
[8] The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare
of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
[9] They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:
therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
[10] I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as
the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor,
and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according
as they loved.
[11] As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the
birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
[12] Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that
there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
[13] Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but
Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
[14] Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying
womb and dry breasts.
[15] All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the
wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love
them no more: all their princes are revolters.
[16] Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no
fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of
their womb.
[17] My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him:
and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
[1] Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars;
according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
[2] Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall
break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
[3] For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the
LORD; what then should a king do to us?
[4] They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
[5] The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven:
for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that
rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
[6] It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb:
Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
[7] As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
[8] The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed:
the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to
the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
[9] O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they
stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake
them.
[10] It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people
shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two
furrows.
[11] And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out
the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride;
Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
[12] Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your
fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.
[13] Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten
the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy
mighty men.
[14] Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy
fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of
battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
[15] So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a
morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
[1] When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called
my son out of Egypt.
[2] As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto
Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
[3] I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they
knew not that I healed them.
[4] I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to
them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
[5] He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall
be his king, because they refused to return.
[6] And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his
branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
[7] And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called
them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
[8] How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is
turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
[9] I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return
to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of
thee: and I will not enter into the city.
[10] They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he
shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
[11] They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the
land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
[12] Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with
deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
[1] Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the
east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant
with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
[2] The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
[3] He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he
had power with God:
[4] Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
[5] Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
[6] Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on
thy God continually.
[7] He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth
to oppress.
[8] And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out
substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
[9] And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
[10] I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions,
and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
[11] Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice
bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the
fields.
[12] And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
[13] And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a
prophet was he preserved.
[14] Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he
leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
[1] When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself
in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
[2] And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the
work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the
calves.
[3] Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew
that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the
floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
[4] Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt
know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
[5] I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
[6] According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled,
and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
[7] Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way
will I observe them:
[8] I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will
rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the
wild beast shall tear them.
[9] O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
[10] I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all
thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
[11] I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
[12] The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
[13] The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an
unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of
children.
[14] I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them
from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction:
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
[15] Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come,
the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall
become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of
all pleasant vessels.
[16] Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her
God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and
their women with child shall be ripped up.
[1] O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou
hast fallen by thine iniquity.
[2] Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away
all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our
lips.
[3] Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will
we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the
fatherless findeth mercy.
[4] I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine
anger is turned away from him.
[5] I will be as the dew unto
[6] His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive
tree, and his smell as
[7] They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as
the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of
[8] Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have
heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit
found.
[9] Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he
shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in
them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of
Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their
children, and their children another generation.
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the
cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number,
whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great
lion.
[7] He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it
clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
[8] Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her
youth.
[9] The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house
of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
[10] The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the
new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
[11] Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the
wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
[12] The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate
tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field,
are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
[13] Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the
altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat
offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
[14] Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and
all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry
unto the LORD,
[15] Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a
destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
[16] Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from
the house of our God?
[17] The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid
desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
[18] How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because
they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
[19] O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures
of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
[20] The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of
waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
[1] Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm
in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day
of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
[2] A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a
strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,
even to the years of many generations.
[3] A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the
land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate
wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
[4] The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run.
[5] Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong
people set in battle array.
[6] Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall
gather blackness.
[7] They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men
of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break
their ranks:
[8] Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his
path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
[9] They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,
they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a
thief.
[10] The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the
sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
[11] And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is
very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD
is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
[12] Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all
your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
[13] And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD
your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
[14] Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind
him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
[15] Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
[16] Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go
forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
[17] Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine
heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should
they say among the people, Where is their God?
[18] Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
[19] Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send
you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no
more make you a reproach among the heathen:
[20] But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will
drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea,
and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his
ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
[21] Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great
things.
[22] Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the
wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine
do yield their strength.
[23] Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your
God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to
come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first
month.
[24] And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow
with wine and oil.
[25] And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent
among you.
[26] And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name
of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall
never be ashamed.
[27] And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am
the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
[28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
[29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days
will I pour out my spirit.
[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and
fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall
call.
