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noyes@Isaiah:1:1 @ The visions 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.

noyes@Isaiah:1:2 @ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For Jehovah speaketh: "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.

noyes@Isaiah:1:3 @ The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master’s crib; But Israel doth not know; My people do not consider."

noyes@Isaiah:1:5 @ Where can ye be smitten again, Since ye renew your rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;

noyes@Isaiah:1:6 @ From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it; It is all bruises, and stripes, and flesh wounds, Neither pressed, nor bound up, nor softened with ointment.

noyes@Isaiah:1:8 @ And the daughter of Zion is left as a shed in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

noyes@Isaiah:1:11 @ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah; I am satiated with burnt–offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; In the blood of bullocks and of lambs and of goats I have no delight.

noyes@Isaiah:1:13 @ Bring no more false oblations! Incense is an abomination to me, The new moon also, and the sabbath, and the calling of the assembly; Iniquity and festivals I cannot endure.

noyes@Isaiah:1:14 @ Your new moons and your feasts my soul hateth; They are a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

noyes@Isaiah:1:15 @ When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; Yea, when ye multiply prayers, I will not hear: Your hands are full of blood!

noyes@Isaiah:1:18 @ Come, now, and let us argue together, saith Jehovah. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

noyes@Isaiah:1:19 @ If ye be willing and obedient, Ye shall consume the good of the land.

noyes@Isaiah:1:20 @ But if ye refuse, and be rebellious, The sword shall consume you; For the mouth of Jehovah hath said it.

noyes@Isaiah:1:23 @ Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves; Every one of them loveth gifts, and seeketh rewards; They render not justice to the fatherless, And the cause of the widow cometh not before them.

noyes@Isaiah:1:24 @ Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ha! I will ease me of mine adversaries, And avenge me of mine enemies.

noyes@Isaiah:1:25 @ And I will again turn my hand toward thee, And wholly purge away thy dross, And take away all thy alloy.

noyes@Isaiah:1:26 @ And I will restore thee judges, as at the first, And counsellors, as at the beginning. Then shalt thou be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

noyes@Isaiah:1:27 @ Through justice shall Zion be delivered, And her reformed sons through righteousness.

noyes@Isaiah:1:28 @ But destruction shall fall at once on the rebels and sinners; Yea, they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

noyes@Isaiah:1:30 @ And ye shall be as a terebinth–tree whose leaves are withered, And as a garden in which is no water.

noyes@Isaiah:1:31 @ The strong shall become tow, And his work a spark of fire; Both shall burn together, And none shall quench them.

noyes@Isaiah:2:1 @ The word, which was revealed to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:2:2 @ It shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established at the head of the mountains, And exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it.

noyes@Isaiah:2:3 @ And many kingdoms shall go, and shall say, "Come, let us go to the mountain of Jehovah, To the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us his ways, And that we may walk in his paths!" For from Zion shall go forth a law, And the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:2:4 @ He shall be a judge of the nations, And an umpire of many kingdoms; And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning–hooks; Nation shall not lift up the sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.

noyes@Isaiah:2:5 @ O house of Jacob, come ye, And let us walk in the light of Jehovah!

noyes@Isaiah:2:6 @ For thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, Because they are full of the East, And are sorcerers, like the Philistines, And strike hands with a foreign race!

noyes@Isaiah:2:7 @ Their land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots;

noyes@Isaiah:2:8 @ Their land is full of idols; They bow down to the work of their own hands, To that which their own fingers have made.

noyes@Isaiah:2:9 @ Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, And the great man be brought low; And thou wilt not forgive them!

noyes@Isaiah:2:10 @ Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

noyes@Isaiah:2:11 @ The proud looks of man shall be humbled, And the loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

noyes@Isaiah:2:12 @ For Jehovah of hosts holdeth a day of judgment Against all that is proud and lofty; Against all that is exalted, and it shall be brought low;

noyes@Isaiah:2:13 @ Against all the cedars of Lebanon, the high and the exalted, And against all the oaks of Bashan;

noyes@Isaiah:2:14 @ Against all the lofty mountains, And against all the high hills;

noyes@Isaiah:2:15 @ Against every lofty tower, And against every high wall;

noyes@Isaiah:2:16 @ Against all the ships of Tarshish, And against all their beautiful flags.

noyes@Isaiah:2:19 @ And men shall go into clefts of the rocks, and caves of the earth, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty, When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

noyes@Isaiah:2:20 @ At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they have made to worship, To the moles and the bats;

noyes@Isaiah:2:21 @ Fleeing into caves of the rocks, and clefts of the craggy rocks, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty, When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

noyes@Isaiah:3:1 @ For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Taketh away from Jerusalem and from Judah every stay and support; The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

noyes@Isaiah:3:2 @ The mighty man, and the warrior, The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,

noyes@Isaiah:3:3 @ The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the skilful in charms.

noyes@Isaiah:3:4 @ And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.

noyes@Isaiah:3:5 @ And the people shall oppress one another, Man striving against man, and neighbor against neighbor; The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the aged, And the base toward the honorable.

noyes@Isaiah:3:6 @ Then shall a man take hold of his brother in his father’s house, Thou hast yet clothing, Be thou our ruler, And take this ruin into thy hands!

noyes@Isaiah:3:7 @ But in that day shall he lift up his hand, and say: I am no healer; In my house is neither bread nor raiment; Make not me ruler of the people!

noyes@Isaiah:3:8 @ For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.

noyes@Isaiah:3:11 @ Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!

noyes@Isaiah:3:12 @ As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err, And destroy the way in which thou walkest!

noyes@Isaiah:3:13 @ Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause; He standeth up to judge his people.

noyes@Isaiah:3:14 @ Jehovah entereth into judgment with the elders of his people, and their princes: "So then ye have consumed the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses!

noyes@Isaiah:3:15 @ What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?" Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:3:16 @ Thus, also, saith Jehovah: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks, And glance their eyes wantonly, Mincing their steps as they go, And tinkling with their foot–clasps,

noyes@Isaiah:3:17 @ Therefore will the Lord make their heads bald, And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.

noyes@Isaiah:3:18 @ In that day shall the Lord take from them The ornaments of the foot–clasps, and the net–works, and the crescents;

noyes@Isaiah:3:19 @ The ear–rings, and the bracelets, and the veils;

noyes@Isaiah:3:20 @ The turbans, and the ankle–chains, and the belts; The perfume–boxes, and the amulets;

noyes@Isaiah:3:21 @ The finger–rings, and the nose–jewels;

noyes@Isaiah:3:22 @ The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses;

noyes@Isaiah:3:23 @ The mirrors, and the linen shifts, and the head–bands, and the large veils.

noyes@Isaiah:3:24 @ And instead of perfume there shall be corruption; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of curled locks, baldness; Instead of a wide mantle, a covering of sackcloth; Fire–scars instead of beauty.

noyes@Isaiah:3:26 @ Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.

noyes@Isaiah:4:1 @ In that day shall seven women lay hold of one man saying: We will eat our own bread, And wear our own garments, Only let us be called by thy name, And take away our reproach!

noyes@Isaiah:4:2 @ In that day shall the increase of Jehovah be glorious and honorable, And the fruit of the land excellent and beautiful, For them that have escaped of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:4:3 @ All that remain in Zion, And all that are left in Jerusalem, Shall be called holy; Every one that is written down for life in Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:4:4 @ When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And have removed the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of her, By a spirit of judgment and a spirit of destruction,

noyes@Isaiah:4:5 @ Then shall Jehovah create upon the whole extent of mount Zion, and upon her places of assembly, A cloud and smoke by day, And the brightness of a flaming fire by night; Yea, for all that is glorious there shall be a shelter;

noyes@Isaiah:4:6 @ There shall be a tent by day for a shadow from the heat, And for a refuge and shelter from the storm and rain.

noyes@Isaiah:5:2 @ He digged it, and cleared it of stones, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And hewed out a wine–press therein; Then he looked that it should bring forth its grapes, But it brought forth sour grapes.

noyes@Isaiah:5:3 @ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, Judge ye between me and my vineyard!

noyes@Isaiah:5:5 @ But come now, and I will tell you What I mean to do with my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down!

