ì@ì1. Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.ì2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.ì3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?ì4 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.ì5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?ì6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.ì7 And he said unto them, What manner of man [was he] which came up to meet you, and told you these words?ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, [is it] not because [there is] no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.ì17 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.ì18 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?ì@ì1. And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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].ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?ì19. 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.ì20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.ì21 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].ì22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.ì4 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.ì5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.ì6. And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.ì7 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.ì8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.ì9 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.ì10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!ì11 But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here [is] Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.ì16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.ì17 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.ì18 And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 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:ì23 And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.ì24 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.ì25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.ì10 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.ì11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.ì12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.ì13 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.ì14 And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.ì15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.ì16 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.ì17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.ì18. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.ì19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.ì20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died.ì21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out. ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not [thy] riding for me, except I bid thee.ì25 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:ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.ì33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 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.ì37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.ì38. 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.ì39 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.ì40 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].ì41 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.ì42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.ì43 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].ì44 So he set [it] before them, and they did eat, and left [thereof], according to the word of the LORD.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.ì10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.ì11 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.ì12 [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.ì13 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?ì14 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.ì15. And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.ì20. 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.ì21 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?ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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?ì27 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.ì@ì1. And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.ì2 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.ì3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.ì4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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?ì12 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.ì13. 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.ì14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.ì15 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?ì16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24. And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.ì25 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.ì26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.ì27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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?ì33 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?ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3. 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?ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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].ì9 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.ì10 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].ì11 And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.ì12. 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.ì13 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.ì14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.ì8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?ì9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?ì10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.ì11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.ì21 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.ì22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.ì23 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?ì24 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.ì25. 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.ì29 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.ì@ì1. And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:ì2 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;ì3 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.ì4 So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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:ì9 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:ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 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?ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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?ì23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, [There is] treachery, O Ahaziah.ì24 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.ì25 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;ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.ì29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.ì30. 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.ì31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 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:ì37 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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;ì3 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.ì4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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?ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. [And] as he [was] at the shearing house in the way,ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.ì17 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.ì18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much.ì19 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.ì20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [it].ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.ì27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.ì28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.ì29. 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;ì33 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.ì34 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?ì35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.ì36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria [was] twenty and eight years.ì@ì1. And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.ì2 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.ì3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.ì4. 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.ì5 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;ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.ì9 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.ì10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and] of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 Seven years old [was] Jehoash when he began to reign.ì@ì1. In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.ì2 And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.ì3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.ì4. 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,ì5 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.ì6 But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.ì7 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.ì8 And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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,ì12 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].ì13 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:ì14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.ì15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.ì16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.ì17. Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all [their] days.ì4 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.ì5 (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.ì6 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.)ì7 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.ì8 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?ì9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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?ì13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.ì14 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.ì15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.ì16 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.ì17 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].ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.ì21 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.ì22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.ì23 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.ì24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.ì25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.ì@ì1. In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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?ì11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which [belongeth] to Judah.ì12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.ì13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.ì14 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.ì15. 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?ì16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.ì17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.ì18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?ì19 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.ì20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.ì21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.ì22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.ì23. 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.ì24 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.ì25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gathhepher.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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?ì29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, [even] with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.ì2 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.ì3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;ì4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.ì5 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.ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8. In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.ì9 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.ì10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.ì11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 [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.ì20 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.ì21 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?ì22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32. In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. ì33 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.ì34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.ì35 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.ì36 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?ì37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.ì38 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.ì@ì1. In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.ì5. 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].ì6 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.ì7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.ì11 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.ì12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire [by].ì16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 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.ì@ì1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.ì2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.ì3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.ì4 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.ì5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.ì6 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.ì7. For [so] it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:ì11 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:ì12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;ì23 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.ì24. 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,ì31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.ì32 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.ì33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.ì34 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;ì35 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:ì36 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.ì37 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.ì38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.ì39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.ì40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.ì41 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 For he clave to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.ì7 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.ì8 He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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:ì12 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].ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field.ì18 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.ì19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?ì20 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?ì21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.ì22 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?ì23 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.ì24 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?ì25 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.ì26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.ì27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?ì28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:ì29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:ì30 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.ì31 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:ì32 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.ì33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?ì34 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?ì35 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?ì36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.ì37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that are left.ì5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.ì9 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,ì10 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.ì11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?ì12 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?ì13 Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.ì24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.ì34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.ì35. 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.ì36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.ì37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,ì3 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.ì4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.ì8 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?ì9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 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?ì21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hephzibah.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.ì5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.ì6 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.ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,ì11 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:ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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;ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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?ì18 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.ì19. 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.ì20 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.ì21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:ì22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.ì23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.ì24 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.ì25 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?ì26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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,ì4 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:ì5 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,ì6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.ì7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.ì11. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.ì12 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,ì13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.ì14 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.ì15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,ì16 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:ì17 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.ì18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [As touching] the words which thou hast heard;ì19 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.ì20 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.ì@ì1. And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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;ì23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [wherein] this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.ì24 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.ì25. 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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?ì29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.ì30 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.ì31. 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.ì32 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.ì33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.ì34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.ì35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give [it] unto Pharaohnechoh.ì36 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.ì37 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.ì@ì1. In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.ì5 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?ì6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.ì10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.ì11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.ì18 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.ì19 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.ì20 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.ì@ì1. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.ì2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.ì6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.ì7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.ì8. And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:ì9 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.ì10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.ì11 Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.ì12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.ì13 And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.ì14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:ì19 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:ì20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:ì21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.ì22. 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.ì23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.ì24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.ì25 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.ì26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.ì27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;ì28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon;ì29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.ì30 And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.ì# ì@ì1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh,ì2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,ì3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,ì4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.ì5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.ì6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.ì7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.ì8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.ì9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.ì10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.ì11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,ì12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.ì13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,ì14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,ì15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,ì16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.ì17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.ì18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.ì19 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.ì20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,ì21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,ì22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,ì23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.ì24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,ì25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,ì26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,ì27 Abram; the same [is] Abraham.ì28. The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.ì29 These [are] their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,ì30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,ì31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.ì32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.ì33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [are] the sons of Keturah.ì34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.ì35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.ì36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.ì37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.ì38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.ì39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan's sister.ì40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.ì41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.ì42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, [and] Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.ì43 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.ì44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.ì45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.ì46 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.ì47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.ì48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.ì49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.ì50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pai; and his wife's name [was] Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.ì51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,ì52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,ì53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,ì54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These [are] the dukes of Edom.ì@ì1. These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,ì2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.ì3 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.ì4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.ì5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.ì6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.ì7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.ì8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.ì9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.ì10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;ì11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,ì12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,ì13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,ì14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,ì15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:ì16 Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.ì17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.ì18. And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.ì19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.ì20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.ì21 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.ì22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.ì23 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.ì24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.ì25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, [and] Ahijah.ì26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam.ì27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.ì28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.ì29 And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.ì30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.ì31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.ì32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.ì33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.ì34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Jarha.ì35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.ì36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,ì37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,ì38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,ì39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,ì40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,ì41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.ì42 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.ì43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.ì44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.ì45 And the son of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of Bethzur.ì46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.ì47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.ì48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.ì49 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.ì50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,ì51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.ì52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites.ì53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.ì54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.ì55 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.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:ì3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.ì4 [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.ì5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:ì6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,ì7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,ì8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.ì9 [These were] all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.ì10. And Solomon's son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,ì11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,ì12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,ì13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,ì14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.ì15 And the sons of Josiah [were], the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.ì16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.ì17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,ì18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.ì19 And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:ì20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.ì21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.ì22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.ì23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.ì24 And the sons of Elioenai [were], Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.ì@ì1. The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.ì2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These [are] the families of the Zorathites.ì3 And these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi:ì4 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.ì5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.ì6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These [were] the sons of Naarah.ì7 And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.ì8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.ì9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.ì10 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.ì11. And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which [was] the father of Eshton.ì12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These [are] the men of Rechah.ì13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.ì14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.ì15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.ì16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.ì17 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.ì18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.ì19 And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.ì20 And the sons of Shimon [were], Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi [were], Zoheth, and Benzoheth.ì21 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,ì22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And [these are] ancient things.ì23 These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.ì24. The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Shaul:ì25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.ì26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.ì27 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.ì28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,ì29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,ì30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,ì31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David.ì32 And their villages [were], Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:ì33 And all their villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Baal. These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy.ì34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,ì35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,ì36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,ì37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;ì38 These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.ì39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.ì40 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.ì41 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.ì42 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.ì43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)ì3 The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.ì4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,ì5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,ì6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.ì7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,ì8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:ì12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.ì13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.ì14 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;ì15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.ì16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.ì17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.ì18. 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.ì19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.ì23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.ì@ì1. The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.ì2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.ì3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.ì4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,ì5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,ì6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,ì7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,ì8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,ì9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,ì10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)ì11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,ì12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,ì13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,ì14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,ì15 And Jehozadak went [into captivity], when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.ì16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.ì17 And these [be] the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.ì18 And the sons of Kohath [were], Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.ì19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.ì20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,ì21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.ì22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,ì23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,ì24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.ì25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.ì26 [As for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,ì27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.ì28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.ì29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,ì30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.ì31. And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.ì32 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.ì33 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,ì34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,ì35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,ì36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,ì37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,ì38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.ì39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,ì40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,ì41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,ì42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,ì43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.ì44 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,ì45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,ì46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,ì47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.ì48 Their brethren also the Levites [were] appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.ì49 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.ì50 And these [are] the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,ì51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,ì52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,ì53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.ì54. 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.ì55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.ì56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.ì57 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,ì58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,ì59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:ì60 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.ì61 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.ì62 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.ì63 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.ì64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs. ì65 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.ì66 And [the residue] of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.ì67 And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,ì68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,ì69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:ì70 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.ì71 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:ì72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,ì73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:ì74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,ì75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:ì76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.ì77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:ì78 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,ì79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:ì80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,ì81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.ì@ì1. Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.ì2 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.ì3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.ì4 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.ì5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.ì6 [The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, [was] twenty thousand and two hundred.ì10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.ì11 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.ì12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of Aher.ì13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.ì14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These [were] the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.ì18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.ì19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.ì20. And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,ì21 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.ì22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.ì23 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.ì24 (And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)ì25 And Rephah [was] his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,ì26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,ì27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.ì28 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:ì29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.ì30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.ì31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who [is] the father of Birzavith.ì32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.ì33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These [are] the children of Japhlet.ì34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.ì35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.ì36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,ì37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.ì38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.ì39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.ì40 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.ì@ì1. Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,ì2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.ì3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,ì4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,ì5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.ì6 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:ì7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.ì8 And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara [were] his wives.ì9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,ì10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These [were] his sons, heads of the fathers.ì11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.ì12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:ì13 Beriah also, and Shema, who [were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:ì14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,ì15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,ì16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;ì17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,ì18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;ì19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,ì20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,ì21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;ì22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, ì23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,ì24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,ì25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;ì26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,ì27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.ì28 These [were] heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.ì29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah:ì30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,ì31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.ì32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.ì33. And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.ì34 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.ì35 And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.ì36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,ì37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha [was] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:ì38 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.ì39 And the sons of Eshek his brother [were], Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.ì40 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.ì3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;ì4 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.ì5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.ì6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.ì7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,ì8 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;ì9 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.ì10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,ì11 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;ì12 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;ì13 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.ì14. And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;ì15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;ì16 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.ì17 And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;ì18 Who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.ì19 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.ì20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.ì21 [And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.ì25 And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.ì26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.ì27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.ì28 And [certain] of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.ì29 [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.ì30 And [some] of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.ì31 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.ì32 And [other] of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, [were] over the shewbread, to prepare [it] every sabbath.ì33 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.ì34 These chief fathers of the Levites [were] chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.ì35. And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name [was] Maachah:ì36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,ì37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.ì38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.ì39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.ì40 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.ì41 And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].ì42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;ì43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.ì44 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.ì@ì1. Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.ì2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.ì3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.ì4 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.ì5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.ì6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.ì11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,ì12 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.ì13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];ì14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.ì@ì1. Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.ì8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.ì9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.ì10. 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.ì11 And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.ì12 And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three mighties.ì13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.ì17 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!ì18 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,ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.ì25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.ì26 Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,ì27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,ì28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,ì29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,ì30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,ì31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, [that pertained] to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,ì32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,ì33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,ì34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,ì35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,ì36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,ì37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,ì38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,ì39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,ì40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,ì41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,ì42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,ì43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,ì44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,ì45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,ì46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,ì47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 [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.ì3 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,ì4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,ì5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,ì6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,ì7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.ì8 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;ì9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,ì10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,ì11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,ì12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,ì13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.ì17 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].ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And they helped David against the band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.ì22 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.ì23. 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.ì24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.ì25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.ì26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.ì27 And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;ì28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.ì29 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.ì30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.ì31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.ì35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.ì36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.ì37 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.ì38 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.ì39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.ì40 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.ì@ì1. And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, [and] with every leader.ì2 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:ì3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.ì4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.ì5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.ì6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjathjearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth [between] the cherubims, whose name is called [on it].ì7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.ì8 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.ì9. And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.ì10 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.ì11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.ì12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me?ì13 So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.ì14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.ì@ì1. Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.ì2 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.ì3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.ì4 Now these [are] the names of [his] children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,ì5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,ì6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,ì7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.ì8. 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.ì9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.ì10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.ì11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.ì12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.ì13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.ì14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.ì15 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.ì16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.ì17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:ì5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:ì6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:ì7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:ì8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:ì9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:ì10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.ì11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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;ì18 And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.ì19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;ì20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;ì21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.ì22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.ì23 And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.ì24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.ì25. So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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].ì4 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:ì5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;ì6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.ì7. Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.ì8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.ì9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.ì10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.ì11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.ì12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;ì13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.ì14 He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.ì15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations;ì16 [Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;ì17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,ì18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;ì19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.ì20 And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people;ì21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,ì22 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.ì23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.ì24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.ì25 For great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also [is] to be feared above all gods.ì26 For all the gods of the people [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.ì27 Glory and honour [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place.ì28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.ì29 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.ì30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.ì31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.ì32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that [is] therein.ì33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.ì34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì35 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.ì36 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.ì37. 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:ì38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:ì39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,ì40 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;ì41 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;ì42 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.ì43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.ì3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,ì4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:ì5 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].ì6 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?ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9 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,ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.ì13 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:ì14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.ì15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.ì16. 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?ì17 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.ì18 What can David [speak] more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.ì19 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.ì20 O LORD, [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.ì21 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?ì22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:ì27 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.ì3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.ì4 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.ì5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.ì6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.ì7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.ì8 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.ì9. Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;ì10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and [with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.ì11 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.ì12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.ì13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.ì14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.ì15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.ì16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;ì17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.ì@ì1. Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.ì2 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.ì3 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?ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.ì7 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.ì8 And when David heard [of it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 So Joab and the people that [were] with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.ì8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.ì@ì1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.ì2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].ì3 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?ì4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.ì5 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.ì6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.ì7. And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.ì8 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.ì9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,ì10 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.ì11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose theeì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. 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.ì19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.ì20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.ì26 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.ì27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.ì28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.ì29 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.ì30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.ì@ì1. Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.ì5 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.ì6. Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I [will be] his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],ì18 [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.ì19 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.ì@ì1. So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.ì2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.ì3 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.ì4 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:ì5 Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].ì6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.ì7 Of the Gershonites [were], Laadan, and Shimei.ì8 The sons of Laadan; the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.ì9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.ì10 And the sons of Shimei [were], Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four [were] the sons of Shimei.ì11 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.ì12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.ì13 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.ì14 Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.ì15 The sons of Moses [were], Gershom, and Eliezer.ì16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel [was] the chief.ì17 And the sons of Eliezer [were], Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.ì18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.ì19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.ì20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.ì21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.ì22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.ì23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.ì24. 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.ì25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:ì26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.ì27 For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:ì28 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;ì29 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;ì30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;ì31 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:ì32 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.ì@ì1. Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.ì2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,ì8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,ì9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,ì10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,ì11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,ì12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,ì13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,ì14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,ì15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,ì16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,ì17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,ì18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.