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Genesis - Exodus - Job - Isaiah - Jeremiah| GENESIS: CHAPTER 1 | Dictionary: natural and supernatural. Genesis comes from a Latin word for being born or produced |
1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning
were the second day.
9. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be
gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was
so. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11. And God said,
Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and
it was so. 12. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself,
after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13. And the evening and the
morning were the third day.
14. And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15. And let them be
for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so. 16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth, 18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19. And the evening
and the morning were the fourth day.
20. And God said, Let the waters
bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that
may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21. And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the
waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl
after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22. And God blessed them,
saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let
fowl multiply in the earth. 23. And the evening and the morning were the
fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after
his kind: and it was so. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after his
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26. And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and female created he them. 28. And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth. 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30. And to
every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
31. And God saw every thing that he
had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning
were the sixth day.
GENESIS: CHAPTER 2
1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3. And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which God created and made. 4. These are the
generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the
day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5. And every plant
of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before
it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and
there was not a man to till the ground. 6. But there went up a mist from
the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7. And the LORD God
formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8. And the LORD God planted
a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10. And
a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was
parted, and became into four heads. 11. The name of the first is Pison:
that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone. 13. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14. And the name of the third
river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And
the fourth river is Euphrates. 15. And the LORD God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16. And the LORD
God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou
shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
18. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should
be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19. And out of the ground
the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever
Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20. And
Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22.
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. 23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man. 24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
| 1. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12. And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23. Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. |
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GENESIS: CHAPTER 4
1. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
2. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a
keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain
brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the
LORD.
4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto
Abel and to his offering:
5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and
why is thy countenance fallen?
7. If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if
thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to
pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.
9. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?
And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10. And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy
brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath
opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy
hand;
12. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth
yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond
shalt thou be in the earth.
13. And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater
than I can bear.
14. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face
of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall
be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come
to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever
slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And
the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should
kill him.
16. And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and
dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the
city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18. And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:
and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the
one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as
dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of
all such as handle the harp and organ.
22. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of
every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of
Tubalcain was Naamah.
23. And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear
my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I
have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
seventy and sevenfold.
25. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and
called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me
another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he
called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name
of the LORD.
GENESIS: CHAPTER 22
1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,
Behold, here I am.
2. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.
3. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled
his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac
his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose
up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
saw the place afar off.
5. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with
the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and
come again to you.
6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and
laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My
father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold
the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?
8. And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a
lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together.
9. And they came to the place which God had told him of;
and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in
order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar
upon the wood.
10. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son.
11. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither
do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son
from me.
13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a
burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14. And Abraham called the name of that place
Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the
LORD it shall be seen.
15. And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of
heaven the second time,
16. And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for
because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy
son, thine only son:
17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying
I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as
the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall
possess the gate of his enemies;
18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
GENESIS: CHAPTER 27
1. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his
eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him,
Behold, here am I.
2. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day
of my death:
3. Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy
quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me
some venison;
4. And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it
to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I
die.
5. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I
heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7. Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may
eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
8. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that
which I command thee.
9. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good
kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy
father, such as he loveth:
10. And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may
eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my
brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12. My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem
to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and
not a blessing.
13. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my
son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his
mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father
loved.
15. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son
Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon
Jacob her younger son:
16. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she
had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18. And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and
he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19. And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first
born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray
thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast
found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD
thy God brought it to me.
21. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee,
that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son
Esau or not.
22. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt
him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are
the hands of Esau.
23. And he discerned him not, because his hands were
hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24. And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I
am.
25. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my
son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought
it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and
he drank.
26. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and
kiss me, my son.
27. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the
smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD
hath blessed:
28. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the
fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29. Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee:
be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow
down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and
blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end
of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from
the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came
in from his hunting.
31. And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto
his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise,
and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And
he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who?
where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and
I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed
him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34. And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried
with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath
taken away thy blessing.
36. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he
hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.
And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have
made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him
for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him:
and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38. And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.
And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and
of the dew of heaven from above;
40. And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the
dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith
his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days
of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my
brother Jacob.
42. And these words of Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and
said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee,
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou
to Laban my brother to Haran;
44. And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's
fury turn away;
GENESIS: CHAPTER 35
1. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and
make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
from the face of Esau thy brother. 2. Then Jacob said unto his household,
and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among
you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3. And let us arise, and go
up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in
the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4. And
they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all
their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak
which was by Shechem. 5. And they journeyed: and the terror of God was
upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after
the sons of Jacob. 6. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of
Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. 7. And
he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God
appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8. But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel
under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
| The Ten Commandments or Decalogue [deca (ten) + logus (speech)]. The way the commandments naturally number differs in some other versions. There is a Wikipedia article on the ten commandments |
| First Commandment |
| Second Commandment |
Ex.20.5:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ex.20.6:
6. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.
| Third Commandment |
| Fourth Commandment |
Ex.20.9:
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Ex.20.10:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
| Fifth Commandment |
| See Filmer - Freud - Parsons |
| Sixth Commandment |
| Seventh Commandment |
| Eighth Commandment |
| Ninth Commandment |
| Tenth Commandment |
2 KINGS
2 Kings 18 1. ... Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to
reign. 2. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. .., 3. And he did that which
was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father
did. 4. He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for
unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he
called it
Nehushtan. 5. He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that
after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were
before him. 6. For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following
him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 7. And
the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he
rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. 8. He smote
the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower
of the watchmen to the fenced city.
JOB
ISAIAH: CHAPTER 57
1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men
are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the
evil to come. 2. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their
beds, each one walking in his uprightness. 3. But draw near hither, ye
sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and
draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of
falsehood. 5. Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree,
slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
6.Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy
lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a
meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? 7. Upon a lofty and
high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer
sacrifice. 8. Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art
gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them;
thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. 9. And thou wentest to the
king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy
messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. 10. Thou art
wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope:
thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
11. And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace
even of old, and thou fearest me not? 12. I will declare thy
righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. 13. When
thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them
all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall
possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; 14. And shall say,
Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of
the way of my people. 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the
spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 17. For
the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and
was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. 18. I have
seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore
comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19. I create the fruit of the
lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith
the LORD; and I will heal him. 20. But the wicked are like the troubled
sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21. There
is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
JEREMIAH
JEREMIAH: CHAPTER 2
1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2. Go and cry in
the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the
kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after
me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3. Israel was holiness
unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him
shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 4. Hear ye the
word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of
Israel: 5. Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in
me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are
become vain? 6. Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up
out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a
land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow
of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man
dwelt? 7. And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit
thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land,
and made mine heritage an abomination. 8. The priests said not, Where is
the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also
transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked
after things that do not profit. 9. Wherefore I will yet plead with you,
saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10. For
pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider
diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11. Hath a nation changed
their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory
for that which doth not profit. 12. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this,
and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13. For my
people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of
living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold
no water. 14. Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he
spoiled? 15. The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made
his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16. Also the
children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 17.
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the
LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18. And now what hast thou to
do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to
do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 19. Thine own
wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord
GOD of hosts. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy
bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill
and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 21. Yet I
had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou
turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22. For
though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine
iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 23. How canst thou say,
I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley,
know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24. A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her
pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her
will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. 25. Withhold
thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst,
There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26. As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their
prophets. 27. Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou
hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not
their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save
us. 28. But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise,
if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the
number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29. Wherefore will ye plead
with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. 30. In vain
have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword
hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31. O generation,
see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land
of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more
unto thee? 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?
yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 33. Why trimmest
thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones
thy ways.
34. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor
innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. 35.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from
me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 37. Yea, thou shalt go
forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected
thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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