noyes@Isaiah:5:6 @ And I will make it a waste; It shall not be pruned, nor digged, But shall grow up into thorns and briers; I will also command the clouds That they shed no rain upon it.

noyes@Isaiah:5:7 @ The vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah the plant of his delight. He looked for justice, and behold, bloodshed! For righteousness, and behold, outcry!

noyes@Isaiah:5:8 @ Woe to them that join house to house, That add field to field, Till there is no place left, And they dwell alone in the land.

noyes@Isaiah:5:9 @ To mine ear hath Jehovah of hosts revealed it: Surely many houses shall become a desolation, The great and the fair ones, without an inhabitant.

noyes@Isaiah:5:10 @ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield a single bath of wine, And a homer of seed shall produce but an ephah.

noyes@Isaiah:5:12 @ And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.

noyes@Isaiah:5:13 @ Therefore shall my people be led captive, when they think not of it; Their honorable men shall be famished with hunger, And their rich men parched with thirst.

noyes@Isaiah:5:14 @ Therefore doth the under–world enlarge its greedy throat, And stretch open its mouth without measure, And down go her nobility and her wealth, Her busy throng, and all that was joyful within her.

noyes@Isaiah:5:15 @ The mean man shall be bowed down, And the great man shall be brought low, And the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled;

noyes@Isaiah:5:17 @ Then shall the lambs feed, as in their own pasture, And the deserted fields of the rich shall strangers consume.

noyes@Isaiah:5:18 @ Woe to them that draw calamity with cords of wickedness, And punishment as with wagon–traces,––

noyes@Isaiah:5:19 @ Who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work that we may see it! Let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and be fulfilled, that we may know it!

noyes@Isaiah:5:20 @ Woe to 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!

noyes@Isaiah:5:21 @ Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own conceit!

noyes@Isaiah:5:22 @ Woe to them that are valiant to drink wine, And men of might to mingle strong drink!

noyes@Isaiah:5:23 @ That clear the guilty for a reward, And take away from the righteous his right!

noyes@Isaiah:5:24 @ Therefore, as fire devours stubble, And as the withered grass sinks into the flame, So their root shall become rottenness, And their blossom shall fly up like dust. For they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts, And contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:5:25 @ Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people; He stretcheth forth his hand against them, and smiteth them, so that the mountains tremble, And their carcasses are as dung in the midst of the streets; For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.

noyes@Isaiah:5:26 @ He lifteth up a banner for the nations afar off, He whistleth for them from the ends of the earth, And behold, they haste, and come swiftly.

noyes@Isaiah:5:27 @ None among them is weary, and none stumbleth; None slumbereth nor sleepeth; The girdle of their loins is not loosed, Nor the latchet of their shoes broken.

noyes@Isaiah:5:28 @ Their arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; The hoofs of their horses are like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind.

noyes@Isaiah:5:29 @ Their roaring is like the roaring of the lion; They roar like young lions; They roar, and seize the prey; They bear it away, and none can rescue it.

noyes@Isaiah:5:30 @ Yea, in that day shall they roar against them like the roaring of the sea; And if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, And the light is darkened by its clouds.

noyes@Isaiah:6:1 @ In the year in which King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

noyes@Isaiah:6:2 @ Around him stood seraphs; each one of them had six wings; with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.

noyes@Isaiah:6:3 @ And one called to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; The whole earth is full of his glory.

noyes@Isaiah:6:4 @ And the foundations of the thresholds were shaken with the voice of their cry. And the temple was filled with smoke.

noyes@Isaiah:6:5 @ Then I said, Alas for me! I am undone! For I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among a people of unclean lips, and mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:6:6 @ Then flew one of the seraphs to me, having in his hands a glowing stone, which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.

noyes@Isaiah:6:7 @ And he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this toucheth thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is expiated.

noyes@Isaiah:6:8 @ And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said: Behold, here am I; send me!

noyes@Isaiah:6:9 @ And he said: Go, and say thou to this people, Hear ye, indeed, but understand not; See ye, indeed, but perceive not!

noyes@Isaiah:6:10 @ Make the heart of this people gross; Make their ears dull, and blind their eyes; That they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, Nor perceive with their hearts, and turn, and be healed.

noyes@Isaiah:6:11 @ Then said I, How long, Lord? He said: Until the cities be laid waste, so that there be no inhabitant, And the houses, so that there be no man, And the land be left utterly desolate;

noyes@Isaiah:6:12 @ Until Jehovah have removed the men far away, And there be great desolation in the land.

noyes@Isaiah:6:13 @ And though there be a tenth part remaining in it, Even this shall again be destroyed; Yet as when the terebinth and the oak are cut down, Their stem remaineth alive, So shall a holy race be the stem of the nation.

noyes@Isaiah:7:1 @ In the time of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up against Jerusalem to besiege it; but he could not prevail against it.

noyes@Isaiah:7:2 @ And when it was told the house of David, that the Syrians had encamped in Ephraim, his heart was moved, and the hearts of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

noyes@Isaiah:7:3 @ Then said Jehovah to Isaiah, Go forth to meet Ahaz, thou and Shear–Jashub thy son, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, in the way to the fuller’s field;

noyes@Isaiah:7:4 @ and say to him: Take heed, and be quiet! Fear not, neither let thy heart he faint On account of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, On account of the fierce wrath of Rezin with the Syrians, and of the son of Remaliah,

noyes@Isaiah:7:5 @ Because Syria deviseth evil against thee, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,

noyes@Isaiah:7:6 @ "Let us go up against Judah, and besiege the city, And take it, And set a king in the midst of it, Even the son of Tabeal."

noyes@Isaiah:7:7 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: "It shall not stand, neither shall it be;

noyes@Isaiah:7:8 @ But the head of Syria shall still be Damascus, And the head of Damascus, Rezin;

noyes@Isaiah:7:9 @ And the head of Ephraim shall still be Samaria, And the head of Samaria, the son of Remaliah. If ye will not believe, neither shall ye thrive."

noyes@Isaiah:7:12 @ And Ahaz said, I will not ask; I will not tempt Jehovah!

noyes@Isaiah:7:14 @ Therefore shall Jehovah himself give you a sign: Behold, the damsel shall conceive, and bear a son, And she shall call his name Immanuel.

noyes@Isaiah:7:15 @ Milk and honey shall he eat, Until he learn to refuse the evil, and choose the good;

noyes@Isaiah:7:16 @ For before this child shall have learned to refuse the evil and choose the good, The land shall become desolate, On account of whose two kings thou art in terror.

noyes@Isaiah:7:17 @ Yet Jehovah shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, Days such as have not been Since Ephraim revolted from Judah.

noyes@Isaiah:7:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day That Jehovah shall whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, And the bee that is in the land of Assyria,

noyes@Isaiah:7:19 @ And they shall come, and light all of them In the desolate valleys, and fissures of the rocks, And upon all hedges, and upon all pastures.

noyes@Isaiah:7:20 @ In that day shall Jehovah shave, with a razor hired beyond the river, The head, and the hair of the feet; Yea, even the beard shall he take away.

noyes@Isaiah:7:21 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, That a man shall keep a young cow, and two sheep;

noyes@Isaiah:7:22 @ And for the abundance of milk which they produce, shall he eat cheese; For milk and honey shall all eat Who are left in the land,

noyes@Isaiah:7:23 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, That every place where stood a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, Shall be covered with briers and thorns.

noyes@Isaiah:7:24 @ With arrows and with bows shall men go thither; For all the land shall become briers and thorns.

noyes@Isaiah:7:25 @ All the hills that were digged with the mattock Shall no one approach through fear of briers and thorns; They shall be for the pasturage of oxen, And the trampling of sheep.

noyes@Isaiah:8:1 @ And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and with a man’s writing–instrument write on it, Hasteth–the–prey, Speedeth–the–spoil.

noyes@Isaiah:8:2 @ And I took with me faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.

noyes@Isaiah:8:3 @ I went in to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then said Jehovah to me, Call his name, Hasteth–the–prey, Speedeth–the–spoil.

noyes@Isaiah:8:4 @ For before the child shall learn to say, My father, and My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be borne away before the king of Assyria.