ì19 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.ì20. And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.ì21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first [was] Isshiah.ì22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.ì23 And the sons [of Hebron]; Jeriah [the first], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.ì24 [Of] the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.ì25 The brother of Michah [was] Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.ì26 The sons of Merari [were] Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.ì27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.ì28 Of Mahli [came] Eleazar, who had no sons.ì29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish [was] Jerahmeel.ì30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.ì31 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.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, [and] Mahazioth:ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.ì9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:ì10 The third to Zaccur, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì11 The fourth to Izri, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì12 The fifth to Nethaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì13 The sixth to Bukkiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì14 The seventh to Jesharelah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì16 The ninth to Mattaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì17 The tenth to Shimei, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì18 The eleventh to Azareel, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì20 The thirteenth to Shubael, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì25 The eighteenth to Hanani, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì27 The twentieth to Eliathah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:ì31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve.ì@ì1. Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.ì2 And the sons of Meshelemiah [were], Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,ì3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.ì4 Moreover the sons of Obededom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,ì5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.ì6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.ì7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.ì8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom.ì9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.ì10 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;)ì11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.ì12 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.ì13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.ì14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.ì15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.ì16 To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.ì17 Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.ì18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar.ì19 These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.ì20. And of the Levites, Ahijah [was] over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.ì21 [As concerning] the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, [even] of Laadan the Gershonite, [were] Jehieli.ì22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, [which were] over the treasures of the house of the LORD.ì23 Of the Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Uzzielites:ì24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, [was] ruler of the treasures.ì25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.ì26 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.ì27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.ì28 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.ì29. Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.ì30 [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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì3 Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son.ì7 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.ì8 The fifth captain for the fifth month [was] Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì9 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì10 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.ì11 The eighth [captain] for the eighth month [was] Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì12 The ninth [captain] for the ninth month [was] Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì13 The tenth [captain] for the tenth month [was] Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì14 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.ì15 The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month [was] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.ì16. 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:ì17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:ì18 Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:ì19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:ì20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:ì21 Of the half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:ì22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the princes of the tribes of Israel.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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:ì26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground [was] Ezri the son of Chelub:ì27 And over the vineyards [was] Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars [was] Zabdi the Shiphmite:ì28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that [were] in the low plains [was] Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:ì29 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:ì30 Over the camels also [was] Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite:ì31 And over the flocks [was] Jaziz the Hagerite. All these [were] the rulers of the substance which [was] king David's.ì32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons:ì33 And Ahithophel [was] the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite [was] the king's companion:ì34 And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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:ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].ì11. 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,ì12 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:ì13 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.ì14 [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:ì15 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.ì16 And by weight [he gave] gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and [likewise] silver for the tables of silver:ì17 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:ì18 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.ì19 All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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,ì4 [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]:ì5 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?ì6 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,ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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:ì22 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.ì23. Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.ì24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.ì25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him [such] royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.ì26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.ì27 And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.ì28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.ì29 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,ì30 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.ì# ì@ì1. And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly.ì2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.ì3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.ì4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to [the place which] David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.ì8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.ì9 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.ì10 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?ì11 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:ì12 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.ì13. Then Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place that [was] at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.ì14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.ì15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.ì16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.ì17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.ì@ì1. And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.ì2 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.ì3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].ì4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate [it] to him, [and] to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This [is an ordinance] for ever to Israel.ì5 And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God above all gods.ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants,ì9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.ì10 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.ì11. Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.ì12 Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.ì13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,ì14 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.ì15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:ì16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.ì17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.ì18 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.ì@ì1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.ì2 And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.ì6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.ì10. And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.ì14 And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì@ì1. Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.ì11. 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;ì12 [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;ì13 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.ì14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;ì15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.ì16 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.ì17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.ì18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.ì19 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];ì20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;ì21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.ì4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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:ì8 For the cherubims spread forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.ì9 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.ì10 [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.ì11. 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:ì12 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:)ì13 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;ì14 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.ì@ì1. Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.ì2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.ì3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.ì4 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,ì5 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:ì6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.ì7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.ì12. And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:ì13 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,ì14 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:ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.ì18 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!ì19 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:ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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;ì23 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.ì24 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;ì25 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.ì26 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;ì27 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.ì28 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]:ì29 [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:ì30 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:)ì31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.ì32 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;ì33 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.ì34 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;ì35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.ì36 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;ì37 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;ì38 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:ì39 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.ì40 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.ì41 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.ì42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.ì3 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.ì4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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.ì13 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;ì14 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.ì15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.ì16 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.ì17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;ì18 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.ì19 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;ì20 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.ì21 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?ì22 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.ì@ì1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,ì2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.ì3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.ì4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.ì5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;ì6 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.ì7 [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,ì8 [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.ì9 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.ì10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.ì11 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.ì12. Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.ì16 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.ì17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.ì18 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.ì3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,ì4 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.ì5 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:ì6 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.ì7 Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;ì14 Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.ì15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.ì16 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.ì17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.ì23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.ì27 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.ì28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.ì29 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?ì30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.ì31 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.ì@ì1. And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.ì2 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.ì3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,ì4 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.ì5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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?ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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.ì13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 But [as for] the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.ì18 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.ì19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,ì3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,ì4 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.ì5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.ì6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,ì7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,ì8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,ì9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,ì10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which [are] in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.ì11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.ì12 And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.ì13. And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.ì14 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:ì15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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;ì19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.ì20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.ì21 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.)ì22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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,ì3 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.ì4 And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.ì5 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.ì6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.ì7 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.ì8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. 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.ì14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.ì15 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. ì16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;ì5 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?ì6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind them.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.ì17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. ì18 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.ì19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.ì20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.ì21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.ì22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:ì3 For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:ì4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.ì5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. ì10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.ì11 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.ì12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.ì@ì1. And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:ì2 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.ì3 Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.ì4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.ì5 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.ì6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.ì7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.ì11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.ì12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;ì13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.ì14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.ì18 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.ì19 And there was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,ì3 [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.ì4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.ì5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [it], that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.ì12 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.ì13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.ì14 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.ì@ì1. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.ì2 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.ì3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;ì4 But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.ì5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.ì6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.ì7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.ì8 And with them [he sent] Levites, [even] Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.ì13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, [were] in Jerusalem.ì14 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.ì15 And next to him [was] Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.ì16 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.ì17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.ì18 And next him [was] Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.ì19 These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.ì@ì1. Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.ì2 And after [certain] years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to Ramothgilead.ì3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will be] with thee in the war.ì4. And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.ì5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand.ì6 But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?ì7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.ì8 And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.ì12 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.ì13 And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.ì14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.ì15 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?ì16 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.ì17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee [that] he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?ì18 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.ì19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.ì20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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?ì24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.ì25 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;ì26 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.ì27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, [then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.ì28. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 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.ì@ì1. And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.ì5. And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.ì3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.ì4 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.ì5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,ì6 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?ì7 [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?ì8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,ì9 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.ì10 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;ì11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.ì12 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.ì13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.ì14. 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;ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.ì29 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.ì30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.ì31. 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.ì32 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.ì33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.ì34 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.ì35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:ì36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.ì37 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah [thereto].ì12. 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,ì13 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:ì14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:ì15 And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.ì16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that [were] near the Ethiopians:ì17 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.ì18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.ì4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.ì5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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;ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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:ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.ì@ì1. Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.ì2 And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.ì3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.ì4 And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.ì5 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.ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.ì9 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.ì10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.ì14 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.ì15. But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died.ì16 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.ì17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.ì18 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.ì19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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].ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.ì27 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.ì3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.ì12 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.ì13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.ì14. 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.ì15 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?ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 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.ì21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, [both] he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which [belongeth] to Judah.ì22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.ì23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.ì24 And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.ì25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.ì26 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?ì27 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.ì28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.ì@ì1. Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.ì2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.ì3 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.ì4 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.ì8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.ì13 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.ì14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings [to cast] stones.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were] valiant men:ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.ì4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.ì5 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.ì6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.ì7 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.ì8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.ì9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.ì3 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.ì4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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?ì11 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.ì12 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,ì13 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.ì14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.ì15 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.ì16. At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.ì17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.ì18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.ì19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.ì20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.ì21 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.ì22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.ì3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.ì4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,ì5 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].ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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:ì13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:ì14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.ì27 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.ì28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: [and] all [this continued] until the burnt offering was finished.ì29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 And the consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.ì3 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.ì4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.ì5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] as it was written.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.ì12 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.ì13. And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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 oneì19 [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.ì20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.ì21. 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.ì22 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.ì23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 [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.ì4 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.ì5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly.ì6 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.ì7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month.ì8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.ì9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.ì10 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.ì11. Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared [them],ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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:ì16 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;ì17 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;ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought [that which was] good and right and truth before the LORD his God.ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,ì3 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.ì4 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?ì5 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.ì6 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,ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9. 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,ì10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?ì11 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?ì12 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?ì13 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?ì14 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?ì15 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?ì16 And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24. 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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;ì28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.ì29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.ì30 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.ì31 Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì@ì1. Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.ì5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.ì6 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.ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.ì11. 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.ì12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.ì21. Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.ì22 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;ì23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.ì24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.ì25 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.ì@ì1. Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.ì6 And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14. 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.ì15 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.ì16 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].ì17 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.ì18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.ì19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.ì20 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,ì21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.ì22 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].ì23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,ì24 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:ì25 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.ì26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel [concerning] the words which thou hast heard;ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29. Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì@ì1. Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.ì2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,ì3 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,ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.ì11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them].ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.ì18 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.ì19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to [that which was] written in the law of the LORD,ì27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.ì@ì1. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.ì2 Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.ì3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.ì4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.ì5 Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.ì6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.ì7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.ì8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.ì9 Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.ì10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.ì11. Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.ì12 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.ì13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.ì14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.ì15 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:ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.ì20 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:ì21 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.ì22. 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,ì23 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.ì# ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.ì5. Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all [them] whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem.ì6 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.ì7 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;ì8 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.ì9 And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,ì10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.ì11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.ì@ ì1. 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;ì2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:ì3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.ì4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.ì5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.ì6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.ì7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.ì8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.ì9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.ì10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.ì11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.ì12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.ì13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.ì14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.ì15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.ì16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.ì17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.ì18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.ì19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.ì20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.ì21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.ì22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.ì23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.ì24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.ì25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.ì26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.ì27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.ì28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.ì29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.ì30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.ì31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.ì32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.ì33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.ì34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.ì35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.ì36. The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.ì37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.ì38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.ì39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.ì40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.ì41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.ì42 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.ì43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,ì44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,ì45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,ì46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,ì47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,ì48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,ì49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,ì50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,ì51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,ì52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,ì53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,ì54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.ì55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,ì56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, ì57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.ì58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.ì59 And these [were] they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they [were] of Israel:ì60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.ì61 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:ì62 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.ì63 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.ì64. The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred [and] threescore,ì65 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.ì66 Their horses [were] seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;ì67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.ì68 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:ì69 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.ì70 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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;ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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:ì13 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.ì@ì1. Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;ì2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.ì3 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.ì4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,ì5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.ì6. 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.ì7 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.ì8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:ì9 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,ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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;ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. [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.ì18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?ì23 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.ì24 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3. At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?ì4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?ì5 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].ì6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which [were] on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:ì7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.ì8 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.ì9 Then asked we those elders, [and] said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?ì10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that [were] the chief of them.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.ì14 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;ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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:ì3 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;ì4 [With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:ì5 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.ì6 Now [therefore], Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which [are] beyond the river, be ye far from thence:ì7 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.ì8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.ì9 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:ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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,ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.ì20 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.ì21 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,ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,ì3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,ì4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,ì5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year of the king.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in thine hand;ì15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem,ì16 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:ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, [those] deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.ì20 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.ì21 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,ì22 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].ì23 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?ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27. 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:ì28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God [was] upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.ì3 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.ì4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.ì5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.ì6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.ì7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.ì8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.ì9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.ì10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.ì11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.ì12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.ì13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names [are] these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.ì14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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;ì19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;ì20 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.ì21. 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.ì22 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.ì23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.ì24. Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,ì25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:ì26 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;ì27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31. 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.ì32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.ì33 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;ì34 By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.ì35 [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.ì36 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. 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,ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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;ì14 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?ì15 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.ì@ì1. Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.ì2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.ì3 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.ì4 Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].ì5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.ì6. 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.ì7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;ì8 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.ì9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great rain.ì10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.ì11 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.ì12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 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.ì17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.ì21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.ì22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.ì23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same [is] Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.ì24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.ì25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.ì26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.ì27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.ì28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, [and] Athlai.ì29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.ì30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.ì31 And [of] the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,ì32 Benjamin, Malluch, [and] Shemariah.ì33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, [and] Shimei.ì34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,ì35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,ì36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,ì37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,ì38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,ì39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,ì40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,ì41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,ì42 Shallum, Amariah, [and] Joseph.ì43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.ì44 All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children. ì# ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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.ì3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.ì4 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,ì5. 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:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, [If] ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:ì9 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.ì10 Now these [are] thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.ì11 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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,ì3 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?ì4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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;ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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].ì19 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?ì20 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.ì10 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.ì11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.ì12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.ì13 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.ì14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.ì15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.ì16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.ì17 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.ì18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.ì19 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].ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.ì27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.ì28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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? ì3 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.ì4 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:ì5 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.ì6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.ì7. 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,ì8 And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.ì9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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].ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 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.ì18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.ì19 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.ì20 In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.ì21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì@ì1. And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.ì2 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.ì3 [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.ì4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.ì5 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.ì6. And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.ì7 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.ì8 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].ì9 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?ì10 I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.ì11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14. 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 Think upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done for this people.ì@ì1. 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;)ì2 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.ì3 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?ì4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.ì5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.ì16 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.ì17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.ì18 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.ì19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.ì5. 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,ì6 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;ì7 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];ì8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.ì9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.ì10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.ì11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen.ì12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.ì13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.ì14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.ì15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.ì16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.ì17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.ì18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.ì19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.ì20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.ì21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.ì22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.ì23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.ì24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.ì25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.ì26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.ì27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.ì28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.ì29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.ì30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.ì31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.ì32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.ì33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.ì34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.ì35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.ì36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.ì37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.ì38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. ì39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.ì40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.ì41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.ì42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.ì43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, [and] of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.ì44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.ì45 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.ì46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,ì47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,ì48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,ì49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,ì50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,ì51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,ì52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,ì53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,ì54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,ì55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,ì56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.ì57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,ì58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,ì59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.ì60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.ì61 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.ì62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.ì63 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.ì64 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.ì65 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.ì66 The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,ì67 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.ì68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:ì69 [Their] camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.ì70 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.ì71 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.ì72 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.ì73 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.ì12 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.ì13. 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.ì14 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:ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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;ì8 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:ì9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;ì10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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:ì14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:ì15 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.ì16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,ì17 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.ì18 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;ì19 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.ì20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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].ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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;ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.ì32 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.ì33 Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 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:ì37 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.ì38 And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].ì@ì1. Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,ì2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,ì3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,ì4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,ì5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,ì6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,ì7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,ì8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these [were] the priests.ì9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;ì10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,ì11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,ì12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,ì13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.ì14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,ì15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,ì16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,ì17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,ì18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,ì19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,ì20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,ì21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,ì22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,ì23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,ì24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,ì25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,ì26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,ì27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.ì28 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;ì29 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;ì30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:ì31 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.ì32. 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;ì33 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.ì34 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:ì35 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:ì36 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:ì37 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.ì38 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.ì39 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.ì3 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.ì4 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;ì5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.ì6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.ì7 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.ì8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.ì9 And Joel the son of Zichri [was] their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah [was] second over the city.ì10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.ì11 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.ì12 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,ì13 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,ì14 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.ì15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;ì16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.ì17 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.ì18 All the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred fourscore and four.ì19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.ì20. And the residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were] in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.ì21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the Nethinims.ì22 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.ì23 For [it was] the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.ì24 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.ì25 And for the villages, with their fields, [some] of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and [in] the villages thereof,ì26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,ì27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages thereof,ì28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,ì29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,ì30 Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.ì31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,ì32 [And] at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,ì33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,ì34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,ì35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.ì36 And of the Levites [were] divisions [in] Judah, [and] in Benjamin.ì@ì1. Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,ì2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,ì3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,ì4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,ì5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,ì6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,ì7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.