[1] For, behold, in those days, and in that time,
when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
[2] I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my
land.
[3] And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an
harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
[4] Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the
coasts of
[5] Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into
your temples my goodly pleasant things:
[6] The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye
sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
[7] Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold
them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
[8] And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far
off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
[9] Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty
men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
[10] Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into
spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
[11] Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather
yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O
LORD.
[12] Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the
[13] Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down;
for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
[14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of
the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
[15] The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall
withdraw their shining.
[16] The LORD also shall roar out of
[17] So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in
[18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall
drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of
[19]
[20] But
[21] For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the
LORD dwelleth in
[1] The words of Amos, who was among the herdman of
Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and
in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the
earthquake.
[2] And he said, The LORD will roar from
[3] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
[4] But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour
the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[5] I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant
from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of
[6] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive
the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
[7] But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the
palaces thereof:
[8] And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth
the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up
the whole captivity to
[10] But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the
palaces thereof.
[11] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his
brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear
perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
[12] But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces
of Bozrah.
[13] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of
Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
[14] But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour
the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the
day of the whirlwind:
[15] And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes
together, saith the LORD.
[1] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he
burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
[2] But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of
Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet:
[3] And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay
all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
[4] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised
the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused
them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
[5] But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces
of Jerusalem.
[6] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the
righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
[7] That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and
turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the
same maid, to profane my holy name:
[8] And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every
altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
[9] Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit
from above, and his roots from beneath.
[10] Also I brought you up from the
[11] And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men
for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of
[12] But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the
prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
[13] Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full
of sheaves.
[14] Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong
shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
[15] Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift
of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse
deliver himself.
[16] And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in
that day, saith the LORD.
[1] Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against
you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the
land of Egypt, saying,
[2] You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I
will punish you for all your iniquities.
[3] Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
[4] Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young
lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
[5] Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?
shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
[6] Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
[7] Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
[8] The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,
who can but prophesy?
[9] Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of
Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold
the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
[10] For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up
violence and robbery in their palaces.
[11] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even
round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy
palaces shall be spoiled.
[12] Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the
lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken
out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
[13] Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the
God of hosts,
[14] That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel
upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar
shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
[15] And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the
houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the
LORD.
[1] Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in
the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which
say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
[2] The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall
come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with
fishhooks.
[3] And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is
before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
[4] Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression;
and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
[5] And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and
publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith
the Lord GOD.
[6] And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and
want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
[7] And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet
three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused
it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece
whereupon it rained not withered.
[8] So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but
they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
[9] I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and
your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the
palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
[10] I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:
your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses;
and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have
ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
[11] I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the LORD.
[12] Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do
this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
[13] For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and
declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and
treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his
name.
[1] Hear ye this word which I take up against you,
even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
[2] The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is
forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
[3] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand
shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave
ten, to the house of Israel.
[4] For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye
shall live:
[5] But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to
Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to
nought.
[6] Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the
house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
[7] Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the
earth,
[8] Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the
earth: The LORD is his name:
[9] That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the
spoiled shall come against the fortress.
[10] They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that
speaketh uprightly.
[11] Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take
from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not
dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine
of them.
[12] For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they
afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate
from their right.
[13] Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an
evil time.
[14] Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God
of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
[15] Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the
gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of
Joseph.
[16] Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing
shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas!
and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of
lamentation to wailing.
[17] And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through
thee, saith the LORD.
[18] Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for
you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
[19] As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into
the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
[20] Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very
dark, and no brightness in it?
[21] I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your
solemn assemblies.
[22] Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will
not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
[23] Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear
the melody of thy viols.
[24] But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty
stream.
[25] Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness
forty years, O house of Israel?
[26] But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your
images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
[27] Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,
saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
[1] Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust
in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the
house of Israel came!
[2] Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the
great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these
kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
[3] Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to
come near;
[4] That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their
couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of
the stall;
[5] That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves
instruments of musick, like David;
[6] That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief
ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
[7] Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive,
and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
[8] The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts,
I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver
up the city with all that is therein.