noyes@Isaiah:8:6 @ Because this people despiseth The soft–flowing waters of Siloah, And rejoiceth in Rezin, and the son of Remaliah,

noyes@Isaiah:8:7 @ Therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth upon them the strong and mighty waters of the river; He shall rise above all his channels, And go over all his banks.

noyes@Isaiah:8:8 @ And he shall pass through Judah, overflowing and spreading; Even to the neck shall he reach, And his stretched–out wings shall fill the whole breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!

noyes@Isaiah:8:9 @ Rage, ye nations, and despair! Give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth! Gird yourselves, and despair! Gird yourselves, and despair!

noyes@Isaiah:8:10 @ Form your plan, and it shall come to naught; Give the command, and it shall not stand; For God is with us.

noyes@Isaiah:8:11 @ For thus spake Jehovah to me with a strong hand, Instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

noyes@Isaiah:8:13 @ Jehovah of hosts, sanctify ye him; Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread!

noyes@Isaiah:8:14 @ And he shall be to you a sanctuary; But a stone of stumbling, and a rock to strike against, To the two houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:8:15 @ And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall, and be broken; They shall be ensnared and taken.

noyes@Isaiah:8:18 @ Behold, I, and the children which Jehovah hath given me, Are signs and tokens in Israel From Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth upon mount Zion.

noyes@Isaiah:8:19 @ And when they shall say to you, "Inquire of the necromancers and the wizards, That chirp, and that murmur," "Should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead for the living?"

noyes@Isaiah:8:21 @ They shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, And look upward.

noyes@Isaiah:8:22 @ And if they look to the earth, Behold distress and darkness, fearful darkness! And into darkness shall they be driven.

noyes@Isaiah:9:1 @ But the darkness shall not remain where now is distress; Of old he brought the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali into contempt; In future times shall he bring the land of the sea beyond Jordan, the circle of the gentiles, into honor.

noyes@Isaiah:9:2 @ The people that walk in darkness behold a great light; They who dwell in the land of death–like shade, Upon them a light shineth.

noyes@Isaiah:9:4 @ For thou breakest their heavy yoke, And the rod that smote their backs, And the scourge of the taskmaster, As in the day of Midian.

noyes@Isaiah:9:5 @ For every greave of the warrior in battle, And the war–garment rolled in blood, Shall be burned; yea, it shall be food for the fire.

noyes@Isaiah:9:6 @ For to us a child is born, To us a son is given, And the government shall be upon his shoulder, And he shall be called Wonderful, counsellor, mighty potentate, Everlasting father, prince of peace;

noyes@Isaiah:9:7 @ His dominion shall be great, And peace without end shall be upon the throne of David and his kingdom, To fix and establish it Through justice and equity, Henceforth and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will do this.

noyes@Isaiah:9:9 @ His whole people shall feel it, Ephraim, and the inhabitants of Samaria, Who say in pride and arrogance of heart,

noyes@Isaiah:9:11 @ Jehovah will raise up the enemies of Rezin against them, And will arm their adversaries;

noyes@Isaiah:9:12 @ The Syrians before, the Philistines behind, Who shall devour Israel with wide jaws. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.

noyes@Isaiah:9:14 @ Therefore shall Jehovah cut off from Israel the head and the tail, The palm–branch and the rush, in one day.

noyes@Isaiah:9:16 @ For the leaders of this people lead them astray, And they that are led by them go to destruction.

noyes@Isaiah:9:17 @ Therefore shall the Lord have no joy in their young men, And on their orphans and widows he shall have no compassion; For they are all profane, and evil–doers; Every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.

noyes@Isaiah:9:18 @ For wickedness burneth like a fire, It consumeth the briers and thorns, And it kindleth the thicket of the forest, So that it goeth up in columns of smoke.

noyes@Isaiah:9:19 @ Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned, And the people are food for the fire; No one spareth another.

noyes@Isaiah:9:20 @ They consume on the right hand, and yet are hungry; They devour on the left, and are not satisfied; Every one devoureth the flesh of his arm.

noyes@Isaiah:9:21 @ Manasseh is against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh, And both together against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.

noyes@Isaiah:10:2 @ To turn away the needy from judgment, And rob the poor of my people of their right; That the widows may become their prey, And that they may plunder the orphans.

noyes@Isaiah:10:3 @ What will ye do in the day of visitation, And in the desolation which cometh from afar? To whom will ye flee for help, And where will ye leave your glory?

noyes@Isaiah:10:4 @ Forsaken by me, they shall sink down among the prisoners, And fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.

noyes@Isaiah:10:5 @ Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, The staff in whose hands is the instrument of my indignation!

noyes@Isaiah:10:6 @ Against an impious nation I will send him, And against a people under my wrath I will give him a charge To gather the spoil, and seize the prey, And to trample them under foot like the mire of the streets.

noyes@Isaiah:10:7 @ But he doth not so purpose, And his heart doth not so intend; But to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off a multitude of nations.

noyes@Isaiah:10:10 @ As my hand hath seized the kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

noyes@Isaiah:10:11 @ Behold! as I have done to Samaria and her idols, So will I do to Jerusalem and her images."

noyes@Isaiah:10:12 @ But when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work upon Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Then will he punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, And the arrogance of his lofty eyes.

noyes@Isaiah:10:13 @ For he hath said: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom; for I am wise; I have removed the bounds of nations, I have plundered their treasures; As a hero have I brought down them that sat upon thrones.

noyes@Isaiah:10:14 @ The riches of the nations hath my hand seized, as a nest; As one gathereth eggs that have been left, So have I gathered the whole world. And there was none that moved the wing, Or that opened the beak, or that chirped."

noyes@Isaiah:10:16 @ Wherefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send upon his fat ones leanness, And under his glory shall he kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire.

noyes@Isaiah:10:17 @ The light of Israel shall be a fire, And his Holy One a flame, Which shall burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.

noyes@Isaiah:10:18 @ The glory of his forest and of his fruitful field From the spirit even to the flesh shall he consume; It shall be with them as when a sick man fainteth.

noyes@Isaiah:10:20 @ In that day shall the remnant of Israel, and they that have escaped of the house of Jacob, no more lean upon him that smote them; They shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

noyes@Isaiah:10:22 @ For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, Only a remnant of them shall return. The devastation is decreed; It shall overflow with righteousness.

noyes@Isaiah:10:23 @ For devastation and punishment doth the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, execute in the midst of the whole land,

noyes@Isaiah:10:24 @ Yet thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Fear not, O my people, that dwellest in Zion, because of the Assyrian! With his rod indeed shall he smite thee, And lift up his staff against thee in the manner of Egypt;

noyes@Isaiah:10:25 @ But yet a very little while, and my indignation shall have past, And my anger shall destroy them.

noyes@Isaiah:10:26 @ Jehovah of hosts shall raise up against him a scourge, As he smote Midian at the rock of Horeb, And as he lifted up the rod against the sea; Yea, he shall lift it up, as in Egypt.

noyes@Isaiah:10:27 @ In that day shall his burden be removed from thy shoulder, And his yoke from thy neck; Yea, thy yoke shall be broken, as that of a fat steer.

noyes@Isaiah:10:32 @ Yet one day shall he rest at Nob, Then shall he shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:10:33 @ But behold! the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the branches with fearful force, And the high of stature shall be cut down, And the lofty shall be brought low.

noyes@Isaiah:10:34 @ He shall hew the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon shall fall by a mighty hand.

noyes@Isaiah:11:1 @ Then shall spring forth a shoot from the stem of Jesse, And a sprout grow up from his roots.

noyes@Isaiah:11:2 @ The spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of the knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah,

noyes@Isaiah:11:4 @ But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, And decide with equity for the afflicted of the land; He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; With the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

noyes@Isaiah:11:5 @ Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

noyes@Isaiah:11:6 @ Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, And the leopard shall lie down with the kid; The calf, and the young lion, and the fatling shall be together, And a little child shall lead them.

noyes@Isaiah:11:7 @ The cow and the bear shall feed together, Together shall their young lie down, And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

noyes@Isaiah:11:8 @ The suckling shall play upon the hole of the asp, And the near–weaned child lay his hand on the hiding–place of the basilisk.

noyes@Isaiah:11:9 @ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; For the land shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters cover the depths of the sea.