ì8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.ì9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches.ì10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,ì11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.ì12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;ì13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;ì14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;ì15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; ì16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;ì17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;ì18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;ì19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;ì20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;ì21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.ì26 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.ì27. 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.ì28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;ì29 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.ì30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.ì31 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:ì32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,ì33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,ì34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,ì35 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:ì36 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.ì37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.ì38 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;ì39 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.ì40 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:ì41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, [and] Hananiah, with trumpets;ì42 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.ì43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.ì44. 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.ì45 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.ì46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.ì47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 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.ì3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.ì4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah:ì5 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.ì6 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:ì7 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.ì8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.ì17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?ì18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.ì19 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.ì20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23. In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:ì24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.ì25 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.ì26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.ì27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?ì28 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.ì29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.ì30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;ì31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.ì# ì@ì1. Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)ì2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,ì3 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:ì4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] an hundred and fourscore days.ì5 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;ì6 [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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.ì10. 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,ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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:ì14 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;)ì15 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?ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 [Likewise] shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:ì3 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]:ì4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.ì5 [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;ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it].ì11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.ì12 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;)ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.ì20 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.ì21. 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.ì22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told [it] unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king [thereof] in Mordecai's name.ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Then the king's servants, which [were] in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?ì4 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.ì5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 And came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. 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].ì6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king's gate.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.ì10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;ì11 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.ì12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.ì13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.ì14 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?ì15 Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],ì16 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.ì17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request [is];ì8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.ì9. 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.ì10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.ì14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.ì6 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?ì7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, [and] take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.ì11 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.ì12. And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì@ì1. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.ì2 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.ì3 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:ì4 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.ì5 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?ì6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.ì7. 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3. 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.ì4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,ì5 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:ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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:ì11 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,ì12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar.ì13 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.ì14 [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.ì15. 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.ì16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.ì17 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.ì@ì1. 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;)ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.ì7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,ì8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,ì9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,ì10 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.ì11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.ì12 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.ì13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which [are] in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.ì14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.ì15 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.ì16 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,ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. 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,ì21 To stablish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,ì22 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.ì23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;ì24 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;ì25 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.ì26 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,ì27 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;ì28 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.ì29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.ì30 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,ì31 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.ì32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.ì@ì1. And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.ì2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?ì3 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. ì# ì@ì1. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.ì2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 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.ì6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.ì7 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.ì8 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?ì9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?ì10 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.ì11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.ì12 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.ì13. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:ì14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,ì21 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.ì22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.ì5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.ì6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life.ì7. 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.ì8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.ì9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì@ì1. After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.ì2 And Job spake, and said,ì3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.ì4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.ì5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.ì6 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.ì7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.ì8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.ì9 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:ì10 Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.ì11. Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?ì12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?ì13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,ì14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;ì15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:ì16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.ì17 There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.ì18 [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.ì19 The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master. ì20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;ì21 Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;ì22 Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?ì23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?ì24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.ì25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.ì26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.ì@ì1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,ì2 [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?ì3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.ì4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.ì5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.ì6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?ì7. Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?ì8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.ì9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.ì10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.ì11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.ì12. Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.ì13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,ì14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.ì15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:ì16 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], ì17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?ì18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:ì19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?ì20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].ì21 Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.ì@ì1. Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?ì2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.ì3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.ì4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].ì5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.ì6. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;ì7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.ì8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:ì9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:ì10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:ì11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.ì12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.ì13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.ì14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.ì15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.ì16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.ì17. Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:ì18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. ì19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.ì20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.ì21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.ì22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.ì23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.ì24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.ì25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.ì26 Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.ì27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.ì@ì1. But Job answered and said,ì2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!ì3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.ì4 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.ì5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?ì6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?ì7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.ì8. Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!ì9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!ì10 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.ì11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?ì12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass? ì13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?ì14. To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.ì15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;ì16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:ì17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.ì18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.ì19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.ì20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.ì21 For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.ì22. Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?ì23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?ì24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.ì25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?ì26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?ì27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.ì28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.ì29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.ì30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?ì@ì1. [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?ì2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:ì3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.ì4 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.ì5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.ì6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.ì7. O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.ì8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.ì9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].ì10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.ì11 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.ì12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?ì13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;ì14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:ì15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.ì16 I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.ì17. What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?ì18 And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?ì19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?ì20 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?ì21 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].ì@ì1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,ì2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?ì3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?ì4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;ì5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;ì6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. ì7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.ì8. For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:ì9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)ì10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?ì11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?ì12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.ì13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:ì14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.ì15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.ì16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.ì17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.ì18 If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.ì19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.ì20. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:ì21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.ì22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.ì@ì1. Then Job answered and said,ì2 I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?ì3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.ì4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?ì5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.ì6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.ì7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.ì8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.ì9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.ì10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.ì11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.ì12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?ì13 [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.ì14. How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?ì15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.ì16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.ì17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.ì18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.ì19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?ì20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.ì21 [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.ì22. This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.ì23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.ì24 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?ì25. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.ì26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.ì27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:ì28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.ì29 [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?ì30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;ì31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.ì32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.ì33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.ì34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:ì35 [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.ì@ì1. My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.ì2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.ì3 [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?ì4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?ì5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,ì6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?ì7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.ì8. Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.ì9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?ì10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?ì11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.ì12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.ì13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.ì14. If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.ì15 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;ì16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.ì17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.ì18 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!ì19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.ì20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,ì21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;ì22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.ì@ì1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,ì2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?ì3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?ì4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.ì5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;ì6 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].ì7. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?ì8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?ì9 The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.ì10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?ì11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?ì12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt.ì13. If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;ì14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.ì15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:ì16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:ì17 And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.ì18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.ì19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.ì20 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.ì@ì1. And Job answered and said,ì2 No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.ì3 But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?ì4 I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.ì5 He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.ì6. The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].ì7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:ì8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.ì9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?ì10 In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.ì11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?ì12. With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.ì13 With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.ì14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.ì15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.ì16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.ì17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.ì18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.ì19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.ì20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.ì21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. ì22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.ì23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].ì24 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.ì25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].ì@ì1. Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.ì2 What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.ì3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.ì4 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.ì5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.ì6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.ì7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?ì8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?ì9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?ì10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.ì11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?ì12 Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.ì13. Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].ì14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?ì15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.ì16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.ì17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.ì18 Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.ì19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.ì20 Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.ì21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.ì22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.ì23. How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.ì24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?ì25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?ì26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.ì27 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.ì28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.ì@ì1. Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.ì2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.ì3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?ì4 Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.ì5 Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;ì6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.ì7. 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.ì8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;ì9 [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.ì10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?ì11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:ì12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.ì13 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!ì14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.ì15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.ì16. For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?ì17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.ì18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.ì19 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.ì20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.ì21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.ì22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.ì@ì1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,ì2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?ì3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?ì4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.ì5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.ì6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.ì7 [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?ì8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?ì9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?ì10 With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.ì11 [Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?ì12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,ì13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?ì14 What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?ì15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.ì16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?ì17. I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;ì18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:ì19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.ì20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.ì21 A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.ì22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.ì23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.ì24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.ì25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.ì26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:ì27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.ì28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.ì29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.ì30 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.ì31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.ì32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.ì33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.ì34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.ì35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.ì@ì1. Then Job answered and said,ì2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.ì3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?ì4 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.ì5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].ì6. Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?ì7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.ì8 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.ì9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.ì10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.ì11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.ì12 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.ì13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.ì14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.ì15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.ì16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;ì17. Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.ì18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.ì19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.ì20 My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.ì21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!ì22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.ì@ì1. My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.ì2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?ì3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?ì4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].ì5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.ì6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.ì7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.ì8 Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.ì9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.ì10. But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.ì11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.ì12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.ì13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.ì14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister. ì15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?ì16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.ì@ì1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,ì2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.ì3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?ì4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?ì5. Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.ì6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.ì7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.ì8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.ì9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.ì10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.ì11. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.ì12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.ì13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.ì14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.ì15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.ì16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.ì17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.ì18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.ì19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.ì20 They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.ì21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.ì@ì1. Then Job answered and said,ì2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?ì3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.ì4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.ì5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:ì6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.ì7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.ì8. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.ì9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.ì10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.ì11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.ì12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.ì13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.ì14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.ì15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.ì16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.ì17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.ì18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.ì19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.ì20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.ì21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.ì22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?ì23. Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!ì24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!ì25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:ì26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:ì27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.ì28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?ì29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.ì@ì1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,ì2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.ì3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.ì4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,ì5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?ì6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;ì7 [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?ì8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.ì9 The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.ì10. His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.ì11 His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.ì12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;ì13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:ì14 [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.ì15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.ì16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.ì17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.ì18 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].ì19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;ì20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.ì21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.ì22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.ì23. [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.ì24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.ì25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.ì26 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.ì27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.ì28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.ì29 This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.ì@ì1. But Job answered and said,ì2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.ì3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.ì4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?ì5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.ì6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.ì7. Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?ì8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.ì9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.ì10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.ì11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.ì12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.ì13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.ì14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.ì15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?ì16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.ì17. How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.ì18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.ì19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].ì20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.ì21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?ì22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.ì23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.ì24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.ì25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.ì26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.ì27. Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.ì28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?ì29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,ì30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.ì31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?ì32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.ì33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.ì34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?ì@ì1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,ì2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?ì3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?ì4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?ì5. [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?ì6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.ì7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.ì8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.ì9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.ì10 Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;ì11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.ì12 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!ì13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?ì14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.ì15. Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?ì16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:ì17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?ì18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.ì19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.ì20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.ì21. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.ì22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.ì23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.ì24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.ì25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.ì26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.ì27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.ì28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.ì29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.ì30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.ì@ì1. Then Job answered and said,ì2 Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.ì3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!ì4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.ì5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.ì6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.ì7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.ì8. Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:ì9 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]:ì10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.ì11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.ì12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].ì13. But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.ì14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.ì15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.ì16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:ì17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.ì@ì1. Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?ì2 [Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].ì3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.ì4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.ì5 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.ì6 They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.ì7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.ì8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.ì9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.ì10 They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;ì11 [Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.ì12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].ì13. They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.ì14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.ì15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.ì16 In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.ì17 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.ì18. He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.ì19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.ì20 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.ì21 He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.ì22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.ì23 [Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.ì24 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.ì25 And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?ì@ì1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,ì2 Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.ì3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?ì4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?ì5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.ì6 How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?ì@ì1. But Job answered and said,ì2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?ì3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?ì4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?ì5. Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.ì6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.ì7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.ì8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.ì9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.ì10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.ì11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. ì12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.ì13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.ì14 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?ì@ì1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,ì2 [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;ì3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;ì4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.ì5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.ì6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.ì7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.ì8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?ì9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?ì10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?ì11. I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.ì12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?ì13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.ì14 If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.ì15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.ì16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;ì17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.ì18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.ì19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.ì20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.ì21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.ì22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.ì23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.ì@ì1. Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].ì2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.ì3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.ì4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.ì5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.ì6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.ì7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:ì8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.ì9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.ì10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.ì11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.ì12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?ì13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.ì14. The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.ì15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.ì16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.ì17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.ì18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.ì19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.ì20. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?ì21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.ì22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.ì23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.ì24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;ì25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.ì26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:ì27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.ì28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.ì@ì1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,ì2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;ì3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;ì4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;ì5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;ì6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;ì7. When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!ì8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.ì9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.ì10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.ì11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:ì12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.ì13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.ì14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.ì15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.ì16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.ì17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.ì18. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.ì19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.ì20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.ì21 Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.ì22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.ì23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.ì24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.ì25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?ì3 For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.ì4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.ì5 They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief;)ì6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.ì7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.ì8 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.ì9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.ì10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.ì11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.ì12 Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.ì13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.ì14 They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].ì15. Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.ì16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.ì17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.ì18 By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.ì19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.ì20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].ì21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.ì22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.ì23 For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.ì24 Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.ì25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?ì26 When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.ì27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.ì28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.ì29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.ì30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.ì31 My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.ì@ì1. I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?ì2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?ì3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?ì4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?ì5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;ì6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.ì7 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;ì8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.ì9. If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;ì10 [Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.ì11 For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.ì12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.ì13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;ì14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?ì15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?ì16. If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;ì17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;ì18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)ì19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;ì20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;ì21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:ì22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.ì23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.ì24. If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;ì25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;ì26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;ì27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:ì28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.ì29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:ì30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.ì31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.ì32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.ì33. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:ì34 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?ì35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.ì36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.ì37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.ì38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;ì39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:ì40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.ì@ì1. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes.ì2 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.ì3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Job.ì4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he.ì5 When Elihu saw that [there was] no answer in the mouth of [these] three men, then his wrath was kindled.ì6. 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.ì7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.ì8 But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.ì9 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. ì10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.ì11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.ì12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:ì13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.ì14 Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.ì15. They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.ì16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)ì17 [I said], I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.ì18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.ì19 Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.ì20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.ì21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.ì22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.ì@ì1. Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.ì2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.ì3 My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.ì4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.ì5 If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.ì6 Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.ì7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.ì8. Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],ì9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.ì10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,ì11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.ì12 Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.ì13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.ì14. For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not.ì15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;ì16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,ì17 That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.ì18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.ì19. He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong [pain]:ì20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.ì21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.ì22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.ì23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:ì24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.ì25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:ì26 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.ì27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;ì28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.ì29. Lo, all these [things] worketh God oftentimes with man,ì30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.ì31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.ì32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.ì33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.ì@ì1. Furthermore Elihu answered and said,ì2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.ì3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.ì4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.ì5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.ì6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.ì7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?ì8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.ì9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.ì10. 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.ì11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.ì12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.ì13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?ì14 If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;ì15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.ì16. If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.ì17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?ì18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?ì19 [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.ì20 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.ì21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.ì22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.ì23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.ì24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. ì25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.ì26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;ì27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:ì28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.ì29 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:ì30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.ì31. Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:ì32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.ì33 [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.ì34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.ì35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.ì36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.ì37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.ì@ì1. Elihu spake moreover, and said,ì2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?ì3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?ì4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.ì5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.ì6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?ì7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?ì8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.ì9. By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.ì10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;ì11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?ì12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.ì13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.ì14. Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.ì15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:ì16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.ì@ì1. Elihu also proceeded, and said,ì2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf.ì3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.ì4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.ì5. Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.ì6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.ì7 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.ì8 And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;ì9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.ì10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.ì11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.ì12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.ì13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.ì14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.ì15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.ì16 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.ì17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].ì18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.ì19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.ì20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.ì21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.ì22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?ì23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?ì24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.ì25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.ì26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.ì27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: ì28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.ì29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?ì30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.ì31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.ì32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.ì33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.ì@ì1. At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.ì2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth.ì3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.ì4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.ì5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.ì6. For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.ì7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.ì8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.ì9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.ì10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.ì11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:ì12 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.ì13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.ì14. Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.ì15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?ì16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?ì17 How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?ì18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?ì19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.ì20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.ì21. And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.ì22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.ì23 [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.ì24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.ì@ì1. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,ì2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?ì3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.ì4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.ì5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?ì6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;ì7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?ì8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?ì9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,ì10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,ì11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?ì12. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;ì13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?ì14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.ì15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.ì16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?ì17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?ì18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.ì19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,ì20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?ì21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?ì22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,ì23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?