[9] And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house,
that they shall die.
[10] And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring
out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of
the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say,
Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
[11] For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house
with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
[12] Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for
ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
[13] Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken
to us horns by our own strength?
[14] But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of
Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the
entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wilderness.
[1] Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and,
behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the
latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
[2] And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the
grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom
shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
[3] The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
[4] Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD
called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a
part.
[5] Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small.
[6] The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord
GOD.
[7] Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a
plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
[8] And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A
plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of
my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
[9] And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries
of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam
with the sword.
[10] Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel:
the land is not able to bear all his words.
[11] For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel
shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
[12] Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into
the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
[13] But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's
chapel, and it is the king's court.
[14] Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither
was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
[15] And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said
unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
[16] Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy
not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
[17] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the
city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land
shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel
shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
[1] Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold
a basket of summer fruit.
[2] And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer
fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I
will not again pass by them any more.
[3] And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the
Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them
forth with silence.
[4] Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of
the land to fail,
[5] Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and
the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
[6] That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of
shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
[7] The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never
forget any of their works.
[8] Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast
out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
[9] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I
will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear
day:
[10] And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon
every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end
thereof as a bitter day.
[11] Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of
hearing the words of the LORD:
[12] And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to
the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not
find it.
[13] In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
[14] They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan,
liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never
rise up again.
[1] I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he
said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in
the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that
fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be
delivered.
[2] Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though
they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
[3] And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search
and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of
the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
[4] And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will
I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them
for evil, and not for good.
[5] And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like
a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of
[6] It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded
his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth
them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
[7] Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of
[8] Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I
will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly
destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
[9] For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The
evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
[11] In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen,
and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will
build it as in the days of old:
[12] That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen,
which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
[13] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall
overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
[14] And I will bring again the captivity of my people of
[15] And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled
up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD
concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is
sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly
despised.
[3] The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in
the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who
shall bring me down to the ground?
[4] Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
[5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut
off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers
came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things
sought up!
[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:
the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against
thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none
understanding in him.
[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men
out of
[9] And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that
every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,
and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that
the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
[12] But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the
day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of
[13] Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the
day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction
in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day
of their calamity;
[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those
of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress.
[15] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the
heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down,
and they shall be as though they had not been.
[17] But upon mount
[18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the
LORD hath spoken it.
[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of
the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and
the fields of
[20] And the captivity of this host of the children of
[21] And saviours shall come up on
[1] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son
of Amittai, saying,
[2] Arise, go to
[3] But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid
the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the
presence of the LORD.
[4] But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a
mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
[5] Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them.
But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast
asleep.
[6] So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou,
O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that
we perish not.
[7] And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots,
that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and
the lot fell upon Jonah.
[8] Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy
country? and of what people art thou?
[9] And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God
of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
[10] Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou
done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because
he had told them.
[11] Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea
may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
[12] And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea;
so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great
tempest is upon you.
[13] Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
[14] Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O
LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon
us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
[15] So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea
ceased from her raging.
[16] Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice
unto the LORD, and made vows.
[17] Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah
was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
[1] Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of
the fish's belly,
[2] And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he
heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
[3] For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and
the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
[4] Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again
toward thy holy temple.
[5] The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
[6] I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars
was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD
my God.
[7] When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer
came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
[8] They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
[9] But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I
will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
[10] And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the
dry land.
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
second time, saying,
[2] Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee.
[3] So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
[4] And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he
cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
[5] So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and
put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
[6] For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his
throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat
in ashes.
[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by
the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd
nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
[8] But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily
unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence
that is in their hands.
[9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his
fierce anger, that we perish not?
[10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and
God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he
did it not.
[1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was
very angry.
[2] And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not
this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto
Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
[3] Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it
is better for me to die than to live.
[4] Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
[5] So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city,
and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see
what would become of the city.
[6] And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over
Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief.
So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
[7] But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it
smote the gourd that it withered.
[8] And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a
vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted,
and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to
live.