noyes@Isaiah:11:10 @ In that day shall the shoot of Jesse stand as a banner to the nations, And to him shall the gentiles repair, And his dwelling–place shall be glorious.

noyes@Isaiah:11:11 @ In that day shall Jehovah the second time stretch forth his hand To recover the remnant of his people, That remaineth, from Assyria, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, And from Shinar, and from Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.

noyes@Isaiah:11:12 @ He shall set up a banner to the nations, And gather the outcasts of Israel, And bring together the dispersed of Judah, From the four extremities of the earth.

noyes@Isaiah:11:13 @ Then shall the jealousy of Ephraim depart, And the enmity in Judah be at an end; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, And Judah shall not contend with Ephraim.

noyes@Isaiah:11:14 @ But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines at the sea; Together shall they plunder the children of the East; On Edom and Moab shall they lay their hand, And the sons of Ammon shall be subject to them.

noyes@Isaiah:11:15 @ Then will Jehovah utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, And shake his hand over the river with a mighty wind, And smite it into seven streams, So that men may go over it dry–shod.

noyes@Isaiah:11:16 @ And it shall be a highway for the remnant of the people, Which shall remain, from Assyria, As there was to Israel, When he came up from the land of Egypt.

noyes@Isaiah:12:1 @ In that day shalt thou say, "I will praise thee, O Jehovah, for, though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me.

noyes@Isaiah:12:2 @ Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; For Jehovah is my glory, and my song; It is he who was my salvation."

noyes@Isaiah:12:4 @ And in that day ye shall say, "Give thanks to Jehovah; call upon his name; Make known his deeds among the people; Give praises, for his name is exalted!

noyes@Isaiah:13:2 @ Upon the bare mountain lift up a banner; Cry aloud to them, wave the hand, That they may enter the gates of the tyrants!

noyes@Isaiah:13:5 @ They come from a distant country, From the end of Heaven, Jehovah and the instruments of his indignation. To lay waste the whole land.

noyes@Isaiah:13:6 @ Howl ye, for the day of Jehovah is at hand! Like a destruction from the Almighty, it cometh;

noyes@Isaiah:13:7 @ Therefore shall all hands hang down, And every heart of man shall melt.

noyes@Isaiah:13:8 @ They shall be in consternation; Distress and anguish shall lay hold of them; As a woman in travail shall they writhe; They shall look upon one another with amazement: Their faces shall glow like flames.

noyes@Isaiah:13:9 @ Behold! the day of Jehovah cometh, Terrible, full of wrath and burning indignation, To make the land a waste, And to destroy the sinners out of it.

noyes@Isaiah:13:10 @ For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, Shall not give their light; The sun shall be darkened at his going forth, And the moon shall withhold her light.

noyes@Isaiah:13:11 @ For I will punish the world for its guilt, And the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And I will bring down the haughtiness of the tyrants.

noyes@Isaiah:13:13 @ Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth shall be shaken out of her place, In the anger of Jehovah of hosts, In the day of his burning indignation.

noyes@Isaiah:13:14 @ Then shall they be like a chased doe; Like a flock, which no one gathereth together; Every one shall turn to his own people, And every one flee to his own land.

noyes@Isaiah:13:15 @ Every one that is overtaken shall be thrust through, And every one that is caught shall fall by the sword.

noyes@Isaiah:13:16 @ Their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.

noyes@Isaiah:13:17 @ Behold, I stir up against them the Medes, Who make no account of silver, And as to gold, they do not regard it.

noyes@Isaiah:13:18 @ Their bows shall strike down the young men, And on the fruit of the womb they shall have no compassion; Their eye shall not pity the children.

noyes@Isaiah:13:19 @ So shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The proud ornament of the Chaldeans, Be like Sodom and Gomorrah, which God overthrew,

noyes@Isaiah:13:21 @ But there shall the wild beasts of the desert lodge, And owls shall fill their houses; And ostriches shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.

noyes@Isaiah:13:22 @ Wolves shall howl in their palaces, And jackals in their pleasant edifices. Her time is near, And her days shall not be prolonged.

noyes@Isaiah:14:1 @ For Jehovah will have compassion upon Jacob, And will again set his love upon Israel, And cause them to rest in his own land. And strangers shall join themselves to them, And cleave to the house of Jacob.

noyes@Isaiah:14:2 @ The nations shall take them and bring them to their own place; And the house of Israel shall possess them, in the land of Jehovah, As servants and as handmaids; They shall take captive their captors, And they shall rule over their oppressors.

noyes@Isaiah:14:3 @ So when Jehovah shall have given thee rest From thy sorrow and thy distress, And from the hard bondage Which was laid upon thee,

noyes@Isaiah:14:4 @ Then shall thou utter this song over the king of Babylon, and say, "How hath the tyrant fallen, The oppression ceased!

noyes@Isaiah:14:8 @ Even the cypress–trees exult over thee, And the cedars of Lebanon: ‘Since thou art fallen, No feller cometh up against us.’

noyes@Isaiah:14:10 @ They all accost thee, and say, ‘Art thou, too, become weak as we? Art thou become like us?’

noyes@Isaiah:14:11 @ Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, And the sound of thy harps. Vermin have become thy couch, And worms thy covering.

noyes@Isaiah:14:16 @ They that see thee gaze upon thee, and view thee attentively, (and say,) ‘Is this the man that made the earth tremble, That shook kingdoms,

noyes@Isaiah:14:17 @ That made the world a wilderness, And laid waste its cities, And sent not his captives to their homes?’

noyes@Isaiah:14:20 @ Thou shalt not be joined with them in the grave, Because thou hast destroyed thy country, And slain thy people; The race of evil–doers shall nevermore be named.

noyes@Isaiah:14:21 @ Prepare ye slaughter for his children, For the iniquity of their fathers, That they may no more arise, and possess the earth, And fill the world with enemies!"

noyes@Isaiah:14:22 @ For I will arise against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, And I will cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, Posterity and offspring, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:14:23 @ I will make her the possession of the porcupine, and pools of water; Yea, I will sweep her away with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:14:24 @ Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have devised, so shall it come to pass, The purpose which I have formed, that shall stand,

noyes@Isaiah:14:25 @ To crush the Assyrian in my land, And to trample him on my mountains. Then shall his yoke depart from them, And his burden be removed from their shoulders.

noyes@Isaiah:14:26 @ This is the purpose which is formed concerning all the earth, And this the hand which is stretched out over all the nations.

noyes@Isaiah:14:27 @ For Jehovah of hosts hath decreed, and who shall disannul it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

noyes@Isaiah:14:29 @ Rejoice not, all Philistia, Because the rod that smote thee is broken, For from the root of a serpent shall come forth a basilisk, And his fruit shall be a flying, fiery serpent.

noyes@Isaiah:14:30 @ Then shall the most wretched of the poor feed quietly, And the needy shall lie down in security; For I will kill thy root with famine, And thy remnant shall be slain.

noyes@Isaiah:14:31 @ Howl, O gate! cry aloud, O city! O Philistia, thou meltest away in terror! For from the north cometh a smoke, And there is no straggler in their hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:14:32 @ What answer shall be given to the messengers of the nations? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in her shall the poor of his people find refuge.

noyes@Isaiah:15:2 @ They go up to the temple, and to Dibon, to weep upon the high places; Upon Nebo and upon Medeba doth Moab howl; On every head is baldness, And every beard is shorn.

noyes@Isaiah:15:3 @ In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses and in their public walks every one howleth, And melteth away with weeping.

noyes@Isaiah:15:4 @ Heshbon and Elealah utter a cry; Even to Jahaz is their voice heard; Therefore the warriors of Moab shriek aloud; Their hearts tremble within them.

noyes@Isaiah:15:5 @ My heart crieth out for Moab, Whose fugitives wander to Zoar, to Eglath–shelishijah; For they ascend the heights of Luhith weeping, And in the way of Horonaim they raise the cry of destruction.

noyes@Isaiah:15:7 @ Wherefore the remnant of their substance and their wealth They shall carry to the brook of willows.

noyes@Isaiah:15:9 @ For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; For I bring new evils upon Dimon; Upon him that escapeth of Moab will I send a lion, Even upon him that remaineth in the land.

noyes@Isaiah:16:1 @ Send ye the lambs to the ruler of the land, From Selah through the wilderness To the mount of the daughter of Zion!