ì24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?ì25. Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;ì26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;ì27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?ì28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?ì29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?ì30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.ì31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?ì32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?ì33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?ì34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?ì35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?ì36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?ì37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,ì38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?ì39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,ì40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?ì41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.ì@ì1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?ì2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?ì3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.ì4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.ì5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?ì6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.ì7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.ì8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.ì9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?ì10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?ì11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?ì12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?ì13. [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?ì14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,ì15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.ì16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;ì17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.ì18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.ì19. Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?ì20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.ì21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.ì22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.ì23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.ì24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.ì25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.ì26. Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?ì27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?ì28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.ì29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.ì30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.ì@ì1. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,ì2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.ì3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,ì4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.ì5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.ì6. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,ì7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.ì8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?ì9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?ì10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.ì11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.ì12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.ì13 Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.ì14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.ì15. Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.ì16 Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.ì17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.ì18 His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.ì19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].ì20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.ì21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.ì22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.ì23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.ì24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.ì@ì1. Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?ì2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?ì3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?ì4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?ì5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?ì6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?ì7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?ì8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.ì9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?ì10 None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?ì11. Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.ì12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.ì13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?ì14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.ì15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.ì16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.ì17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.ì18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.ì19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire leap out.ì20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.ì21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.ì22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.ì23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.ì24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].ì25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.ì26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.ì27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.ì28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.ì29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.ì30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.ì31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.ì32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.ì33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.ì34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.ì@ì1. Then Job answered the LORD, and said,ì2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee.ì3 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.ì4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.ì5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.ì6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.ì7. 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].ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.ì14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.ì15 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.ì16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.ì17 So Job died, [being] old and full of days. ì# ì@ì1. 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.ì2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.ì3 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.ì4. The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.ì5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.ì6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.ì@ì1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?ì2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],ì3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.ì4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.ì5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.ì6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.ì7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.ì8 Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.ì9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.ì10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.ì11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.ì12 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.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.ì2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.ì3 But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.ì4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.ì5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.ì6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about.ì7 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.ì8 Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. 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.ì2 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.ì3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.ì4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.ì5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.ì6. [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.ì7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.ì8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.ì2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.ì3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.ì4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.ì5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.ì6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.ì7. 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.ì8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.ì2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.ì3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?ì4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.ì5 For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?ì6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.ì7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.ì8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.ì9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.ì10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.ì@ì1. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:ì2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.ì3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;ì4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.ì8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.ì9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.ì10. My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.ì11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.ì12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.ì13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.ì14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.ì15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.ì16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.ì17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.ì2 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.ì3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;ì4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?ì5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.ì6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:ì7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;ì8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.ì9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.ì2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.ì3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.ì4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.ì5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.ì6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.ì7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.ì8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.ì9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.ì10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.ì11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.ì12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.ì13 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:ì14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.ì15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.ì16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.ì17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.ì18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.ì19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.ì20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.ì@ì1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?ì2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.ì3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.ì4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.ì5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.ì6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.ì7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.ì11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].ì12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.ì13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].ì14 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.ì15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.ì16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.ì17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:ì18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?ì2 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.ì3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?ì4. The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.ì5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.ì6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.ì7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.ì2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.ì3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:ì4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?ì5 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.ì6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.ì7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.ì8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?ì2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?ì3 Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;ì4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.ì5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.ì6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. 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.ì2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.ì3 They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.ì4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.ì5 There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.ì6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.ì7 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.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?ì2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.ì3 [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.ì4 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.ì5 [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.ì@ì1. Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.ì2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;ì3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.ì4 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.ì5 The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.ì6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.ì7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.ì8. I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.ì9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.ì10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.ì11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.ì@ì1. A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.ì2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.ì3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.ì4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.ì5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.ì6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.ì7 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].ì8. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,ì9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.ì10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.ì11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;ì12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.ì13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:ì14 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.ì15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.ì2 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.ì3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.ì4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.ì5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.ì6 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.ì7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.ì8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.ì9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.ì10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.ì11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.ì12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.ì13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.ì14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.ì15 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.ì16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.ì17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.ì18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.ì19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.ì20. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.ì21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.ì22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.ì23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.ì24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.ì25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;ì26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.ì27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.ì28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.ì29. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.ì30 [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.ì31 For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?ì32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.ì33 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.ì34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.ì35 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.ì36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.ì37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.ì38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.ì39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.ì40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.ì41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.ì42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.ì43 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.ì44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.ì45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.ì46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.ì47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.ì48 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.ì49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.ì50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.ì2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.ì3 [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.ì4 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,ì5 Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.ì6 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.ì7. The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.ì8 The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.ì9 The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.ì10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.ì11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.ì12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].ì13 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.ì14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;ì2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;ì3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.ì4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.ì8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.ì9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!ì2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.ì3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.ì4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.ì5 His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.ì6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.ì7. For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.ì8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.ì9 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.ì10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.ì11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].ì12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.ì13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?ì2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.ì3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel. ì4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.ì5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.ì6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.ì7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],ì8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.ì9 But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.ì10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.ì11. Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.ì12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.ì13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.ì17 I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.ì18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.ì19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.ì20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.ì21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.ì22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.ì23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.ì24 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.ì25 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.ì26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.ì27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.ì28 For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.ì29 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.ì30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.ì31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.ì2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.ì3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.ì4 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.ì5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.ì6 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.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.ì2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.ì3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?ì4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.ì5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.ì6 This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.ì7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.ì8 Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.ì9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.ì10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.ì2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.ì3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.ì4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.ì5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.ì6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.ì7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.ì8. Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.ì9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.ì10 All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.ì11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.ì12 What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.ì13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.ì14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.ì15. Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.ì16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.ì17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou me out of my distresses.ì18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.ì19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.ì20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.ì21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.ì22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.ì2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.ì3 For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.ì4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.ì5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.ì6. I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:ì7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.ì8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.ì9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:ì10 In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.ì11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.ì12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. 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?ì2 When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.ì3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.ì4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.ì8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.ì9 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.ì10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.ì11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.ì12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.ì13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.ì14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. 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.ì2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.ì6. Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.ì7 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.ì8 The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.ì9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.ì2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.ì3 The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.ì4 The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is] full of majesty.ì5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.ì6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.ì7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.ì8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.ì9 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.ì10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.ì11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.ì@ì1. A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.ì2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.ì3 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.ì4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.ì5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.ì6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.ì7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.ì8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.ì9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?ì10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.ì11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;ì12 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.ì2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.ì3 For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.ì4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.ì5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.ì6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.ì7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;ì8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.ì9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.ì10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.ì11 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.ì12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.ì13 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.ì14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.ì15 My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.ì16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.ì17 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.ì18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.ì19. [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!ì20 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.ì21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.ì22 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.ì23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.ì24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.ì2 Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.ì3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.ì4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.ì8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.ì9 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.ì10 Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.ì11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.ì@ì1. Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.ì2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.ì3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.ì4 For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.ì5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.ì6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.ì7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.ì8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.ì9 For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.ì10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.ì11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.ì12. Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.ì13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.ì14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.ì15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.ì16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.ì17 An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.ì18 Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;ì19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.ì20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.ì21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.ì22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.ì2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.ì3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.ì4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.ì5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.ì6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.ì7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.ì8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.ì9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.ì10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].ì11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.ì12 What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?ì13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.ì14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.ì15 The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.ì16 The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.ì17 [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.ì18 The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.ì19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.ì20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.ì21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.ì22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.ì2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.ì3 Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.ì4 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.ì5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].ì6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.ì7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.ì8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.ì9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.ì10 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?ì11. False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.ì12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.ì13 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.ì14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.ì15 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:ì16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.ì17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.ì18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.ì19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.ì20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.ì21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].ì22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.ì23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.ì24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.ì25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.ì2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.ì3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.ì4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.ì5. Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.ì6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.ì7 How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.ì8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.ì9 For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.ì10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.ì11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.ì12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.ì2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.ì3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.ì4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.ì5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.ì6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.ì7. 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.ì8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.ì9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.ì10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].ì11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.ì12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.ì13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.ì14 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.ì15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.ì16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.ì17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.ì18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.ì19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.ì20 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.ì21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.ì22 For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.ì23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.ì24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.ì25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.ì26 [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.ì27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.ì28 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.ì29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.ì30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.ì31 The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.ì32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.ì33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.ì34. 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].ì35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.ì36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.ì37 Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.ì38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.ì39 But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.ì40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.ì2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.ì3 [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.ì4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.ì5 My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.ì6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.ì7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.ì8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.ì9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.ì10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.ì11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.ì12. 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.ì13 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.ì14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.ì15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.ì16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.ì17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.ì18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.ì19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.ì20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].ì21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.ì22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 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.ì2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.ì3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,ì4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.ì8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.ì9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].ì10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.ì11 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.ì12 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].ì13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.ì5 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. ì6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.ì7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,ì8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.ì9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.ì10 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.ì11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.ì12 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.ì13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.ì14 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.ì15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.ì16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.ì17 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.ì2 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.ì3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.ì4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.ì5. Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?ì6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].ì7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.ì8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.ì9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.ì10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.ì11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.ì12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.ì13 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.ì2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?ì3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.ì8 [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.ì9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?ì10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?ì11 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.ì@ì1. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.ì2 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?ì3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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.ì2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.ì3 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.ì4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.ì5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.ì6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.ì7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.ì8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.ì9. But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.ì10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.ì11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.ì12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.ì13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.ì14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.ì15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,ì16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.ì17. All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.ì18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;ì19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.ì20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;ì21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.ì22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. ì23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.ì24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?ì25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.ì26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 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.ì2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.ì3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.ì4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.ì5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.ì6. Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.ì7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.ì8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.ì9 Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.ì10. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;ì11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.ì12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.ì13 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.ì14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.ì15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.ì16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.ì17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.ì2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;ì3 [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.ì4 [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.ì5 God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early.ì6. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.ì7 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. ì8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.ì9 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.ì10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.ì11 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.ì2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.ì3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.ì4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.ì5. God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.ì6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.ì7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.ì8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.ì9 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.ì@ì1. A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.ì2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.ì3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.ì4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.ì5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.ì6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.ì7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.ì8. 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.ì9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.ì10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.ì11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.ì12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.ì13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.ì14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:ì2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.ì3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.ì4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.ì5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?ì6. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;ì7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:ì8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)ì9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.ì10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.ì11 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.ì12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.ì13 This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.ì14 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.ì15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.ì16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;ì17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.ì18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.ì19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.ì20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.ì@ì1. A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.ì2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.ì3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.ì4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.ì5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.ì6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.ì7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.ì8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.ì9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.ì10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.ì11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.ì12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.ì13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?ì14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:ì15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.ì16. 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?ì17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.ì18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.ì19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.ì20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.ì21 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.ì22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.ì23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.ì2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.ì3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.ì4 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.ì5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.ì6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.ì7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.ì8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.ì9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.ì10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.ì11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.ì12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.ì13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.ì14. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.ì15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.ì16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.ì17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.ì18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.ì19 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.ì2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.ì3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.ì4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.ì5 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.ì6. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:ì7 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.ì8 But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.ì9 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. 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.ì2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.ì3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.ì4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.ì2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.ì3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.ì4. Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.ì5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.ì6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.ì7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.ì2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;ì3 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.ì4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.ì5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.ì6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.ì7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.ì8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.ì9. Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.ì10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.ì11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.ì12 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:ì13 But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.ì14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.ì15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.ì16. As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.ì17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.ì18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.ì19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.ì20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.ì21 [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.ì22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.ì23 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.ì2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.ì3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.ì4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.ì5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.ì6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.ì7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.ì8. Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?ì9 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.ì10 In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.ì11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.ì12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.ì13 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?ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. 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.ì2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.ì3 He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.ì4 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.ì5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.ì6 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.ì7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.ì8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.ì9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.ì10 For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.ì11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?ì2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.ì3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.ì4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;ì5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.ì6. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.ì10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.ì11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.ì2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.ì3 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.ì4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.ì5 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.ì6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.ì7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?ì8. But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.ì9 [Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God [is] my defence.ì10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.ì11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.ì12 [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.ì13 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.ì14 And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.ì15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.ì16 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.ì17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.ì2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.ì3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.ì4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.ì5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.ì6. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.ì7 Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;ì8 Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.ì9 Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?ì10 [Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?ì11 Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.ì12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.ì2 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.ì3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.ì4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.ì5. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.ì6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.ì7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.ì8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.ì2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.ì3 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.ì4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.ì5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.ì6 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.ì7 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.ì8. Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.ì9 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.ì10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].ì11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.ì12 Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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;ì2 To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.ì3. Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.ì4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.ì5 My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:ì6 When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.ì7. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.ì8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.ì9 But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.ì10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.ì11 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.ì2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:ì3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:ì4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.ì5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?ì6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.ì7. But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.ì8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.ì9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.ì10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.ì2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.ì3 Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.ì4 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.ì5 [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:ì6. Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:ì7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.ì8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.ì9 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.ì10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.ì11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.ì12 They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.ì13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:ì2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.ì3 Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.ì4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing [to] thy name. Selah.ì5 Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.ì6 He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.ì7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.ì8. O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:ì9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.ì10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.ì11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.ì12 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].ì13. I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,ì14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.ì15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.ì16 Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.ì17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.ì18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:ì19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.ì20 Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.ì2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.ì3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.ì4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.ì5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.ì6 [Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us.ì7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.ì2 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.ì3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.ì4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.ì5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.ì6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].ì7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:ì8 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.ì9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.ì10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.ì11 The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].ì12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.ì13 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.ì14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.ì15. The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.ì16 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.ì17 The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].ì18 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].ì19 Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.ì20 [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.ì21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.ì22. The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:ì23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.ì24 They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.ì25 The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.ì26 Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.ì27 There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.ì28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.ì29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.ì30 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.ì31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.ì32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:ì33 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.ì34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds.ì35 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.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.ì2 I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.ì3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.ì4 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.ì5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.ì6 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.ì7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.ì8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.ì9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.ì10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.ì11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.ì12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.ì13. 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.ì14 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.ì15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.ì16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.ì17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.ì18 Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.ì19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.ì20 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.ì21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.ì22. Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.ì23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.ì24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.ì25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.ì26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.ì27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.ì28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.ì29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.ì30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.ì31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.ì32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.ì33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.ì34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.ì35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.ì36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.ì2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.ì3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.ì4 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.ì5 But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.ì@ì1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.ì2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.ì3 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.ì4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.ì5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.ì6 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.ì7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.ì8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.ì9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.ì10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,ì11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].ì12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.ì13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.ì14. But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.ì15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].ì16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.ì17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.ì18 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.ì19 Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!ì20 [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.ì21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.ì22 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.ì23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.