[9] And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?
And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
[10] Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which
thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished
in a night:
[11] And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more
than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and
their left hand; and also much cattle?
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Micah the
Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he
saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
[2] Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and
let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
[3] For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come
down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
[4] And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall
be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a
steep place.
[5] For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the
house of
[6] Therefore I will make
[7] And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all
the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will
I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall
return to the hire of an harlot.
[8] Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will
make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
[9] For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto
[10] Declare ye it not at
[11] Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked:
the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall
receive of you his standing.
[12] For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil
came down from the LORD unto the gate of
[13] O thou inhabitant of
[14] Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of
Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of
[15] Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he
shall come unto Adullam the glory of
[16] Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge
thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
[1] Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil
upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in
the power of their hand.
[2] And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and
take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his
heritage.
[3] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
[4] In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with
a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the
portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath
divided our fields.
[5] Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the
congregation of the LORD.
[6] Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not
prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
[7] O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD
straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh
uprightly?
[8] Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe
with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
[9] The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;
from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
[10] Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is
polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
[11] If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will
prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of
this people.
[12] I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather
the remnant of
[13] The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have
passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass
before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
[1] And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob,
and ye princes of the house of
[2] Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from
off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
[3] Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off
them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and
as flesh within the caldron.
[4] Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he
will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves
ill in their doings.
[5] Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err,
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their
mouths, they even prepare war against him.
[6] Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;
and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go
down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
[7] Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea,
they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
[8] But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of
judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to
[9] Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes
of the house of
[10] They build up
[11] The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach
for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon
the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
[12] Therefore shall
[1] But in the last days it shall come to pass, that
the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto
it.
[2] And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of
Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
[3] And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar
off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.
[4] But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken
it.
[5] For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we
will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
[6] In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I
will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
[7] And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far
off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from
henceforth, even for ever.
[8] And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of
[9] Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy
counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
[10] Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a
woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt
dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be
delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
[11] Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her
be defiled, and let our eye look upon
[12] But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they
his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
[13] Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn
iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many
people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance
unto the Lord of the whole earth.
[1] Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of
troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel
with a rod upon the cheek.
[2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be
ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
[3] Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which
travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return
unto the children of Israel.
[4] And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the
majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he
be great unto the ends of the earth.
[5] And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into
our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against
him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
[6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the
land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our
borders.
[7] And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a
dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man,
nor waiteth for the sons of men.
[8] And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of
many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the
flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in
pieces, and none can deliver.
[9] Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine
enemies shall be cut off.
[10] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will
cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
[11] And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy
strong holds:
[12] And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt
have no more soothsayers:
[13] Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out
of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
[14] And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I
destroy thy cities.
[15] And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,
such as they have not heard.
[1] Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend
thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
[2] Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong
foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and
he will plead with
[3] O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied
thee? testify against me.
[4] For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee
out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
[5] O my people, remember now what Balak king of
[6] Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the
high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year
old?
[7] Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten
thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the
fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
[8] He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
[9] The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall
see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
[10] Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
[11] Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag
of deceitful weights?
[12] For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
[13] Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making
thee desolate because of thy sins.
[14] Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be
in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that
which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
[15] Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the
olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not
drink wine.
[16] For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house
of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation,
and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of
my people.
[1] Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered
the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to
eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
[2] The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with
a net.
[3] That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh,
and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
[4] The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a
thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be
their perplexity.
[5] Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the
doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
[6] For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against
her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are
the men of his own house.
[7] Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
[8] Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
[9] I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned
against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will
bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
[10] Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her
which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now
shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
[11] In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the
decree be far removed.
[12] In that day also he shall come even to thee from
[13] Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that
dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
[14] Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which
dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of
[15] According to the days of thy coming out of the
[16] The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they
shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
[17] They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of
their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God,
and shall fear because of thee.
[18] Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth
by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger
for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
[19] He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue
our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
[20] Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
[1] The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of
Nahum the Elkoshite.
[2] God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is
furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth
wrath for his enemies.