noyes@Isaiah:16:2 @ For as a wandering bird, As a forthdriven nest, So shall be the daughters of Moab At the fords of Arnon;

noyes@Isaiah:16:4 @ Let my outcasts dwell with thee, Be thou to them a covert from the spoiler! For the extortion is at an end, The spoiling ceaseth. The oppressors are consumed from the land.

noyes@Isaiah:16:5 @ Then shall your throne be established through mercy, And upon it shall sit in the house of David A judge searching for justice, and prompt in equity."

noyes@Isaiah:16:6 @ "We have beard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; His haughtiness, and his pride, and his insolence, His vain boastings."

noyes@Isaiah:16:8 @ For the fields of Heshbon languish, The lords of the nations break down the choicest shoots of the vine of Sibmah, They reached even to Jazer; they wandered into the desert; Her branches were spread out; they crossed the sea.

noyes@Isaiah:16:9 @ Therefore I will weep, like Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealah, For upon thy summer fruits, and thy harvest, the war–shout is fallen.

noyes@Isaiah:16:10 @ Gladness and joy are driven from the fruitful field, And in the vineyards is no singing nor shouting; The treaders tread out no wine in their vats; I have made the vintage–shouting to cease.

noyes@Isaiah:16:11 @ Therefore shall my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, And my inward parts for Kir–hares.

noyes@Isaiah:16:12 @ And it shall come to pass that though Moab present himself, Though he weary himself upon his high places, And go up to his sanctuary to pray, Yet shall he not prevail.

noyes@Isaiah:16:14 @ But now saith Jehovah: Within three years, like the years of a hireling, The glory of Moab shall be put to shame, With all his great multitude; And the remnant shall be very small, and without strength.

noyes@Isaiah:17:2 @ The cities of Aroer shall be forsaken; They shall be pastures for flocks, Which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

noyes@Isaiah:17:3 @ The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, and the rest of Syria; It shall be with them as with the glory of the children of Israel, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:17:4 @ In that day shall the glory of Jacob sink away, And the fatness of his flesh become leanness.

noyes@Isaiah:17:5 @ And it shall be as when the harvest–man gathereth the corn, And reapeth the ears with his arm; Yea, as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

noyes@Isaiah:17:7 @ In that day shall a man have regard to his Maker, And his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:17:8 @ He shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, Nor have respect to that which his fingers have made, The images of Astarte and the Sun–pillars.

noyes@Isaiah:17:9 @ In that day shall his fortified cities be like ruins in the forests, or on the mountain tops, Which the enemy left, in flight from the children of Israel; And the land shall be a desolation.

noyes@Isaiah:17:10 @ For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; Therefore though thou plant beautiful plants, And set shoots from a foreign soil,

noyes@Isaiah:17:11 @ When thou hast planted them, though thou hedge them in, And in the morning bring thy plants to the blossom, Yet shall the harvest flee away, In the day of pain and desperate sorrow.

noyes@Isaiah:17:13 @ Like the roaring of mighty waters do the nations roar; He rebuketh them, and they flee away, Driven like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like stubble before the whirlwind.

noyes@Isaiah:17:14 @ At the time of evening, behold, terror! Before morning, behold, they are no more! This is the portion of them that spoil us, And the lot of them that plunder us.

noyes@Isaiah:18:1 @ Ho! thou land of rustling wings, Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia!

noyes@Isaiah:18:2 @ That sendest thy messengers upon the sea, In reed–boats upon the face of the waters: Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and fair, To a people terrible from the first and onward, To a mighty, victorious people, Whose land is divided by rivers!

noyes@Isaiah:18:3 @ All ye inhabitants of the world, ye that dwell on the earth, When the standard is lifted up on the mountains, behold! When the trumpet is sounded, hear!

noyes@Isaiah:18:4 @ For thus hath Jehovah said to me: "I will sit still, and look on from my dwelling–place, Like a serene heat when the sun shineth, Like a dewy cloud in the heat of harvest."

noyes@Isaiah:18:5 @ But before the vintage, when the bud is gone, And the blossom is ripening into a swelling grape, He shall cut off the shoots with pruning–hooks, And the branches he shall take away and cut down.

noyes@Isaiah:18:6 @ They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, And to the wild beasts of the earth. The ravenous birds shall summer upon it, And every wild beast of the earth shall winter upon it.

noyes@Isaiah:18:7 @ At that time shall gifts be brought to Jehovah of hosts From a nation tall and fair, From a people terrible from the first and onward, A mighty, victorious people, Whose land is divided by rivers, To the dwelling–place of Jehovah of hosts, to mount Zion.

noyes@Isaiah:19:1 @ The prophecy concerning Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, And cometh to Egypt; The gods of Egypt tremble at his presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth within her.

noyes@Isaiah:19:2 @ "I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; Brother shall fight against brother, And neighbor against neighbor; City against city, And kingdom against kingdom.

noyes@Isaiah:19:3 @ The spirit of Egypt shall fail within her, And her devices I will bring to naught. Then shall they consult the idols, and the sorcerers, And the necromancers, and the wizards.

noyes@Isaiah:19:4 @ But I will give up the Egyptians to the hands of a cruel lord, And a fierce king shall rule over them," Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:19:5 @ Then shall the waters fail from the river, Yea, the river shall be wasted and dried up.

noyes@Isaiah:19:6 @ The streams shall become putrid; The canals of Egypt shall be emptied and dried up; The reed and the rush shall wither.

noyes@Isaiah:19:7 @ The meadows by the river, by the borders of the river, And all that groweth by the river, Shall wither, be blasted, and be no more.

noyes@Isaiah:19:8 @ Then shall the fishermen mourn; All they that cast the hook into the river shall lament, And they that spread nets upon the face of the waters shall languish.

noyes@Isaiah:19:9 @ They, also, that work in flax, And they that weave white linen, shall be confounded.

noyes@Isaiah:19:10 @ Her pillars are broken down, And all who labor for hire are grieved in heart.

noyes@Isaiah:19:14 @ Jehovah hath mingled within her a spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all her works, As a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.

noyes@Isaiah:19:16 @ In that day shall the Egyptians be like women; They shall tremble and fear On account of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, Which he shall shake against them.

noyes@Isaiah:19:17 @ The land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt; Every one to whom it is mentioned shall tremble On account of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, Which he hath determined against them.

noyes@Isaiah:19:18 @ In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt Speaking the language of Canaan, And swearing by Jehovah of hosts; One of them shall be called the City of the Sun.

noyes@Isaiah:19:19 @ In that day there shall be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, And in the border of it a pillar to Jehovah,

noyes@Isaiah:19:20 @ Which shall be a sign and a witness For Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt, That they cried to Jehovah on account of their oppressors, And he sent them a saviour, and a defender, who delivered them.

noyes@Isaiah:19:21 @ Thus shall Jehovah be made known to Egypt, And the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day, And shall offer him sacrifices and oblations; They shall make vows to Jehovah, and perform them.

noyes@Isaiah:19:22 @ Thus Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal her; They shall return to Jehovah; Therefore will he hear and heal them.

noyes@Isaiah:19:23 @ In that day shall there he a highway from Egypt to Assyria, And the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, And the Egyptian into Assyria, And the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.

noyes@Isaiah:19:24 @ In that day shall Israel be the third In connection with Egypt and Assyria, A blessing in the midst of the earth.

noyes@Isaiah:19:25 @ Jehovah of hosts shall bless them, and say, Blessed be Egypt, my people, And Assyria, the work of my hands, And Israel, my inheritance!

noyes@Isaiah:20:1 @ In the year in which Tartan, being sent by Sargon, the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod, and fought against Ashdod, and took it,

noyes@Isaiah:20:2 @ at that time spake Jehovah through Isaiah the son of Amoz in this manner: Go, and loose the sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

noyes@Isaiah:20:3 @ And Jehovah said: As my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a token for Egypt and Ethiopia,

noyes@Isaiah:20:4 @ so shall the king of Assyria lead the captives of Egypt, and prisoners of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their hind parts uncovered, to the shame of the Egyptians.

noyes@Isaiah:20:5 @ Then shall they be afraid and ashamed on account of Ethiopia their trust, and of Egypt their glory.