ì24 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.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.ì2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.ì3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.ì4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.ì5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.ì6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.ì7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.ì8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.ì9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.ì10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.ì11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.ì12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.ì13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.ì14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.ì19 And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.ì20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.ì@ì1. A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.ì2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.ì3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.ì4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.ì5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.ì6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.ì7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.ì8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.ì9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.ì10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.ì11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?ì12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.ì13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.ì14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.ì15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.ì16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;ì17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.ì18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.ì19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.ì20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.ì21. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.ì22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.ì23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.ì24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.ì25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.ì26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.ì27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.ì28 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.ì@ì1. Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?ì2 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.ì3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.ì4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.ì5 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.ì6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.ì7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.ì8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.ì9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.ì10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?ì11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.ì12. For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.ì13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.ì14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.ì15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.ì16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.ì17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.ì18. Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.ì19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.ì20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.ì21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.ì22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.ì23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.ì2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.ì3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.ì4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:ì5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.ì6. For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.ì7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.ì8 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].ì9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.ì10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.ì2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.ì3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.ì4 Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.ì5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.ì6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.ì7. Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?ì8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,ì9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.ì10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.ì11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.ì12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.ì2 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.ì3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.ì4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.ì5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.ì6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.ì7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?ì8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth [his] promise fail for evermore?ì9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.ì10 And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.ì11. I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.ì12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.ì13 Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God as [our] God?ì14 Thou [art] the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.ì15 Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.ì16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.ì17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.ì18 The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.ì19 Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.ì20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.ì@ì1. Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.ì2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:ì3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.ì4 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.ì5 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:ì6 That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:ì7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:ì8 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.ì9. The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.ì10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;ì11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.ì12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.ì13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.ì14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.ì15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.ì16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.ì17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.ì18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.ì19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?ì20 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?ì21 Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;ì22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:ì23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,ì24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.ì25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.ì26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.ì27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:ì28 And he let [it] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.ì29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;ì30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat [was] yet in their mouths,ì31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.ì32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.ì33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. ì34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.ì35 And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.ì36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.ì37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.ì38 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.ì39 For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.ì40. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!ì41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.ì42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.ì43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:ì44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.ì45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.ì46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.ì47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.ì48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.ì49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].ì50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;ì51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:ì52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.ì53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.ì54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.ì55 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.ì56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:ì57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.ì58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.ì59 When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:ì60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;ì61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.ì62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.ì63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.ì64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.ì65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.ì66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.ì67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:ì68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.ì69 And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.ì70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:ì71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.ì72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.ì@ì1. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.ì2 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.ì3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].ì4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.ì5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?ì6. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.ì7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.ì8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;ì12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.ì13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.ì2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.ì3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.ì4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?ì5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.ì6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.ì7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.ì8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.ì9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.ì10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.ì11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.ì12 Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?ì13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.ì14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;ì15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.ì16 [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.ì17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.ì18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.ì19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.ì2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.ì3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.ì4 For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.ì5 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.ì6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.ì7 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.ì8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;ì9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.ì10 I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.ì11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.ì12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.ì13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!ì14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.ì15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.ì16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.ì@ì1. A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.ì2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.ì3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.ì4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.ì5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.ì6. I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.ì7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.ì8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.ì@ì1. A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.ì2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.ì3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.ì4 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.ì5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:ì6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;ì7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;ì8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.ì9. Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison: ì10 [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.ì11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:ì12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.ì13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.ì14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;ì15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.ì16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.ì17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:ì18 That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!ì2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.ì3 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.ì4 Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.ì5 Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].ì6 [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.ì7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.ì8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.ì9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.ì2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.ì3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.ì4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.ì5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?ì6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?ì7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.ì8. 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.ì9 Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.ì10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].ì11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.ì12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.ì13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.ì@ì1. A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.ì2 Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.ì3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.ì4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.ì5 For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.ì6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.ì7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.ì8. Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.ì9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.ì10 For thou [art] great, and doest wondrous things: thou [art] God alone. ì11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.ì12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.ì13 For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.ì14 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.ì15 But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.ì16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.ì17 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.ì@ì1. A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.ì2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.ì3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.ì4. I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born there.ì5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.ì6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.ì7 As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be there]: all my springs [are] in thee.ì@ì1. A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:ì2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;ì3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.ì4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:ì5 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.ì6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.ì7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.ì8 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.ì9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.ì10. Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.ì11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction?ì12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?ì13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.ì14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?ì15 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.ì16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.ì17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.ì18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.ì@ì1. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.ì2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.ì3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,ì4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.ì5. And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.ì6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?ì7 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.ì8 O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?ì9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.ì10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.ì11 The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.ì12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.ì13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.ì14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.ì15. Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.ì16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.ì17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.ì18 For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.ì19. 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.ì20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:ì21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.ì22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.ì23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.ì24 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.ì25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.ì26 He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.ì27 Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.ì28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.ì29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.ì30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;ì31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;ì32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.ì33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.ì34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.ì35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.ì36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.ì37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.ì38. But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.ì39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.ì40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.ì41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.ì42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.ì43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.ì44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.ì45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.ì46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?ì47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?ì48 What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.ì49 Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?ì50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;ì51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.ì52 Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.ì@ì1. A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.ì2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.ì3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.ì4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.ì5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.ì6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.ì7. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.ì8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.ì9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].ì10 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.ì11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.ì12. So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.ì13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.ì14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.ì15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.ì16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.ì17 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.ì@ì1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.ì2 I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.ì3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.ì4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.ì5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;ì6 [Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.ì7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.ì8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.ì9. Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;ì10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.ì11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.ì12 They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.ì13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.ì14 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.ì15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.ì16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.ì@ì1. A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:ì2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,ì3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.ì4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.ì5 O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.ì6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.ì7. 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:ì8 But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.ì9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.ì10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.ì11 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.ì12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.ì13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.ì14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;ì15 To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.ì3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.ì4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.ì5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.ì@ì1. O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.ì2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.ì3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?ì4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?ì5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.ì6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.ì7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].ì8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?ì9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?ì10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?ì11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. ì12. Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;ì13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.ì14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.ì15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.ì16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?ì17 Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.ì18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.ì19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.ì20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?ì21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.ì22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.ì23 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.ì@ì1. O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.ì2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.ì3 For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods.ì4 In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also.ì5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].ì6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.ì7. 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,ì8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:ì9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.ì10 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:ì11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.ì@ì1. O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.ì2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.ì3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.ì4 For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.ì5 For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.ì6 Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.ì7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.ì8 Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.ì9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.ì10. 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.ì11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.ì12 Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoiceì13 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.ì@ì1. The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].ì2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.ì3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.ì4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.ì5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.ì6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.ì7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.ì8. Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. ì9 For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.ì10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.ì11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.ì12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.ì@ì1. A Psalm. 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.ì2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.ì3 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.ì4. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.ì5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.ì6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.ì7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.ì8 Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful togetherì9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.ì@ì1. The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.ì2 The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.ì3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.ì4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.ì5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.ì6. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.ì7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.ì8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.ì9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.ì@ì1. A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.ì2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.ì3 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.ì4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.ì5 For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.ì2 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.ì3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.ì4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].ì5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.ì6 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.ì7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.ì8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.ì@ì1. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.ì2 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.ì3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.ì4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.ì5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.ì6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.ì7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.ì8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.ì9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,ì10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.ì11 My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.ì12. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.ì13 Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.ì14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.ì15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.ì16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.ì17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.ì18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.ì19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;ì20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;ì21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;ì22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.ì23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.ì24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.ì25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.ì26 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:ì27 But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.ì28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.ì2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:ì3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;ì4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;ì5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.ì6. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.ì7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.ì8 The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.ì9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.ì10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.ì11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.ì12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.ì13 Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.ì14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.ì15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.ì16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.ì17 But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;ì18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.ì19. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.ì20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.ì21 Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his, that do his pleasure.ì22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.ì@ì1. Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.ì2 Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:ì3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:ì4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:ì5 [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.ì6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.ì7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.ì8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.ì9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.ì10. He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.ì11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.ì12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.ì13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.ì14 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;ì15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.ì16 The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;ì17 Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.ì18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.ì19. He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.ì20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].ì21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.ì22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.ì23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.ì24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.ì25 [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.ì26 There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.ì27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.ì28 [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.ì29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.ì30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.ì31. The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.ì32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.ì33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.ì34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.ì35 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.ì@ì1. O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.ì2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.ì3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.ì4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.ì5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;ì6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.ì7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.ì8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.ì9 Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;ì10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:ì11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:ì12 When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.ì13 When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;ì14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;ì15 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.ì16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.ì17 He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:ì18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:ì19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.ì20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people, and let him go free.ì21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:ì22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.ì23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.ì24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.ì25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.ì26 He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.ì27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.ì28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.ì29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.ì30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.ì31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.ì32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.ì33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.ì34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,ì35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.ì36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.ì37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes. ì38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.ì39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.ì40 [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.ì41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.ì42 For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.ì43 And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:ì44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;ì45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise?ì3 Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.ì4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;ì5 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.ì6. We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.ì7 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.ì8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.ì9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.ì10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.ì11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.ì12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.ì13. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:ì14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.ì15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.ì16 They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.ì17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.ì18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.ì19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.ì20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.ì21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;ì22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea.ì23 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].ì24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:ì25 But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.ì26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:ì27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.ì28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.ì29 Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.ì30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.ì31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.ì32 They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:ì33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.ì34. They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:ì35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.ì36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.ì37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,ì38 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.ì39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.ì40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.ì41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.ì42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.ì43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.ì44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:ì45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.ì46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.ì47 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.ì48 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;ì3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.ì4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.ì5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.ì6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses.ì7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.ì8 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!ì9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.ì10. Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;ì11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:ì12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help.ì13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.ì14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.ì15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!ì16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.ì17. Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.ì18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.ì19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.ì20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions.ì21 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!ì22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.ì23. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;ì24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.ì25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.ì26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.ì27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.ì28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.ì29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.ì30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.ì31 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!ì32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.ì33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;ì34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.ì35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.ì36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;ì37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.ì38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.ì39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.ì40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.ì41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.ì42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.ì43 Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.ì@ì1. A Song [or] Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.ì2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.ì3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.ì4 For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.ì5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;ì6. That thy beloved may be delivered: save [with] thy right hand, and answer me.ì7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.ì8 Gilead [is] mine; Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;ì9 Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.ì10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?ì11 [Wilt] not [thou], O God, [who] hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?ì12 Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.ì13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;ì2 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.ì3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.ì4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.ì5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.ì6. Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.ì7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.ì8 Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.ì9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.ì10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.ì11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.ì12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.ì13 Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.ì14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.ì15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.ì16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.ì17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.ì18 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.ì19 Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.ì20 [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.ì21. But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.ì22 For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.ì23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.ì24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.ì25 I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.ì26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:ì27 That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.ì28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.ì29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.ì30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.ì31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.ì2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.ì3 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.ì4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.ì5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.ì6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.ì7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with [my] whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and [in] the congregation.ì2 The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.ì3 His work [is] honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.ì4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.ì5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.ì6. He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.ì7 The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.ì8 They stand fast for ever and ever, [and are] done in truth and uprightness.ì9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.ì10 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.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.ì2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.ì3 Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.ì4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.ì5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.ì6. Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.ì7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.ì8 His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his enemies.ì9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.ì10 The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.ì2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.ì3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name [is] to be praised.ì4 The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.ì5 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,ì6 Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth! ì7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;ì8 That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of his people.ì9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;ì2 Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.ì3 The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.ì4 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.ì5 What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?ì6 Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?ì7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;ì8 Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.ì@ì1. Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.ì2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?ì3 But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.ì4 Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.ì5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:ì6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:ì7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.ì8 They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.ì9. O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.ì10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.ì11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.ì12 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.ì13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great.ì14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. ì15 Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.ì16 The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.ì17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.ì18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.ì@ì1. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.ì2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live.ì3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.ì4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.ì5 Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.ì6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.ì7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.ì8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, [and] my feet from falling.ì9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.ì10. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:ì11 I said in my haste, All men [are] liars.ì12 What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me?ì13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.ì14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.ì15 Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.ì16 O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.ì17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.ì18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,ì19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.ì2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.ì6 The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?ì7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.ì8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.ì9 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.ì10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.ì11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.ì12 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.ì13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.ì14 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation.ì15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.ì16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.ì17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.ì18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.ì19. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD:ì20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.ì21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.ì22 The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.ì23 This is the LORD'S doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.ì24 This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.ì25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.ì26 Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.ì27 God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.ì28 Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.ì29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì@ì1. ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.ì2 Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.ì3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.ì4. Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.ì5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!ì6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.ì7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.ì8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.ì9. BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.ì10. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.ì11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.ì12. Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.ì13. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.ì14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.ì15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.ì16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.ì17. GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.ì18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.ì19. I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.ì20. My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.ì21. Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.ì22. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.ì23. Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.ì24. Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.ì25. DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.ì26. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.ì27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.ì28. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.ì29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.ì30. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].ì31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.ì32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.ì33. HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.ì34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.ì35. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.ì36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.ì37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.ì38. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.ì39. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.ì40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.ì41. VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.ì42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.ì43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.ì44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.ì45. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.ì46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.ì47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.ì48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.ì49. ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.ì50. This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.ì51. The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.ì52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.ì53. Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.ì54. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.ì55. I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.ì56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.ì57. CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.ì58. I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.ì59. I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.ì60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.ì61. The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.ì62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.ì63. I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.ì64. The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.ì65. TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.ì66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.ì67. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.ì68. Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.ì69. The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.ì70 Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.ì71. [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.ì72. The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.ì73. JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.ì74. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.ì75. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.ì76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.ì77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.ì78. Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.ì79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.ì80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.ì81. CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.ì82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?ì83. For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.ì84. How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?ì85. The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.ì86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.ì87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.ì88. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.ì89. LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.ì90 Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.ì91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.ì92. Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.ì93. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.ì94. I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.ì95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.ì96. I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.ì97. MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.ì98. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.ì99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.ì100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.ì101. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.ì102. I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.ì103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!ì104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.ì105. NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.ì106. I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.ì107. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.ì108. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.ì109. My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.ì110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.ì111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.ì112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.ì113. SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.ì114. Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.ì115. Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.ì116. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.ì117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.ì118. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.ì119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.ì120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.ì121. AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.ì122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.ì123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.ì124. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.ì125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.ì126. [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.ì127. Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.ì128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.ì129. PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.ì130. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.ì131. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.ì132. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.ì133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.ì134. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.ì135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.ì136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.ì137. TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.ì138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.ì139. My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.ì140. Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.ì141. I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.ì142. Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.ì143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.ì144 The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.ì145. KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.ì146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.ì147. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.ì148 Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.ì149. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.ì150. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.ì151 Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.ì152. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.ì153. RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.ì154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.ì155. Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.ì156. Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.ì157. Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.ì158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.ì159. Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.ì160. Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.ì161. SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.ì162. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.ì163. I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.ì164. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.ì165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.ì166. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.ì167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.ì168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.ì169. TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.ì170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.ì171. My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.ì172. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.ì173. Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.ì174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight. ì175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.ì176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.ì2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.ì3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?ì4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.ì5. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!ì6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.ì7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.ì2 My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.ì3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.ì4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.ì5 The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.ì6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.ì7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.ì8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.ì2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.ì3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:ì4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.ì5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.ì6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.ì7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.ì8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.ì9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.ì2 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.ì3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.ì4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;ì2 If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:ì3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:ì4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:ì5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.ì6. Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.ì7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. ì8 Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.ì2 As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.ì3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.