[3] The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all
acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and
the clouds are the dust of his feet.
[4] He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the
rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
[5] The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is
burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
[6] Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the
fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are
thrown down by him.
[7] The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he
knoweth them that trust in him.
[8] But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
[9] What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time.
[10] For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are
drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
[11] There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the
LORD, a wicked counseller.
[12] Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet
thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have
afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
[13] For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy
bonds in sunder.
[14] And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more
of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven
image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
[15] Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy
vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
[1] He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy
face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy
power mightily.
[2] For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the
excellency of
[3] The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in
scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his
preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
[4] The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one
against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run
like the lightnings.
[5] He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk;
they shall make hast to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
[6] The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be
dissolved.
[7] And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and
her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their
breasts.
[8] But
[9] Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is
none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
[10] She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the
knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all
gather blackness.
[11] Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the
young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp,
and none made them afraid?
[12] The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled
for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
[13] Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn
her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I
will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no
more be heard.
[1] Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies
and robbery; the prey departeth not;
[2] The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,
and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
[3] The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering
spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and
there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
[4] Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured
harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her
whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
[5] Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will
discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,
and the kingdoms thy shame.
[6] And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and
will set thee as a gazingstock.
[7] And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall
flee from thee, and say,
[8] Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers,
that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was
from the sea?
[9]
[10] Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young
children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they
cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
[11] Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek
strength because of the enemy.
[12] All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe
figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
[13] Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy
land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
[14] Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into
clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
[15] There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it
shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm,
make thyself many as the locusts.
[16] Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the
cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
[17] Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great
grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun
ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
[18] Thy shepherds slumber, O king of
[19] There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that
hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not
thy wickedness passed continually?
[1] The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
[2] O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out
unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
[3] Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance?
for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and
contention.
[4] Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for
the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment
proceedeth.
[5] Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously:
for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be
told you.
[6] For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,
which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the
dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
[7] They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity
shall proceed of themselves.
[8] Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce
than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
[9] They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the
east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
[10] And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn
unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and
take it.
[11] Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,
imputing this his power unto his god.
[12] Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we
shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God,
thou hast established them for correction.
[13] Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest
thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
[14] And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things,
that have no ruler over them?
[15] They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their
net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
[16] Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto
their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
[17] Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to
slay the nations?
[1] I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the
tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer
when I am reproved.
[2] And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
[3] For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall
speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come,
it will not tarry.
[4] Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the
just shall live by his faith.
[5] Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,
neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and
cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him
all people:
[6] Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!
how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
[7] Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
[8] Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the
people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the
land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
[9] Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he
may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
[10] Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people,
and hast sinned against thy soul.
[11] For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the
timber shall answer it.
[12] Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city
by iniquity!
[13] Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour
in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
[14] For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of
the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
[15] Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy
bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their
nakedness!
[16] Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy
foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
[17] For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of
beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of
the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
[18] What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven
it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
[19] Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,
Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there
is no breath at all in the midst of it.
[20] But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence
before him.
[1] A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
[2] O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy
work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath
remember mercy.
[3] God came from Teman, and the Holy One from
[4] And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his
hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
[5] Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his
feet.
[6] He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the
nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did
bow: his ways are everlasting.
[7] I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the
[8] Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against
the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine
horses and thy chariots of salvation?
[9] Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes,
even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
[10] The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the
water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
[11] The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of
thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
[12] Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh
the heathen in anger.
[13] Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for
salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the
wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
[14] Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour
the poor secretly.
[15] Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap
of great waters.
[16] When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:
rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest
in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them
with his troops.
[17] Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in
the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in
the stalls:
[18] Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation.
[19] The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'
feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on
my stringed instruments.
[1] The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah
the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah,
in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
[2] I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
[3] I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the
heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and
I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
[4] I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this
place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
[5] And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and
them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
[6] And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not
sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
[7] Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the
LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his
guests.
[8] And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I
will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed
with strange apparel.
[9] In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the
threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
[10] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there
shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second,
and a great crashing from the hills.