noyes@Isaiah:20:6 @ The inhabitant of this coast shall say in that day, "Behold, so is it with them in whom we trusted, and to whom we fled for help, that we might be delivered from the king of Assyria. How then shall we escape?"

noyes@Isaiah:21:1 @ The prophecy concerning the desert of the sea. As storms which rush along through the south, So it cometh from the desert, From the terrible land.

noyes@Isaiah:21:2 @ A grievous vision was revealed to me; The plunderer plundereth, and the destroyer destroyeth. "Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All sighing do I make to cease."

noyes@Isaiah:21:7 @ And he saw a troop, horsemen in pairs, Riders on asses, and riders on camels, And he watched with the utmost heed.

noyes@Isaiah:21:8 @ Then he cried like a lion: "My Lord, I stand continually upon the watch–tower in the daytime, And keep my post all the night;

noyes@Isaiah:21:9 @ And behold, there cometh a troop, Horsemen in pairs." Again also he lifted up his voice, and said: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground."

noyes@Isaiah:21:10 @ O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, That have I declared to you.

noyes@Isaiah:21:12 @ The watchman saith: "Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!"

noyes@Isaiah:21:14 @ The inhabitants of the land of Tema Bring water to the thirsty; They come to meet the fugitive with bread.

noyes@Isaiah:21:15 @ For they flee from swords, From the drawn sword, And from the bent bow, And from the fury of war.

noyes@Isaiah:22:5 @ For a day of trouble, of desolation, and of perplexity cometh From the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision. They break down the walls; The cry reacheth to the mountains.

noyes@Isaiah:22:6 @ Elam beareth the quiver, With chariots full of men, and with horsemen; Kir uncovereth the shield.

noyes@Isaiah:22:9 @ Ye mark how many are the breaches of the city of David, And collect the waters of the lower pool;

noyes@Isaiah:22:10 @ Ye number the houses of Jerusalem, And ye break down the houses to prepare the wall;

noyes@Isaiah:22:12 @ The Lord, Jehovah of hosts, calleth you this day To weeping and to lamentation, To baldness and to girding with sackcloth.

noyes@Isaiah:22:13 @ But, behold, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating flesh and drinking wine! "Let us eat and drink, For to–morrow we die!"

noyes@Isaiah:22:15 @ Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Go in to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the household, and say,

noyes@Isaiah:22:16 @ What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, That thou here hewest thee out a sepulchre,––That thou hewest out thy sepulchre on high, And gravest out a habitation for thyself in the rock?

noyes@Isaiah:22:18 @ He will violently roll thee together like a ball; Like a ball will he hurl thee into a wide country. There shalt thou die; And there shall be thy splendid chariots, Thou disgrace of the house of thy lord!

noyes@Isaiah:22:19 @ I will drive thee from thy post, And from thy station I will pull thee down.

noyes@Isaiah:22:21 @ I will clothe him with thy robe, And bind thy girdle around him; Thy government will I commit to his hand, And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

noyes@Isaiah:22:22 @ I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; He shall open, and none shall shut, And he shall shut, and none shall open.

noyes@Isaiah:22:23 @ I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, And he shall be a glorious seat for his father’s house.

noyes@Isaiah:22:24 @ Upon him shall hang all the glory of his father’s house, The offspring and the offshoots; Every small vessel, from the goblet even to all the pitchers.

noyes@Isaiah:22:25 @ In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, The peg that was once fastened in a sure place shall be moved; It shall be cut down, and fall, And the burden which was upon it shall come to the ground. For Jehovah hath said it.

noyes@Isaiah:23:1 @ The prophecy concerning Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste; No house, no entrance is left! From the land of the Chittaeans were the tidings brought to them.

noyes@Isaiah:23:10 @ Go over thy land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! Now thy bonds are broken.

noyes@Isaiah:23:11 @ He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, He hath made the kingdoms tremble; Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan To destroy her strong holds.

noyes@Isaiah:23:13 @ Behold the land of the Chaldaeans, Who, not long ago, were not a people,––The Assyrian assigned it to the inhabitants of the wilderness,––They raise their watch–towers; They destroy her palaces; They make her a heap of ruins.

noyes@Isaiah:23:15 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, That Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, According to the days of one king; But at the end of seventy years It shall be with Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

noyes@Isaiah:23:17 @ At the end of seventy years shall Jehovah show regard to Tyre, And she shall return to her hire, And play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world, That are upon the face of the earth.

noyes@Isaiah:23:18 @ But her gain and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah; It shall not be treasured, nor laid up in store; But it shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, For abundant food, and for splendid clothing.

noyes@Isaiah:24:1 @ Behold, Jehovah emptieth and draineth the land; Yea, he turneth it upside down, and scattereth its inhabitants.

noyes@Isaiah:24:3 @ The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.

noyes@Isaiah:24:4 @ The land mourneth, and withereth; The world languisheth, and withereth; The nobles of the people of the land do languish.

noyes@Isaiah:24:5 @ The land was polluted under its inhabitants, Because they transgressed the law, they violated the statutes, They broke the everlasting covenant.

noyes@Isaiah:24:6 @ Therefore a curse devoured the land; Its inhabitants suffered for their guilt; Therefore are the inhabitants of the land consumed with heat, And few of the men are left.

noyes@Isaiah:24:11 @ There is a cry for wine in the streets; All gladness is departed; The mirth of the land is gone;

noyes@Isaiah:24:12 @ Desolation is left in the city, And the gate is smitten into ruins.

noyes@Isaiah:24:13 @ Yea, thus shall it be in the land, in the midst of the people, As when the olive–tree has been shaken; As the gleaning, when the vintage is ended.

noyes@Isaiah:24:14 @ These shall lift up their voice, and sing; Yea, for the majesty of Jehovah they shall shout from the sea.

noyes@Isaiah:24:17 @ The terror, the pit, and the snare Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land!

noyes@Isaiah:24:18 @ Whoso fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit, And whoso escapeth from the pit, He shall be taken in the snare; For the floodgates of heaven are opened, And the foundations of the earth tremble.

noyes@Isaiah:24:20 @ The earth reeleth like a drunkard, It moveth to and fro like a hammock; For her iniquity lieth heavy upon her, And she shall fall and rise no more.

noyes@Isaiah:24:21 @ In that day will Jehovah punish the host of the high ones that are on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.

noyes@Isaiah:24:22 @ They shall be thrown together bound into the pit, And shall be shut up in the prison, But after many days shall they be visited.

noyes@Isaiah:24:23 @ The moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, When Jehovah of hosts shall reign in mount Zion and Jerusalem, And his glory shall be before his ancients.

noyes@Isaiah:25:1 @ O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee; I will praise thy name, For thou hast done wonderful things; Thine ancient purposes are faithfulness and truth.

noyes@Isaiah:25:5 @ As heat in a dry land is made to vanish, So thou puttest down the tumult of the barbarians; As heat is allayed by a thick cloud, So the triumph of the tyrants is brought low.

noyes@Isaiah:25:6 @ Then in this mountain shall Jehovah of hosts prepare for all nations A feast of fat things, and wines kept on the lees; Of fat things full of marrow, of wines kept on the lees well refined.

noyes@Isaiah:25:7 @ He will destroy in this mountain the covering that was cast over all people, And the veil that was spread over all nations.

noyes@Isaiah:25:8 @ He will destroy death forever; The Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces, And the reproach of his people will he take away from the whole earth; For Jehovah hath said it.

noyes@Isaiah:25:9 @ In that day shall men say, "Behold, this is our God; We waited for him, and he hath saved us; This is Jehovah, for whom we waited; Let us rejoice and exult in his salvation."

noyes@Isaiah:25:10 @ For the hand of Jehovah shall rest upon this mountain, And Moab shall be trodden down in his place, As straw is trodden down in a dung–pool.

noyes@Isaiah:25:11 @ And he shall stretch out his hands in the midst of it, As the swimmer stretcheth out his hands to swim, But God shall put down his pride, Together with the devices of his hands.

noyes@Isaiah:25:12 @ And the high bulwarks of thy walls will he lay low; He will bring them down to the ground; he will lay them in the dust.