ì4. Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.ì5 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.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.ì2 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.ì3 The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad.ì4. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.ì5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.ì6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].ì@ì1. A Song of degrees for Solomon. 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.ì2 [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.ì3 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.ì4 As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.ì5 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.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.ì2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.ì3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.ì4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.ì5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.ì6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:ì2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.ì3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.ì4 The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.ì5. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.ì6 Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:ì7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.ì8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.ì2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.ì3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?ì4 But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.ì5. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.ì6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.ì7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.ì8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees of David. 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.ì2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.ì3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:ì2 How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob;ì3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;ì4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,ì5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.ì6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.ì7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.ì8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.ì9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.ì10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.ì11. 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.ì12 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. ì13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.ì14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.ì15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.ì16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.ì17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.ì18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!ì2 [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;ì3 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.ì@ì1. A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.ì2 Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.ì3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD.ì2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,ì3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant.ì4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.ì5. For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods.ì6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.ì7 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.ì8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.ì9 [Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.ì10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;ì11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:ì12 And gave their land [for] an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.ì13 Thy name, O LORD, [endureth] for ever; [and] thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.ì14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.ì15. The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.ì16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;ì17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.ì18 They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.ì19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:ì20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.ì21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì10. To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì22 [Even] an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì23. Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:ì24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.ì@ì1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.ì2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.ì3 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.ì4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?ì5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].ì6 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.ì7. Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.ì8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.ì9 Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.ì2 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.ì3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and] strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.ì4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.ì5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great [is] the glory of the LORD.ì6. Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.ì7 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.ì8 The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].ì2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.ì3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.ì4 For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.ì5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.ì6 [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.ì7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?ì8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].ì9 [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;ì10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.ì11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.ì12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].ì13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.ì14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.ì15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.ì16 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.ì17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!ì18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.ì19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.ì20 For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.ì21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?ì22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.ì23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:ì24 And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.ì@ì1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;ì2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.ì3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.ì4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.ì5 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.ì6 I said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.ì7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.ì8. Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.ì9 [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.ì10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.ì11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].ì12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.ì13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.ì2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.ì3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.ì4 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.ì5. 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.ì6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.ì7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.ì8 But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.ì9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.ì10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.ì@ì1. Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.ì2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.ì6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.ì7 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.ì@ì1. A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.ì2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.ì3 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.ì4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.ì5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.ì6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.ì7. 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.ì8 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.ì9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.ì10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.ì11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.ì12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.ì@ì1. [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:ì2 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.ì3 LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!ì4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.ì5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.ì6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.ì7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;ì8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.ì9. 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.ì10 [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.ì11 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:ì12 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:ì13 [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:ì14 [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.ì15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.ì@ì1. David's [Psalm] of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.ì2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.ì3 Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.ì4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.ì5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.ì6 And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.ì7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.ì8 The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.ì9 The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.ì10. All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. ì11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;ì12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.ì13 Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.ì14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.ì15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.ì16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.ì17 The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.ì18 The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.ì19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.ì20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.ì21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.ì2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.ì3 Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.ì4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.ì5. Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:ì6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:ì7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:ì8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:ì9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.ì10 The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.ì2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.ì3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.ì4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.ì5 Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite.ì6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.ì7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:ì8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.ì9 He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.ì10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.ì11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.ì12. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.ì13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.ì14 He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.ì15 He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly.ì16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.ì17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?ì18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.ì19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.ì20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.ì2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.ì3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.ì4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.ì5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.ì6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.ì7. Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:ì8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:ì9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:ì10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:ì11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:ì12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:ì13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.ì14 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.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.ì2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.ì3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.ì4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.ì5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.ì6. [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;ì7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people;ì8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;ì9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.ì@ì1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.ì2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.ì3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.ì4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.ì5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.ì6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. ì# ì@ì1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;ì2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;ì3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;ì4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.ì5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:ì6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.ì7. The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.ì8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:ì9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.ì10. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.ì11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:ì12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:ì13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:ì14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:ì15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:ì16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.ì17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.ì18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.ì19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.ì20. Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:ì21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],ì22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?ì23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.ì24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;ì25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:ì26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;ì27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.ì28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:ì29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:ì30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.ì31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.ì32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.ì33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.ì@ì1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;ì2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;ì3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;ì4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;ì5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.ì6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.ì7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.ì8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.ì9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.ì10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;ì11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:ì12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;ì13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;ì14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;ì15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:ì16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;ì17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.ì18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.ì19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.ì20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.ì21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.ì22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.ì@ì1. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:ì2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.ì3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:ì4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.ì5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.ì6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.ì7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.ì8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.ì9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:ì10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.ì11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:ì12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.ì13. Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.ì14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.ì15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.ì16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.ì17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.ì18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.ì19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.ì20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.ì21. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:ì22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.ì23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.ì24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.ì25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.ì26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.ì27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].ì28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.ì29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.ì30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.ì31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.ì32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.ì33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.ì34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.ì35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.ì@ì1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.ì2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.ì3 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.ì4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.ì5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.ì6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.ì7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.ì8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.ì9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.ì10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.ì11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.ì12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.ì13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.ì14. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].ì15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.ì16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.ì17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.ì18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.ì19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.ì20. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.ì21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.ì22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.ì23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.ì24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.ì25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.ì26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.ì27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.ì@ì1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:ì2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.ì3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:ì4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.ì5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.ì6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].ì7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.ì8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:ì9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:ì10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;ì11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,ì12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;ì13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!ì14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.ì15. Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.ì16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.ì17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.ì18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.ì19 [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.ì20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?ì21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.ì22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.ì23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.ì@ì1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,ì2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.ì3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.ì4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.ì5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.ì6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:ì7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,ì8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.ì9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?ì10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:ì11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.ì12. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.ì13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;ì14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.ì15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.ì16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:ì17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,ì18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,ì19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.ì20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:ì21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.ì22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.ì23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:ì24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.ì25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.ì26 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.ì27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?ì28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?ì29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.ì30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;ì31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.ì32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.ì33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.ì34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.ì35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.ì@ì1. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.ì2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.ì3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.ì4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:ì5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.ì6. For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,ì7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,ì8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,ì9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:ì10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.ì11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:ì12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)ì13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,ì14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.ì15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.ì16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.ì17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.ì18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.ì19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:ì20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.ì21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.ì22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;ì23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.ì24. Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.ì25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.ì26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.ì27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.ì@ì1. Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?ì2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.ì3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.ì4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.ì5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.ì6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.ì7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.ì8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.ì9 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.ì10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.ì11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.ì12. I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.ì13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.ì14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.ì15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.ì16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.ì17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.ì18 Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.ì19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.ì20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:ì21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.ì22. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.ì23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.ì24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.ì25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:ì26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.ì27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:ì28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:ì29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:ì30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;ì31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.ì32. Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.ì33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.ì34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.ì35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.ì36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.ì@ì1. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:ì2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.ì3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,ì4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,ì5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.ì6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.ì7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.ì8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.ì9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.ì10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.ì11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.ì12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].ì13. A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.ì14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,ì15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:ì16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,ì17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.ì18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.ì@ì1. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.ì2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.ì3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.ì4. He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.ì5. He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.ì6. Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.ì7. The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.ì8. The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.ì9. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.ì10. He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.ì11. The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.ì12. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.ì13. 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.ì14. Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.ì15. The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.ì16. The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.ì17. He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.ì18. He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.ì19. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.ì20. The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.ì21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.ì22. The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.ì23. [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.ì24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.ì25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.ì26. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.ì27. The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.ì28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.ì29. The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.ì30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.ì31. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.ì32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.ì@ì1. A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.ì2. [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.ì3. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.ì4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.ì5. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.ì6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.ì7. When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.ì8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.ì9. An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.ì10. When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.ì11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.ì12. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.ì13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.ì14. Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.ì15. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.ì16. A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.ì17. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.ì18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.ì19. As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.ì20. They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.ì21. [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.ì22. [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.ì23. The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.ì24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.ì25. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.ì26. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it]. ì27. He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.ì28. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.ì29. He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.ì30. The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.ì31. Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.ì@ì1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.ì2. A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.ì3. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.ì4. A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.ì5. The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.ì6. The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.ì7. The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.ì8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.ì9. [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.ì10. A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.ì11. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.ì12. The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].ì13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.ì14. 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.ì15. The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.ì16. A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.ì17. [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.ì18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.ì19. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.ì20. Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.ì21. There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.ì22. Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.ì23. A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.ì24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.ì25. Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.ì26. The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.ì27. The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.ì28. In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.ì@ì1. A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.ì2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.ì3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.ì4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.ì5. A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.ì6. Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.ì7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.ì8. The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.ì9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.ì10. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.ì11. Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.ì12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.ì13. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.ì14. The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.ì15. Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.ì16. Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.ì17. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.ì18. Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.ì19. The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.ì20. He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.ì21. Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.ì22. A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.ì23. Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.ì24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.ì25. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.ì@ì1. Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.ì2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.ì3. In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.ì4. Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.ì5. A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.ì6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.ì7. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.ì8. The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.ì9. Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.ì10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.ì11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.ì12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.ì13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.ì14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.ì15. The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.ì16. A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.ì17. [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.ì18. The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.ì19. The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.ì20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.ì21. He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.ì22. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.ì23. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.ì24. The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.ì25. A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.ì26. In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.ì27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.ì28. In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.ì29. [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.ì30. A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.ì31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.ì32. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.ì33. Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.ì34. Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.ì35. The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.ì@ì1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.ì2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.ì3. The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.ì4. A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.ì5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.ì6. In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.ì7. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.ì8. The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.ì9. The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.ì10. Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.ì11. Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?ì12. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.ì13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.ì14. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.ì15. All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.ì16. Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.ì17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.ì18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.ì19. The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.ì20. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.ì21. Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.ì22. Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.ì23. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!ì24. The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.ì25. The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.ì26. The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.ì27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.ì28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.ì29. The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.ì30. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.ì31. The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.ì32. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.ì33. The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.ì@ì1. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.ì2. All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.ì3. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.ì4. The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.ì5. Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.ì6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.ì7. When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.ì8. Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.ì9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.ì10. A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.ì11. A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.ì12. [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.ì13. Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.ì14. The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.ì15 In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.ì16. How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!ì17. The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.ì18. Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.ì19. Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.ì20. He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.ì21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.ì22. Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.ì23. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.ì24. Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.ì25. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.ì26. He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.ì27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.ì28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.ì29. A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.ì30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.ì31. The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.ì32. [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.ì33. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.ì@ì1. Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.ì2. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.ì3. The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.ì4. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.ì5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.ì6. Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.ì7. Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.ì8. A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.ì9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.ì10. A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.ì11. An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.ì12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.ì13. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.ì14. The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.ì15. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.ì16. Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?ì17. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.ì18. A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.ì19. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.ì20. He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.ì21. He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.ì22. A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.ì23. A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.ì24. Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.ì25. A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.ì26. Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.ì27. He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.ì28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.ì@ì1. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.ì2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.ì3. When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.ì4. The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.ì5. [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.ì6. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.ì7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.ì8. The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.ì9. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.ì10. The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.ì11. The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.ì12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.ì13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.ì14. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?ì15. The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.ì16. A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.ì17. [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.ì18. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. ì19. A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.ì20. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.ì21. Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.ì22. [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.ì23. The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.ì24. A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.ì@ì1. Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.ì2. Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.ì3. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.ì4. Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.ì5. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.ì6. Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.ì7 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].ì8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.ì9. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.ì10. Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.ì11. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.ì12. The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.ì13. A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.ì14. House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.ì15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.ì16. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.ì17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.ì18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.ì19. A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.ì20. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.ì21. [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.ì22. The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.ì23. The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.ì24. A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.ì25. Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.ì26. He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.ì27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.ì28. An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.ì29. Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.ì@ì1. Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.ì2. The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.ì3. [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.ì4. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.ì5. Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.ì6. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?ì7. The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.ì8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.ì9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?ì10. Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.ì11. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.ì12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.ì13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.ì14. [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.ì15. There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.ì16. Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.ì17. Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. ì18. [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.ì19. He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.ì20. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.ì21. An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.ì22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.ì23. Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.ì24. Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?ì25. [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.ì26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.ì27. The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.ì28. Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.ì29. The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.ì30. The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.ì@ì1. The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.ì2. Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.ì3. To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.ì4. An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.ì5. The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.ì6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.ì7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.ì8. The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.ì9. [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.ì10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.ì11. When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.ì12. The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.ì13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.ì14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.ì15. [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.ì16. The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.ì17. He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.ì18. The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.ì19. [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.ì20. [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.ì21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.ì22. A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.ì23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.ì24. Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.ì25. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.ì26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.ì27. The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?ì28. A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.ì29. A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.ì30. [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.ì31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.ì@ì1. A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.ì2. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.ì3. A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.ì4. By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.ì5. Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.ì6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.ì7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.ì8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.ì9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.ì10. Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.ì11. He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.ì12. The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.ì13. The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.ì14. The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.ì15. Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.ì16. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.ì17. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.ì18 For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.ì19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.ì20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,ì21 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?ì22. Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:ì23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.ì24. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:ì25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.ì26. Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.ì27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?ì28. Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.ì29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].ì@ì1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:ì2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.ì3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.ì4. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.ì5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.ì6. Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:ì7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.ì8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.ì9. Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.ì10. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:ì11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.ì12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.ì13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.ì14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.ì15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.ì16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.ì17. Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.ì18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.ì19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.ì20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:ì21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.ì22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.ì23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.ì24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.ì25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.ì26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.ì27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.ì28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.ì29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?ì30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.ì31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.ì32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.ì33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì@ì1. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.ì2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.ì3. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:ì4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.ì5 A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.ì6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.ì7. Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.ì8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.ì9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.ì10. [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.ì11. If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;ì12 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?ì13. My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:ì14 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.ì15. Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:ì16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.ì17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:ì18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.ì19. Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;ì20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.ì21. My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:ì22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?ì23. These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.ì24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:ì25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.ì26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.ì27. Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.ì28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.ì29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.ì30. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;ì31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.ì32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.ì33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:ì34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.ì@ì1. These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.ì2. [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.ì3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.ì4. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.ì5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.ì6. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:ì10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.ì11. A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.ì12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.ì13. 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.ì14. Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.ì15. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.ì16. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.ì17. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.ì18. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.ì19. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.ì20. [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.ì21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:ì22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.ì23. The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.ì24. [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.ì25. [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.ì26. A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.ì27. [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.ì28. He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.ì@ì1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.ì2. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.ì3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.ì4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.ì5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.ì6. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.ì7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.ì8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.ì9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.ì10. The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.ì11. As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.ì12. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.ì13. The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.ì14. [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.ì15. The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.ì16. The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.ì17. He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.ì18. As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,ì19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?ì20. Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.ì21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.ì22 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.ì23. Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.ì24. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;ì25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.ì26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.ì27. Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.ì28. A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.ì@ì1. Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.ì2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.ì3. A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.ì4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?ì5. Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.ì6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.ì7. The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.ì8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.ì9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.ì10 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.ì11. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.ì12. A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.ì13. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.ì14. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.ì15. A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.ì16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].ì17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.ì18. Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.ì19. As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.ì20. Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.ì21. [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.ì22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.ì23. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.ì24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?ì25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.ì26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.ì27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.ì@ì1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.ì2. 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.ì3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.ì4. They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.ì5. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].ì6. Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.ì7. Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.ì8. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.ì9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.ì10. 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.ì11. The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.ì12. When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.ì13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.ì14. Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.ì15. [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.ì16. The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.ì17. A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.ì18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.ì19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.ì20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.ì21. To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.ì22. He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.ì23. He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.ì24. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.ì25. He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.ì26. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.ì27. He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.ì28. When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.