[11] Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are
cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
[12] And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search
[13] Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a
desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
[14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and
thick darkness,
[16] A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and
against the high towers.
[17] And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind
men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured
out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
[18] Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them
in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the
fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that
dwell in the land.
[1] Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together,
O nation not desired;
[2] Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's
anger come upon you.
[3] Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the
day of the LORD's anger.
[4] For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
[5] Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the
Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
[6] And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
[7] And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the
evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their
captivity.
[8] I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves
against their border.
[9] Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the
breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of
my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
[10] This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached
and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
[11] The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the
gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even
all the isles of the heathen.
[12] Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
[13] And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy
Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
[14] And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of
the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper
lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in
the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
[15] This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her
heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a
place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and
wag his hand.
[1] Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the
oppressing city!
[2] She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted
not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
[3] Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening
wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
[4] Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have
polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
[5] The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity:
every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the
unjust knoweth no shame.
[6] I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there
is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
[7] I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so
their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose
early, and corrupted all their doings.
[8] Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise
up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce
anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
[9] For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may
all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
[10] From beyond the rivers of
[11] In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst
of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty
because of my holy mountain.
[12] I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor
people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
[13] The remnant of
[14] Sing, O daughter of
[15] The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine
enemy: the king of
[16] In that day it shall be said to
[17] The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he
will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over
thee with singing.
[18] I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who
are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
[19] Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will
save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them
praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
[20] At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather
you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
[1] In the second year of Darius the king, in the
sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai
the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time
is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
[3] Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[4] Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this
house lie waste?
[5] Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
[6] Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not
enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is
none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with
holes.
[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
[8] Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I
will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
[9] Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought
it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine
house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
[10] Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is
stayed from her fruit.
[11] And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,
and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which
the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the
labour of the hands.
[12] Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice
of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their
God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
[13] Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto
the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
[14] And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the
high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and
did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
[15] In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second
year of Darius the king.
[1] In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth
day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
[2] Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and
to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the
people, saying,
[3] Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and
how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
[4] Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the
land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
[5] According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of
Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
[6] For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while,
and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
[7] And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall
come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
[8] The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
[9] The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,
saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[10] In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second
year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[11] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the
law, saying,
[12] If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his
skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be
holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
[13] Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any
of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be
unclean.
[14] Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this
nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that
which they offer there is unclean.
[15] And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before
a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
[16] Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures,
there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels
out of the press, there were but twenty.
[17] I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the
labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
[18] Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth
day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's
temple was laid, consider it.
[19] Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig
tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from
this day will I bless you.
[20] And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and
twentieth day of the month, saying,
[21] Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the
heavens and the earth;
[22] And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the
strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and
those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every
one by the sword of his brother.
[23] In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make
thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
[1] In the eighth month, in the second year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son
of Iddo the prophet, saying,
[2] The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
[3] Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye
unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[4] Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried,
saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from
your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
[5] Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for
ever?
[6] But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the
prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said,
Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and
according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
[7] Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
[8] I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he
stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there
red horses, speckled, and white.
[9] Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked
with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
[10] And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said,
These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
[11] And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle
trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all
the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
[12] Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how
long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against
which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
[13] And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words
and comfortable words.
[14] So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a
great jealousy.
[15] And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease:
for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
[16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
[17] Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and
shall yet choose Jerusalem.
[18] Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
[19] And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And
he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and
Jerusalem.
[20] And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
[21] Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are
the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but
these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which
lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
[1] I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and
behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
[2] Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure
Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
[3] And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another
angel went out to meet him,
[4] And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem
shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle
therein:
[5] For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,
and will be the glory in the midst of her.
[6] Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the
LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the
LORD.
[7] Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
[8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple
of his eye.
[9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a
spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
[10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
[11] And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall
be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that
the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
[12] And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and
shall choose Jerusalem again.
[13] Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of
his holy habitation.
[1] And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing
before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist
him.
[2] And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even
the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked
out of the fire?
[3] Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the
angel.
[4] And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying,
Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have
caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of
raiment.