noyes@Isaiah:26:1 @ In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; His aid doth God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

noyes@Isaiah:26:8 @ In the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for thee; The desire of our souls is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

noyes@Isaiah:26:9 @ My soul longeth for thee in the night, And my spirit within me seeketh thee in the morning; For when thy judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

noyes@Isaiah:26:10 @ Though favor be shown to the wicked, He will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, And have no regard to the majesty of Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:26:11 @ Thy hand, O Jehovah, is lifted up, yet do they not see; But they shall see with shame thy zeal for thy people; Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

noyes@Isaiah:26:14 @ They are dead, they shall not live; They are shades, they shall not rise. For thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused all the memory of them to perish.

noyes@Isaiah:26:15 @ "Thou wilt enlarge the nation, O Jehovah! Thou wilt enlarge the nation; thou wilt glorify thyself; Thou wilt widely extend all the borders of the land.

noyes@Isaiah:26:17 @ As a woman with child, when her delivery is near, Is in anguish, and crieth aloud in her pangs, So have we been, far from thy presence, O Jehovah!

noyes@Isaiah:26:18 @ We have been with child; we have been in anguish, Yet have, as it were, brought forth wind. To the land we bring no deliverance; Nor are the inhabitants of the land born.

noyes@Isaiah:26:19 @ O might thy dead live again, Might the dead bodies of my people arise! Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in the dust! For thy dew is like the dew upon plants, And the earth shall bring forth her dead."

noyes@Isaiah:26:20 @ Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee; Hide thyself for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast!

noyes@Isaiah:26:21 @ For behold, Jehovah cometh forth from his place, To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth shall disclose her blood, And shall no longer cover her slain.

noyes@Isaiah:27:1 @ In that day will Jehovah punish with his sword, His hard, and great, and strong sword, The leviathan, that fleet serpent, Even the leviathan, that winding serpent; Yea, he will slay the monster, that is in the sea.

noyes@Isaiah:27:3 @ "I, Jehovah, am its guardian; I will water it every moment; That no one may assault it, I will watch it day and night.

noyes@Isaiah:27:4 @ There is no fury in me; But let me find the thorns and thistles in battle. I will go against them, And burn them up together,

noyes@Isaiah:27:5 @ Unless they take hold of my protection, And with me make peace, And make peace with me."

noyes@Isaiah:27:6 @ In coming days shall Jacob take root, And Israel flourish and bud forth, And fill the world with fruit.

noyes@Isaiah:27:9 @ By this, therefore, is the iniquity of Jacob expiated, And this is wholly the fruit of the removal of his sin, That He has made the stones of the altar like limestones broken in pieces, And that the images of Astarte and the sun–pillars no more stand.

noyes@Isaiah:27:10 @ For the fortified city is desolate, A habitation forsaken, deserted like a wilderness; There doth the calf feed, and there doth he lie down, And consume her branches.

noyes@Isaiah:27:11 @ When her boughs are withered, they are broken off; Women come, and burn them; For it was a people of no understanding; Therefore he that made him had not mercy on him, And he that formed him showed him no favor.

noyes@Isaiah:27:12 @ But it shall come to pass in that day, That Jehovah shall gather fruit From the stream of the Euphrates to the river of Egypt, And ye shall be gathered, one by one, ye children of Israel!

noyes@Isaiah:27:13 @ In that day shall a great trumpet be sounded, And they shall come who are lost in the land of Assyria, And are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship Jehovah upon the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:28:4 @ And the fading flower, their glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley, Shall be as the early fig before the time of harvest, Which whoso seeth plucketh immediately, And swalloweth as soon as it is in his hand.

noyes@Isaiah:28:5 @ In that day shall Jehovah of hosts Be a glorious crown, and a beautiful diadem to the residue of his people;

noyes@Isaiah:28:6 @ A spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, And of strength to them that drive back the enemy to their gates.

noyes@Isaiah:28:7 @ But even these stagger through wine, And reel through strong drink; The priest and the prophet stagger through strong drink; They are overpowered with wine; They stumble through strong drink; They reel in vision, They stagger in judgment.

noyes@Isaiah:28:9 @ "Whom," say they, "will he teach knowledge, And to whom will he impart instruction? To the weaned from the milk? To those just taken from the breast?

noyes@Isaiah:28:10 @ For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there."

noyes@Isaiah:28:11 @ Yea, with stammering lips and a strange tongue He shall indeed speak to this people;

noyes@Isaiah:28:13 @ Then shall the word of Jehovah be indeed to them "Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there," So that they shall go on, and fall backwards, and be broken, And be snared and caught.

noyes@Isaiah:28:15 @ Since ye say, "We have entered into a covenant with death, And with the under–world have we made an agreement, The overflowing scourge, when it passeth through, shall not reach us; For we have made falsehood our refuge, And in deceit we have hidden ourselves."

noyes@Isaiah:28:17 @ I will make justice a line, And righteousness a plummet, And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of falsehood, And the waters shall overwhelm its hiding–place;

noyes@Isaiah:28:18 @ And your covenant with death shall be broken, And your agreement with the under–world shall not stand; When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, By it shall ye be beaten down.

noyes@Isaiah:28:19 @ As often as it passeth through, it shall bear you away; For every morning shall it pass through, By day and by night; Even to hear the rumor of it shall be terrible.

noyes@Isaiah:28:20 @ Yea, the bed is too short for one to stretch himself on it, And the covering too narrow for one to wrap himself in it.

noyes@Isaiah:28:21 @ For Jehovah will rise up, as in mount Perazim; He will be moved with anger, as in the valley of Gibeon, To perform his act, his strange act, And to execute his work, his strange work.

noyes@Isaiah:28:22 @ Now, therefore, be ye no longer scoffers, Lest your bands become stronger; For destruction and punishment have been revealed to me From Jehovah of hosts concerning the whole land!

noyes@Isaiah:28:23 @ Give ear, and listen to my voice, Attend, and hearken to my words!

noyes@Isaiah:28:24 @ Is the ploughman always ploughing in order to sow? Is he always opening and harrowing his field?

noyes@Isaiah:28:25 @ When he hath made the face thereof even, Doth he not then scatter the dill, and cast abroad the cumin, And sow the wheat in rows, And the barley in its appointed place, And the spelt in his border?

noyes@Isaiah:28:26 @ Thus his God rightly instructeth him, And giveth him knowledge.

noyes@Isaiah:28:27 @ The dill is not beaten out with the thrashing–sledge, Nor is the wheel of the wain rolled over the cumin; But the dill is beaten out with a staff, And the cumin with a rod.

noyes@Isaiah:28:28 @ Bread–corn is beaten out, Yet doth not the husbandman thrash it without limit. He driveth over it the wheels of the wain, And the horses, yet doth he not utterly crush it.

noyes@Isaiah:29:2 @ Then will I distress Ariel; Mourning and sorrow shall be there; Yet shall she be to me as Ariel.

noyes@Isaiah:29:3 @ I will encamp against thee round about, And I will lay siege against thee with a mound, And I will raise towers against thee.

noyes@Isaiah:29:4 @ Thou shalt be brought down, and speak from the ground, And thy speech shall be low from the dust; Thy voice shall be like that of a spirit under ground, And thy speech shall chirp as from the dust.

noyes@Isaiah:29:6 @ From Jehovah of hosts cometh the visitation With thunder, and earthquake, and great noise, With storm and tempest, And flames of devouring fire.

noyes@Isaiah:29:7 @ As a dream, a vision of the night, Shall be the multitude of all the nations That fight against Ariel, That fight against her and her fortress, And distress her.

noyes@Isaiah:29:8 @ As a hungry man dreameth, and lo! he eateth, But awaketh and is still hungry; And as a thirsty man dreameth, and lo! he drinketh, But awaketh, and lo! he is faint and thirsty; So shall it be with the multitude of all the nations That fight against mount Zion.

noyes@Isaiah:29:9 @ Be in amazement and be amazed! Be blinded and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with strong drink!