ì@ì1. He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.ì2. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.ì3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.ì4. The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.ì5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.ì6. In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.ì7. The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].ì8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.ì9. [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.ì10. The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.ì11. A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.ì12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.ì13. The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.ì14. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.ì15. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.ì16. When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.ì17. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.ì18. Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.ì19. A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.ì20. Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.ì21. He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.ì22. An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.ì23. A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.ì24. Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.ì25. The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.ì26. Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's judgment [cometh] from the LORD.ì27. An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked. ì@ì1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,ì2 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.ì3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.ì4 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?ì5 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.ì6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.ì7. Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:ì8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:ì9 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].ì10. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.ì11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.ì12 [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.ì13 [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.ì14 [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.ì15. The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:ì16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.ì17 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.ì18. There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:ì19 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.ì20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.ì21 For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:ì22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;ì23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.ì24. There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:ì25 The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;ì26 The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;ì27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;ì28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.ì29. There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:ì30 A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;ì31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.ì32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.ì33 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.ì@ì1. The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.ì2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?ì3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.ì4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:ì5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.ì6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.ì7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.ì8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.ì9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.ì10. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.ì11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.ì12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.ì13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.ì14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.ì15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.ì16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.ì17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.ì18 She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.ì19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.ì20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.ì21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.ì22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.ì23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.ì24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.ì25 Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.ì26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.ì27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.ì28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.ì29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.ì30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.ì31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. ì# ì@ì1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.ì2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.ì3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?ì4. [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.ì5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.ì9. 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.ì10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.ì11 [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.ì12. I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.ì13 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.ì14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.ì15 [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.ì16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.ì17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.ì18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.ì@ì1. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.ì2 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?ì3 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.ì4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:ì5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:ì6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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.ì13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.ì21 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.ì22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?ì23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.ì24 [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.ì25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?ì26 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.ì@ì1. To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:ì2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;ì3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;ì4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;ì5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;ì6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;ì7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;ì8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.ì9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?ì10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.ì11. 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.ì12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.ì13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.ì14 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.ì15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.ì16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.ì21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?ì22 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?ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.ì6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.ì7. Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.ì8 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.ì9 Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.ì10 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.ì11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?ì12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.ì13. Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.ì14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.ì15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.ì16 [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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.ì4. 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.ì5 Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.ì6 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?ì7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.ì8 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.ì9. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.ì10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.ì11 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?ì12 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.ì13 There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.ì14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.ì15 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.ì16 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?ì17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.ì18. 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.ì19 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.ì20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.ì@ì1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.ì5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.ì6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?ì7. All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.ì8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?ì9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.ì10 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.ì11. Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?ì12 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?ì@ì1. A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.ì2 [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.ì3 Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.ì4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.ì5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.ì6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.ì7. Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.ì8 Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.ì9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.ì10 Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.ì11. Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.ì12 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.ì13 Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?ì17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?ì18 [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.ì19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.ì20 For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.ì21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:ì22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.ì23. All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.ì24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?ì25 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:ì26 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.ì27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:ì28 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.ì29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.ì3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.ì4 Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?ì5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.ì6. Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.ì7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?ì8 [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.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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:ì13 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.ì14. 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.ì15 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.ì16 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:)ì17 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].ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.ì8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13. This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:ì14 [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:ì15 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.ì16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.ì17 The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.ì18 Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.ì3 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.ì4. If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.ì5 There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:ì6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.ì7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.ì8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.ì9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.ì10 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.ì11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.ì12. The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.ì13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.ì14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?ì15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.ì16. Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!ì17 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!ì18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.ì19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].ì20 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.ì@ì1. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.ì2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.ì3 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.ì4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:ì3 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,ì4 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;ì5 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:ì6 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. ì7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.ì8. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.ì9 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.ì10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.ì11 The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.ì12 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.ì13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.ì14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.ì# ì@ì1. The song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.ì2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.ì3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.ì4 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.ì5 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.ì6 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.ì7. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?ì8 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.ì9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.ì10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].ì11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.ì12. While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.ì13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.ì14 My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.ì15 Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes.ì16 Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.ì17 The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.ì@ì1. I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.ì2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.ì3. 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.ì4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.ì5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.ì6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.ì7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.ì8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.ì9 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.ì10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.ì11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;ì12 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;ì13 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.ì14. 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.ì15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.ì16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.ì17 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.ì@ì1. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.ì2 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.ì3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?ì4 [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.ì5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.ì6. Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?ì7. Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.ì8 They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.ì9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.ì10 He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.ì11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.ì@ì1. Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.ì5 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.ì6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.ì7 Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.ì8. Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.ì9 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.ì10 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!ì11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.ì12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.ì13 Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,ì14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:ì15. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.ì16 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2. 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.ì3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?ì4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.ì9. 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?ì10 My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.ì11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.ì12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.ì13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.ì14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.ì15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.ì16 His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.ì@ì1. Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.ì2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.ì3 I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.ì4. Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.ì5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.ì6 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.ì7 As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks.ì8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.ì9 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.ì10 Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with banners?ì11. 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.ì12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.ì13 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquor: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.ì3 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.ì4 Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.ì5 Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.ì6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!ì7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes].ì8 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;ì9 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.ì10. I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.ì11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.ì4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.ì5. 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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?ì9 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.ì10 I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.ì11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.ì12 My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.ì13. Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].ì14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.ì# ì@ì1. 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.ì2. 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.ì3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.ì4 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.ì5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.ì9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.ì10. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.ì11 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.ì12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?ì13 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.ì14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].ì15 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.ì16. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;ì17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.ì18 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.ì19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:ì20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].ì21. How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.ì22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:ì23 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.ì24 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:ì25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:ì26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.ì27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.ì28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.ì29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.ì30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.ì31 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].ì@ì1. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.ì6. 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.ì7 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:ì8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:ì9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.ì10. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.ì11 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.ì12 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:ì13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,ì14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,ì15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,ì16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.ì17 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.ì18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.ì19 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.ì20 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;ì21 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.ì22 Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?ì@ì1. 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,ì2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,ì3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.ì4 And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.ì5 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.ì6 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:ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.ì11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.ì12 [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.ì13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.ì14 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.ì15 What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.ì16. 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:ì17 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.ì18 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,ì19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,ì20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,ì21 The rings, and nose jewels,ì22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,ì23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.ì24 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.ì25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.ì26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.ì@ì1. 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.ì2. 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.ì3 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:ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 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.ì3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.ì4 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?ì5 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:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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!ì9 In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.ì10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.ì11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:ì16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.ì17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.ì18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:ì19 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]!ì20 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!ì21 Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!ì22 Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:ì23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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:ì27 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:ì28 Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:ì29 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].ì30 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.ì4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.ì5. 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.ì6 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:ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.ì10 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.ì11 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,ì12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land.ì13 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.ì@ì1. 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. ì2 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.ì3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;ì4 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.ì5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,ì6 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:ì7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,ì11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.ì12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.ì13 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?ì14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.ì15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.ì21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.ì25 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.ì@ì1. Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.ì2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.ì3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.ì4 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.ì5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,ì6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;ì7 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:ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.ì11 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,ì12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.ì13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.ì14 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.ì15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.ì16. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.ì17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.ì21 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.ì22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.ì7 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.ì8. The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.ì9 And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,ì10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars.ì11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; ì12 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.ì13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.ì14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.ì15 The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.ì16 For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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:ì21 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.ì@ì1. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;ì2 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!ì3 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?ì4 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.ì5. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?ì9 [Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?ì10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;ì11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?ì12 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.ì13 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]:ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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;ì18 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.ì19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.ì20. 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.ì21 The remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.ì22 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.ì23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.ì24. 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.ì25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:ì29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.ì30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.ì31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.ì@ì1. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:ì2 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;ì3 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:ì4 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.ì5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.ì6 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.ì7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.ì8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.ì4. 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.ì5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth.ì6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.ì@ì1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.ì2 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.ì3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.ì7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword.ì16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.ì17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.ì18 [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.ì19. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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,ì4. That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!ì5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, [and] the sceptre of the rulers.ì6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth.ì7 The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?ì11 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.ì12 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!ì13 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:ì14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.ì15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.ì16 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;ì17 [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?ì18 All the kings of the nations, [even] all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24. 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:ì25 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.ì26 This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.ì27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?ì28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.ì7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.ì8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.ì9 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.ì@ì1. Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.ì2 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.ì3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.ì12 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.ì13 This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.ì14 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.ì@ì1. The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.ì2 The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12. 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!ì13 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.ì14 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.ì@ì1. Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:ì2 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!ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.ì6 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.ì7 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].ì8 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.ì9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.ì10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices [and] ponds for fish.ì11 Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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].ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land:ì25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.ì@ì1. In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 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.ì5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.ì6 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?ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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].ì4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.ì5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield. ì6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.ì7 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:ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?ì12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.ì13. The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. ì14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.ì15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.ì16 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:ì17 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].ì@ì1. The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.ì7 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.ì8. And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.ì9 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.ì10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.ì11 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.ì12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, [even] unto Shebna, which [is] over the house, [and say],ì16 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?ì17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.ì18 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.ì19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.ì20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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].ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.ì3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.ì4 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.ì5 As at the report concerning Egypt, [so] shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.ì6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.ì7 [Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.ì8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth? ì9 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.ì10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.ì15. 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.ì16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì@ì1. Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.ì2 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.ì3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.ì4 The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.ì5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.ì6 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.ì7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.ì8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.ì9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.ì10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.ì11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.ì12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.ì13. 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.ì14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.ì15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.ì16. 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.ì17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.ì18 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.ì19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 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.ì8 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].ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.ì3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.ì4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:ì5. 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.ì6 The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the steps of the needy.ì7 The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.ì13 O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.ì14 [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.ì15 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.ì16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.ì3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day.ì4 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.ì5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.ì6 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.ì7. 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?ì8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì@ì1. 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!ì2 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.ì3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:ì4 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.ì5 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,ì6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.ì7 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.ì8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].ì9. 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.ì10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:ì11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14. Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.ì15 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: ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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].ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23. Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.ì24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?ì25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?ì26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, [and] doth teach him.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, [which] is wonderful in counsel, [and] excellent in working.ì@ì1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city [where] David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.ì2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.ì3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.ì10 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.ì11 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:ì12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.ì13 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:ì14 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.ì15 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?ì16 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?ì17. [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?ì18 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.ì19 The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.ì20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 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!ì3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.ì4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.ì5 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.ì6 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].ì7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.ì8. 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:ì9 That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:ì10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:ì11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.ì12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. 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.ì19 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.ì20 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:ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27. 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:ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [which] smote with a rod.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì@ì1. 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!ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it.ì6. Turn ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì@ì1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.ì2 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.ì3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.ì4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.ì5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.ì9. Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.ì10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.ì11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon [your] loins.ì12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.ì13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:ì14 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;ì15 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.ì16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.ì17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.ì18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;ì19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.ì20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.ì4 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.ì5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.ì6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.ì7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.ì8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.ì9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].ì10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.ì11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you.ì12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.ì13. Hear, ye [that are] far off, what I have done; and, ye [that are] near, acknowledge my might.ì14 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?ì15 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;ì16 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.ì17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.ì18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.ì23 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.ì24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.ì9. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì@ì1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.ì2 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.ì3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.ì4 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.ì5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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].ì9 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]:ì10 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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?ì5 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?ì6 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.ì7 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?ì8 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.ì9 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?ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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?ì13 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.ì14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.ì15 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.ì16 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;ì17 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.ì18 [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?ì19 Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?ì20 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?ì21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.ì9 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,ì10 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.ì11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?ì12 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?ì13 Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?ì14 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.ì15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21. 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:ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.ì35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.ì36 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.ì37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.ì38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,ì3 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.ì4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,ì5 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.ì6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.ì7 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;ì8 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.ì9. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.ì19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.ì20 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.ì21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay [it] for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.ì22 Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?ì@ì1. At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì@ì1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.ì2 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.ì3. 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.ì4 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:ì5 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].ì6 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:ì7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.ì8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.ì9. 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!ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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?ì13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him?ì14 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?ì15 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.ì16 And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.ì17 All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.ì18. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?ì19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.ì20 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.ì21 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?ì22 [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:ì23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.ì24 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.ì25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.ì26 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.ì27. 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?ì28 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.ì29 He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.ì30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:ì31 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone with his feet.ì4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.ì5 The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.ì6 They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.ì7 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.ì8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.ì9 [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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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. ì13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 [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.ì18 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.ì19 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:ì20 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.ì21. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.ì28 For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.ì29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.ì3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.ì4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.ì5. 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:ì6 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;ì7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.ì8 I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.ì9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.ì13. 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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. ì18. Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.ì19 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?ì20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.ì21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.ì22 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.ì23 Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come?ì24 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.ì25 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;ì6 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;ì7 [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.ì8. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.ì12 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.ì13 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?ì14. 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.ì15 I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.ì16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;ì17 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.ì18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.ì22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.ì26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.ì27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.ì28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.ì@ì1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:ì2 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.ì3 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:ì4 And they shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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].ì9. 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.ì10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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].ì15 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.ì16 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:ì17 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.ì18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.ì19 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?ì20 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?ì21. 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.ì22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.ì23 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.ì24 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;ì25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;ì26 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:ì27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:ì28 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:ì6 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.ì7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].ì8 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.ì9 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?ì10 Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 Verily thou [art] a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.ì16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together [that are] makers of idols.ì17 [But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.ì@ì1. 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].ì2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.ì3 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:ì4 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].ì5. To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.ì9 Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,ì10 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: ì11 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.ì12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that [are] far from righteousness:ì13 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.ì3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.ì4 [As for] our redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel.ì5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.ì3 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.ì4 Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.ì11 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.ì12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.ì16. 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.ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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;ì3 And said unto me, Thou [art] my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.ì4 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.ì5 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. ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 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;ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.ì12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.ì13. 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.ì14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.ì15 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.ì16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.ì17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.ì18. 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].ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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]?ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?ì25 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.ì26 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.ì3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.ì4. 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.ì5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 [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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. 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?ì10 [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?ì11 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.ì12 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;ì13 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?ì14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.ì15 But I [am] the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 [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.ì19 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?ì20 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.ì21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:ì22 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:ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.ì3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.ì4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. 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!ì8 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.ì9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.ì14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:ì15 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.ì@ì1. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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;ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.ì12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.ì13 And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD; and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.ì14 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.ì15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.ì5 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.ì6. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:ì7 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.ì8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.ì9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì@ì1. Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.ì2 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.ì3. 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.ì4 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;ì5 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.ì6 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;ì7 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.ì8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.ì9. All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.ì10 His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì@ì1. 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].ì2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.ì3. But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.ì4 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,ì5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?ì6 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?ì7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.ì8 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].ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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?ì12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.ì13. 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;ì14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.ì19 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.ì20 But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.ì21 [There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.ì@ì1. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.ì2 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.ì3. 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.ì4 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.ì5 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?ì6 [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?ì7 [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?ì8. 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.ì9 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;ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. 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:ì14 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].ì@ì1. Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:ì2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear.ì3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.ì4 None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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].ì11 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.ì12 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;ì13 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.ì14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 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.ì18 According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.ì19 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.ì20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.ì21 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.ì@ì1. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.ì2 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.ì3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;ì3 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.ì4. 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.ì5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.ì4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.ì5 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.ì6. 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,ì7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 Wherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?ì3 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.ì4 For the day of vengeance [is] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.ì9 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.ì10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.ì11 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?ì12 That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?ì13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?ì14 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.ì15. 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?ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.ì19 We are [thine]: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.ì@ ì1. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,ì2 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!