[5] And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a
fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the
LORD stood by.
[6] And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if
thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also
keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
[8] Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit
before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my
servant the BRANCH.
[9] For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone
shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD
of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
[10] In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his
neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
[1] And the angel that talked with me came again, and
waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
[2] And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and
behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven
lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top
thereof:
[3] And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and
the other upon the left side thereof.
[4] So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,
What are these, my lord?
[5] Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,
Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
[6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the
LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the LORD of hosts.
[7] Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become
a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying,
Grace, grace unto it.
[8] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath
sent me unto you.
[10] For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall
rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven;
they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
[11] Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees
upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
[12] And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive
branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of
themselves?
[13] And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I
said, No, my lord.
[14] Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the
LORD of the whole earth.
[1] Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and
looked, and behold a flying roll.
[2] And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying
roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
[3] Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on
this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on
that side according to it.
[4] I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter
into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by
my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it
with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
[5] Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me,
Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
[6] And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth
forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
[7] And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a
woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
[8] And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of
the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
[9] Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out
two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings
of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
[10] Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear
the ephah?
[11] And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar:
and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
[1] And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and
looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains;
and the mountains were mountains of brass.
[2] In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot
black horses;
[3] And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot
grisled and bay horses.
[4] Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What
are these, my lord?
[5] And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits
of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
[6] The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country;
and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
[7] And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and
fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the
earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
[8] Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that
go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
[9] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[10] Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of
Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into
the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
[11] Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the
head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
[12] And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,
saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of
his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
[13] Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the
glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon
his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
[14] And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,
and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
[15] And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the
LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this
shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king
Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu;
[2] When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech,
and their men, to pray before the LORD,
[3] And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of
hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,
separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
[4] Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
[5] Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy
years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
[6] And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for
yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
[7] Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities
thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
[8] And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
[9] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and
shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
[10] And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor
the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
[11] But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and
stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
[12] Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should
hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by
the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
[13] Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not
hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
[14] But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom
they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed
through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
[1] Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me,
saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great
jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
[3] Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the
mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
[4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women
dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for
very age.
[5] And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing
in the streets thereof.
[6] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine
eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country;
[8] And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and
in righteousness.
[9] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear
in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day
that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple
might be built.
[10] For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for
beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of
the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
[11] But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the
former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
[12] For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit,
and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew;
and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
[13] And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the
heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye
shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
[14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when
your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
[15] So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and
to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
[16] These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth
to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
[17] And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his
neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith
the LORD.
[18] And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
[19] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the
fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth,
shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore
love the truth and peace.
[20] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there
shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
[21] And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us
go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go
also.
[22] Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of
hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
[23] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass,
that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall
take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for
we have heard that God is with you.
[1] The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of
all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
[2] And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be
very wise.
[3] And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as
the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
[4] Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in
the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
[5] Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall
perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
[6] And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of
the Philistines.
[7] And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his
abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be
for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
[8] And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of
him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall
pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
[9] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and
riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
[10] And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from
Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto
the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from river
even to the ends of the earth.
[11] As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth
thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
[12] Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee;
[13] When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and
raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the
sword of a mighty man.
[14] And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth
as the lightning: and the LORD GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with
whirlwinds of the south.
[15] The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and
subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through
wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
[16] And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of
his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign
upon his land.
[17] For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
[1] Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter
rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to
every one grass in the field.
[2] For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie,
and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way
as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
[3] Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the
goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and
hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
[4] Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him
the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
[5] And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in
the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD
is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
[6] And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house
of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon
them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD
their God, and will hear them.
[7] And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their
heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
[8] I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and
they shall increase as they have increased.
[9] And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in
far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
[10] I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather
them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Labanon;
and place shall not be found for them.
[11] And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite
the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the
pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart
away.
[12] And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and
down in his name, saith the LORD.
[1] Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may
devour thy cedars.
[2] Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are
spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
[3] There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is
spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
[4] Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
[5] Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they
that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds
pity them not.