ì3 When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.ì10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.ì11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.ì12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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;ì3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;ì4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable [things is in] their vessels;ì5 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.ì6 Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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:ì14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.ì15 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:ì16 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.ì17. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.ì25 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.ì@ì1. 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?ì2 For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. 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.ì6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.ì7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.ì8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? [or] shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.ì9 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.ì10 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:ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.ì21 And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith the LORD.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì# ì@ì1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:ì2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.ì3 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.ì4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,ì5 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.ì6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.ì7 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.ì8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.ì13 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.ì14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.ì15 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. ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.ì@ì1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:ì5 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?ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.ì10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.ì11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.ì12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.ì13 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.ì14. [Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?ì15 The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.ì16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.ì17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?ì18 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?ì19 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.ì20. 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.ì21 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?ì22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.ì23 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;ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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,ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29. Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.ì30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.ì31 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?ì32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.ì33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.ì37 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?ì5 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.ì6. 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.ì7 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].ì8 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.ì9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.ì10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.ì11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.ì12. 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.ì13 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.ì14 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:ì15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20. Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.ì21 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.ì22 Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.ì23 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.ì24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.ì25 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.ì4 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.ì5. 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.ì6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.ì7 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.ì8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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,ì12 [Even] a full wind from those [places] shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.ì13 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.ì14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?ì15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.ì16 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.ì17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.ì18 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.ì19. 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.ì20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment.ì21 How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?ì22 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.ì23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.ì24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.ì25 I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.ì26 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.ì27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.ì9 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?ì10. 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.ì11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.ì12 They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:ì13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.ì17 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.ì18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.ì19 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.ì20. Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,ì21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:ì22 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?ì23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.ì24 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.ì25. Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.ì26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.ì27 As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.ì28 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.ì29 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?ì30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;ì31 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?ì@ì1. O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.ì2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.ì15 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.ì16 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].ì17 Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.ì18. Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.ì25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.ì26 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.ì27 I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. ì28 They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.ì29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.ì30 Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.ì@ì1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.ì5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;ì6 [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:ì7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.ì8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.ì9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;ì10 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?ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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;ì14 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.ì15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.ì16. 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.ì17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?ì18 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.ì19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?ì20 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.ì21. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.ì22 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:ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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]:ì26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29. 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 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.ì@ì1. 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:ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4. Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?ì5 Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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?ì10 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.ì11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.ì12 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.ì13. 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.ì14 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.ì15 We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!ì16 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.ì17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.ì18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.ì19 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?ì20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.ì21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.ì22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?ì@ì1. 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!ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.ì7 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?ì8 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.ì9 Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?ì10 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.ì11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.ì12. 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?ì13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;ì14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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:ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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].ì23. 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:ì24 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.ì25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;ì26 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.ì@ì1. Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.ì5 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.ì6 Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.ì7 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.ì8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.ì9 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].ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.ì16 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.ì17. Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.ì18 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].ì19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this [is] a grief, and I must bear it.ì20 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.ì21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.ì22 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.ì23 O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.ì24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.ì25 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.ì@ì1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;ì3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed [be] the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,ì4 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:ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then thou shewedst me their doings.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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:ì22 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:ì23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, [even] the year of their visitation.ì@ì1. 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?ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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?ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.ì9 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.ì10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14. 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.ì3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,ì4 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.ì5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,ì9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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?ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.ì19 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.ì20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock?ì21 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?ì22. 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.ì23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.ì24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.ì25 This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.ì26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.ì27 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]?ì@ì1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.ì2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.ì3 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.ì4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.ì5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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?ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. 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.ì18 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.ì19 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!ì20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.ì21 Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.ì22 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].ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?ì13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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?ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.ì@ì1. The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,ì2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.ì3 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;ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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:ì7 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.ì8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.ì9 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.ì10. 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?ì11 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;ì12 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:ì13 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.ì14. 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;ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.ì18 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. ì19 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.ì20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5. Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.ì6 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.ì7 Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.ì8 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.ì9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?ì10 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.ì11 [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.ì12. A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.ì13 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.ì14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.ì15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.ì16 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.ì17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.ì18 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.ì19. 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;ì20 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:ì21 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;ì22 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.ì23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.ì24 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;ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì@ì1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.ì3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.ì4 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].ì5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,ì6 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.ì7 [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];ì8 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.ì9 And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];ì10 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.ì11. 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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?ì15 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;ì16 To make their land desolate, [and] a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.ì17 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.ì18. 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.ì19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 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,ì3 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.ì4 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;ì5 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:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,ì11 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.ì12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and [even] make this city as Tophet:ì13 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.ì14 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,ì15 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. 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.ì8 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.ì9 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].ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.ì14. Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.ì15 Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.ì16 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;ì17 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].ì18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?ì@ì1. 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,ì2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.ì3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word of the LORD;ì12 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.ì13 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?ì14 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.ì@ì1. Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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?ì9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.ì10. 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.ì11 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:ì12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.ì13 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;ì14 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.ì15 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?ì16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.ì17 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].ì18 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!ì19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.ì20. Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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!ì24 [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;ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.ì28 [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?ì29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.ì30 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.ì@ì1. Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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;ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.ì12 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.ì13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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]?ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.ì22 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.ì23 [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?ì24 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.ì25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.ì26 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;ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?ì30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.ì31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.ì32 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.ì33. 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.ì34 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.ì35 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?ì36 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.ì37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?ì38 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;ì39 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:ì40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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:ì9 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.ì10 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.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15. 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.ì16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.ì17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:ì18 [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;ì19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;ì20 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,ì21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,ì22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,ì23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,ì24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,ì25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30. 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 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.ì35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.ì36 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.ì37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.ì38 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.ì@ì1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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,ì5 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;ì6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.ì7. So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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].ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.ì15 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.ì16. 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.ì17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,ì18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.ì19 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.ì20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:ì21 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;ì22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.ì23 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.ì24 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.ì@ì1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,ì3 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;ì4 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;ì5 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.ì6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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:ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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.ì13 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?ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?ì18 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.ì19 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,ì20 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;ì21 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;ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.ì3 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:ì4 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.ì5 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,ì6 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.ì7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.ì11 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.ì12 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,ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 (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;)ì3 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,ì4 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;ì5 Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8. 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.ì9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.ì10 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.ì11 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. ì12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.ì13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.ì14 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.ì15. Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;ì16 [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;ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:ì21 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;ì22 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;ì23 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.ì24. [Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,ì25 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,ì26 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.ì27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?ì28 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.ì29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.ì30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,ì31 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:ì32 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.ì@ì1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.ì3 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.ì4 And these [are] the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.ì5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.ì6 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?ì7 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.ì8 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:ì9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous.ì13 [There is] none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18. 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.ì19 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.ì20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.ì21 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.ì22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.ì23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.ì24 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.ì@ì1. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat [them] as common things.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.ì18. 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.ì19 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.ì20 [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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they [that] go forth with flocks.ì25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.ì26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.ì27. 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.ì28 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.ì29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.ì30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.ì31 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:ì32 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:ì33 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.ì34 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.ì35. 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:ì36 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.ì37 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.ì38 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.ì39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.ì40 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 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;ì5 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.ì6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,ì7 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].ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.ì11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:ì12 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.ì13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,ì14 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.ì15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.ì16. Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,ì17 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:ì18 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,ì19 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:ì20 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;ì21 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;ì22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;ì23 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:ì24 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].ì25 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.ì26. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,ì27 Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?ì28 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:ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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,ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.ì35 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.ì36 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;ì37 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:ì38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:ì39 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:ì40 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.ì41 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.ì42 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.ì43 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.ì44 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD [is] his name;ì3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.ì4 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;ì5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.ì6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.ì7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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,ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17. For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;ì18 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.ì19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,ì20 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;ì21 [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.ì22 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.ì23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,ì24 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.ì25 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;ì26 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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:ì5 [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.ì6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,ì7 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.ì8. [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;ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,ì13 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,ì14 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.ì15 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:ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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,ì19 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;ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 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:ì5 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.ì6 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:ì7 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.ì8 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;ì9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:ì10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.ì11 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.ì12. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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:ì17 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.ì18 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:ì19 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 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.ì11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,ì12 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.ì13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.ì14 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.ì15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears.ì16 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.ì17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?ì18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.ì19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.ì20. 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.ì21 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.ì22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.ì23 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.ì24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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,ì28 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.ì29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.ì5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.ì6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,ì7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.ì8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.ì9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.ì10 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.ì11. And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,ì12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;ì17 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.ì18 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?ì19 Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?ì20 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.ì21 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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.ì3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.ì4 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.ì5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you.ì6 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.ì7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;ì8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,ì9 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.ì10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.ì11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.ì12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now [these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.ì13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.ì14. 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.ì15 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?ì16 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.ì17 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:ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shewed me:ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.ì25 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:ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was [there] when Jerusalem was taken.ì@ì1. In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.ì2 [And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth [day] of the month, the city was broken up.ì3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [even] Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.ì8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.ì9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.ì10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.ì11. Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,ì12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.ì13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;ì14 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.ì15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,ì16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be [accomplished] in that day before thee.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì@ì1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.ì2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.ì7. 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;ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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;ì12 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.ì13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,ì14 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.ì15 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?ì16 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew [it],ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.ì11. 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,ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.ì15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.ì16 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:ì17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,ì18 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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:)ì3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7. And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.ì8 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,ì9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.ì13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,ì14 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:ì15 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;ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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].ì21 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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:ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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;ì6 [Even] men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.ì7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they [even] to Tahpanhes.ì8. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,ì9 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;ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that [is] in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 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,ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.ì6 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.ì7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;ì8 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?ì9 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?ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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:ì14 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.ì15. 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,ì16 [As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20. 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,ì21 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?ì22 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.ì23 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.ì24 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:ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 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:ì30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.ì@ì1. 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,ì2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì@ì1. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;ì2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.ì3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.ì4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with [your] helmets; furbish the spears, [and] put on the brigandines.ì5 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.ì6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.ì7 Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. 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.ì13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come [and] smite the land of Egypt.ì14 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.ì15 Why are thy valiant [men] swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.ì16 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.ì17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.ì18 [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.ì19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.ì20 Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable.ì24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.ì25 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:ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì@ì1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.ì2 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.ì3 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;ì4 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.ì5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?ì6 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.ì7 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.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 [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.ì3 A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.ì4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.ì5 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.ì6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.ì10 Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.ì14. How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war?ì15 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.ì16 The calamity of Moab [is] near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.ì17 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!ì18 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.ì19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, [and] say, What is done?ì20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,ì21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,ì22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,ì23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,ì24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.ì25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.ì26 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.ì27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it].ì31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.ì32 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.ì33 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. ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished.ì37 For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.ì38 [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.ì39 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.ì40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.ì41 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.ì42 And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.ì43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.ì44 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.ì45 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.ì46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.ì47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far [is] the judgment of Moab.ì@ì1. 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?ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?ì5 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.ì6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.ì7. Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?ì8 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.ì9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.ì10 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.ì11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.ì12 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].ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men.ì16 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.ì17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.ì18 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.ì19 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?ì20 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.ì21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.ì22 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.ì23. 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.ì24 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.ì25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!ì26 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.ì27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.ì28. 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, [which] dwell alone.ì32 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.ì33 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.ì34. 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,ì35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.ì36 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.ì37 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:ì38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.ì39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.ì@ì1. The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9. 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.ì10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.ì11 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;ì12 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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21. 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.ì22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.ì23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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.ì32 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.ì33. 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.ì34 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.ì35 A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise [men].ì36 A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.ì37 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.ì38 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.ì39 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.ì40 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.ì41 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.ì42 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.ì43 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.ì44 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?ì45 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.ì46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.ì@ì1. 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;ì2 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.ì3 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.ì4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [they that are] thrust through in her streets.ì5 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.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.ì9 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.ì10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.ì11 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. ì12 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.ì13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.ì14 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.ì15 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.ì16 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.ì17 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.ì18 They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.ì19 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.ì20 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;ì21 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;ì22 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;ì23 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.ì24 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.ì25 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.ì26 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.ì27 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.ì28 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.ì29 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.ì30 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.ì31 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,ì32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.ì33 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.ì34 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.ì35 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.ì36 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.ì37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.ì38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.ì39 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.ì40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.ì41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!ì42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.ì43 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.ì44 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.ì45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.ì46 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.ì47 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.ì48 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.ì49 As Babylon [hath caused] the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.ì50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.ì51 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.ì52 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.ì53 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.ì54 A sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:ì55 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:ì56 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.ì57 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.ì58 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.ì59. 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.ì60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.ì61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;ì62 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.ì63 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:ì64 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.ì@ì1. Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.ì2 And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.ì3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.ì4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.ì5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.ì6 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.ì7 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.ì8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.ì9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.ì10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.ì11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.ì12. Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, [which] served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,ì13 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:ì14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that [were] with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.ì15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive [certain] of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.ì16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an hundred round about.ì24. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:ì25 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.ì26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.ì27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.ì28 This [is] the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:ì29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:ì30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons [were] four thousand and six hundred.ì31. And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,ì32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon,ì33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.ì34 And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.ì# ì@ì1. How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!ì2 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.ì3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.ì4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.ì5 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.ì6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts [that] find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.ì7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.ì8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.ì9 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].ì10 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.ì11 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.ì12. [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.ì13 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.ì14 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.ì15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a winepress.ì16 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.ì17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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.ì21 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!ì2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.ì3 He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth round about.ì4 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.ì5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.ì6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.ì7 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.ì8 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.ì9 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.ì10. 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.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13 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?ì14 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.ì15 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?ì16 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].ì17 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.ì18 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.ì19 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.ì20 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?ì21 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.ì2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.ì3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.ì4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.ì5 He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.ì6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.ì7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.ì8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.ì9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.ì10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.ì11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.ì12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.ì13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.ì14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.ì15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.ì16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.ì17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.ì18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:ì19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.ì20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.ì21. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.ì22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.ì23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.ì24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.ì25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.ì26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.ì27 [It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.ì28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.ì29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.ì30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.ì31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:ì32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.ì33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.ì34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,ì35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,ì36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.ì37. Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?ì38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?ì39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?ì40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.ì41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.ì42. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.ì43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.ì44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.ì45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.ì46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.ì47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.ì48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.ì49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,ì50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.ì51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.ì52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.ì53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.ì54 Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.ì55. I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.ì56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.ì57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.ì58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.ì59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.ì60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.ì61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;ì62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.ì63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their musick.ì64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.ì65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.ì66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.ì@ì1. 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.ì2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!ì3 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.ì4 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.ì5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.ì6 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.ì7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire:ì8 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.ì9 [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.ì10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.ì11 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.ì12 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.ì13. 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,ì14 They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.ì15 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].ì16 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.ì17 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].ì18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.ì19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.ì20 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.ì21. 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.ì22 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.ì@ì1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.ì2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.ì3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.ì4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.ì5 Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.ì6 We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.ì7 Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.ì8 Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.ì9 We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.ì10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.ì11 They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.ì12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.ì13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.ì14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.ì15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.ì16 The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!ì17. For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim. ì18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.ì19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.ì20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?ì21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.ì22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.ì#