[6] For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD:
but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into
the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I
will not deliver them.
[7] And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the
flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I
called Bands; and I fed the flock.
[8] Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed
them, and their soul also abhorred me.
[9] Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and
that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one
the flesh of another.
[10] And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it assunder, that I might
break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
[11] And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that
waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
[12] And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if
not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
[13] And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price
that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast
them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
[14] Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break
the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
[15] And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a
foolish shepherd.
[16] For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not
visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that
that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh
of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
[17] Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be
upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his
right eye shall be utterly darkened.
[1] The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel,
saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation
of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
[2] Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people
round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against
Jerusalem.
[3] And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all
people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all
the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
[4] In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with
astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the
house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
[5] And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants
of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
[6] In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of
fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour
all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem
shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
[7] The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of
the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify
themselves against Judah.
[8] In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and
he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of
David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
[9] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy
all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
[10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look
upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth
for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his firstborn.
[11] In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
[12] And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the
house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan
apart, and their wives apart;
[13] The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the
family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
[14] All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives
apart.
[1] In that day there shall be a fountain opened to
the house of David and to the inhabitants of
[2] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that
I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more
be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to
pass out of the land.
[3] And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then
his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not
live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his
mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
[4] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be
ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they
wear a rough garment to deceive:
[5] But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man
taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
[6] And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?
Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my
friends.
[7] Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my
fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
[8] And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two
parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
[9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine
them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call
on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall
say, The LORD is my God.
[1] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil
shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the
city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of
the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not
be cut off from the city.
[3] Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as
when he fought in the day of battle.
[4] And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which
is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the
midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very
great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half
of it toward the south.
[5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of
the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from
before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of
[6] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be
clear, nor dark:
[7] But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day,
nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
[8] And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from
[9] And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall
there be one LORD, and his name one.
[10] All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south
of
[11] And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter
destruction; but
[12] And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the
people that have fought against
[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the
LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
[14] And
[15] And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this
plague.
[16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the
nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[17] And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of
the earth unto
[18] And if the family of
[19] This shall be the punishment of
[20] In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowl's before
the altar.
[21] Yea, every pot in
[1] The burden of the word of the LORD to
[2] I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou
loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
[3] And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for
the dragons of the wilderness.
[4] Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and
build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but
I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The
people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
[5] And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be
magnified from the border of
[6] A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a
father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the
LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein
have we despised thy name?
[7] Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
[8] And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye
offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will
he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
[9] And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:
this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of
hosts.
[10] Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?
neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you,
saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
[11] For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be
offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the
heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
[12] But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is
polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
[13] Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed
at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the
lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your
hand? saith the LORD.
[14] But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and
voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King,
saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
[1] And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for
you.
[2] If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give
glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you,
and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do
not lay it to heart.
[3] Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,
even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
[4] And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that
my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
[5] My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him
for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
[6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his
lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from
iniquity.
[7] For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek
the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
[8] But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble
at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
[9] Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the
people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the
law.
[10] Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we
deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of
our fathers?
[11] Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in
Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which
he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
[12] The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the
scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering
unto the LORD of hosts.
[13] And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with
tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the
offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
[14] Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between
thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet
is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
[15] And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And
wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your
spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
[16] For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore
take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
[17] Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have
we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of
the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
[1] Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall
prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to
this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he
shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
[2] But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he
appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
[3] And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall
purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
[4] Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
[5] And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false
swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow,
and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear
not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
[6] For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
[7] Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you,
saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
[8] Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have
we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
[9] Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole
nation.
[10] Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will
not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to receive it.
[11] And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit
before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
[12] And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a
delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
[13] Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say,
What have we spoken so much against thee?
[14] Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that
we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD
of hosts?
[15] And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are
set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
[16] Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the
LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him
for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
[17] And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I
make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that
serveth him.
[18] Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the
wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
[1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as
an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:
and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch.
[2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the
stall.
[3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him
in Horeb for all
[5] Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the LORD:
[6] And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a
curse.