noyes@Isaiah:29:10 @ For Jehovah hath poured upon you a spirit of slumber; He hath closed your eyes, the prophets, And covered your heads, the seers;

noyes@Isaiah:29:11 @ And so every vision is to you as the words of a sealed book, Which is given to a man that is skilled in writing, Saying, "Read this, I pray thee"; But he answereth, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

noyes@Isaiah:29:13 @ Therefore saith the Lord, Since this people draweth near to me with their mouth, And honoreth me with their lips, While their heart is far from me, And their worship of me is according to the commandments of men,

noyes@Isaiah:29:14 @ Therefore, behold, I will proceed to deal marvellously with this people; Marvellously and wonderfully, For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the prudence of the prudent shall be hid.

noyes@Isaiah:29:16 @ Alas, your perverseness! Is the potter to be esteemed as the clay, That the work should say of its maker, He made me not? And the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

noyes@Isaiah:29:17 @ Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be changed to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field be esteemed a forest.

noyes@Isaiah:29:18 @ And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And out of mist and darkness shall the eyes of the blind see.

noyes@Isaiah:29:19 @ The afflicted shall exceedingly rejoice in Jehovah, And the poor shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:29:20 @ For the oppressor hath come to naught; the scoffer is destroyed; And all that watched for iniquity are cut off;

noyes@Isaiah:29:21 @ Who condemned a man in his cause, And laid snares for him who defended himself in the gate, And with falsehood caused the righteous to fail.

noyes@Isaiah:29:22 @ Therefore concerning the house of Jacob thus saith Jehovah, He that redeemed Abraham: No more shall Jacob be ashamed, And no more shall his face grow pale.

noyes@Isaiah:29:23 @ For when his children behold the work of my hands in the midst of them, They shall honor my name. They shall honor the Holy One of Jacob, And reverence the God of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:29:24 @ They that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, And the obstinate shall receive instruction.

noyes@Isaiah:30:1 @ Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, Who form plans, and not from me, And make covenants without my spirit, That they may add sin to sin!

noyes@Isaiah:30:2 @ Who go down into Egypt, Without inquiring at my mouth, To seek refuge in Pharaoh’s protection, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

noyes@Isaiah:30:5 @ But they are all ashamed of a people that do not profit them; That are no help and no profit, But only a shame and a reproach.

noyes@Isaiah:30:6 @ The loaded beasts go southward. Through a land of anguish and distress, Whence come forth the lioness, and the fierce lion, The viper, and the flying fiery serpent; On the shoulders of young asses they carry their wealth, And on the bunches of camels their treasures, To a people that will not profit them!

noyes@Isaiah:30:7 @ Vain and empty is the help of Egypt; Wherefore I call her, The Blusterer that sitteth still.

noyes@Isaiah:30:10 @ Who say to the seers, "See not!" And to the prophets, "Prophesy not right things; Speak to us smooth things, Prophesy falsehood!

noyes@Isaiah:30:12 @ Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Since ye despise this word, And trust in oppression and perverseness, And lean thereon,

noyes@Isaiah:30:14 @ It is broken like a potter’s vessel, Which is dashed in pieces and not spared, So that among its fragments not a sherd is found to take up fire from the hearth, Or to dip water from the cistern.

noyes@Isaiah:30:15 @ For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: By a return and by rest shall ye be saved; In quietness and confidence is your strength;

noyes@Isaiah:30:17 @ A thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, And ten thousand at the rebuke of five, Till what remains of you shall be as a beacon on the top of a mountain, As a banner upon a hill.

noyes@Isaiah:30:18 @ And yet will Jehovah wait to be gracious to you, And yet will he arise to have mercy upon you; For Jehovah is a righteous God; Happy are all they who wait for him!

noyes@Isaiah:30:20 @ Though Jehovah hath given thee the bread of distress, and the water of affliction, Yet shall thy teachers be hidden from thee no more; But thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

noyes@Isaiah:30:21 @ And thine ears shall hear a voice behind thee, Saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it!" When ye turn aside to the right hand, or to the left.

noyes@Isaiah:30:22 @ Ye shall treat as defiled the silver coverings of your graven images, And the golden clothing of your molten images, Ye shall cast them away as an unclean thing; Away! shall ye say to them.

noyes@Isaiah:30:23 @ Then will he give rain for thy seed, With which thou shalt sow the ground, And the bread–corn, the produce of the land, shall be rich and nourishing; Then shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

noyes@Isaiah:30:24 @ The oxen also, and the young asses, that till the ground, Shall eat well–seasoned provender, Which hath been winnowed with the shovel and the fan.

noyes@Isaiah:30:25 @ And on every lofty mountain, And on every high hill, Shall be brooks and streams of water, In the day of the great slaughter, When the towers fall.

noyes@Isaiah:30:26 @ Then shall the light of the moon be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, When Jehovah bindeth up the bruises of his people, And healeth the wound which they have received.

noyes@Isaiah:30:27 @ Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from afar, His anger burneth, and violent is the flame, His lips are full of indignation, And his tongue like a devouring fire.

noyes@Isaiah:30:30 @ Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, And the blow of his arm to be seen, With furious anger, and flames of devouring fire; With flood, and storm, and hailstones.

noyes@Isaiah:30:32 @ And as often as the appointed rod shall strike, Which Jehovah shall lay heavily upon him, It shall be accompanied with tabrets and harps; And with fierce battles will he fight against him.

noyes@Isaiah:30:33 @ For long hath the burning place been prepared; Yea, for the king hath it been made ready; The pile is made deep and broad; There is fire and wood in abundance; The breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, kindle it.

noyes@Isaiah:31:1 @ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, And put their trust in horses, And confide in chariots, because they are many, And in horsemen, because their number is great, But look not to the Holy One of Israel, And resort not to Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:31:2 @ Yet he, too, is wise; He will bring evil, and not take back his words; He will arise against the house of the evil–doers, And against the help of them that do iniquity.

noyes@Isaiah:31:3 @ The Egyptians are men, and not God, And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, Then shall the helper fall, and the helped be overthrown; And they shall all perish together.

noyes@Isaiah:31:4 @ For thus hath Jehovah said to me: As when the lion and the young lion growl over their prey, And a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, By their noise he is not terrified, Nor by their tumult disheartened; So shall Jehovah of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and her hill.

noyes@Isaiah:31:5 @ As birds hover over their young, So shall Jehovah of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will defend and deliver, spare and save.

noyes@Isaiah:31:7 @ silver and his idols of gold, Which your hands have made for sin.

noyes@Isaiah:31:8 @ The Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man, Yea, a sword not of mortal shall devour him; He shall flee before the sword, And his young warriors shall be slaves.

noyes@Isaiah:31:9 @ Through fear shall he pass beyond his stronghold, And his princes shall be afraid of the standard. Thus saith Jehovah, who hath his fire in Zion, And his furnace in Jerusalem.

noyes@Isaiah:32:1 @ Behold! a king shall reign in righteousness, And princes shall rule with equity.

noyes@Isaiah:32:2 @ Every one of them shall be a hiding–place from the wind, And a shelter from the tempest; As streams of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

noyes@Isaiah:32:3 @ The eyes of them that see shall no more be blind, And the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

noyes@Isaiah:32:4 @ The heart of the rash shall gain wisdom, And the tongue of the stammerer learn to speak plainly.

noyes@Isaiah:32:6 @ For the vile will still utter villany, And his heart will devise iniquity; He will practise deception, and speak impiety against God; He will take away the food of the hungry, And deprive the thirsty of drink.

noyes@Isaiah:32:8 @ But the liberal deviseth liberal things, And in liberal things will he persevere.

noyes@Isaiah:32:10 @ One year more, and ye shall tremble, ye careless women! For the vintage shall fail; the harvest shall not come.

noyes@Isaiah:32:13 @ Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; Yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

noyes@Isaiah:32:14 @ For the palace shall be forsaken; The tumult of the city shall be solitary; The fortified hill and the tower shall be dens forever; The joy of wild–asses, the pasture of flocks;

noyes@Isaiah:32:15 @ Until the spirit from on high be poured upon us, And the wilderness become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field be esteemed a forest.

noyes@Isaiah:32:16 @ Then shall justice dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness in the fruitful field.

noyes@Isaiah:32:17 @ And the effect of righteousness shall be peace, And the fruit of righteousness quiet and security forever.

noyes@Isaiah:32:19 @ But the hail shall descend, and the forest shall fall; And the city shall be brought very low.

noyes@Isaiah:32:20 @ Happy ye who sow beside all waters; Who send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass!

noyes@Isaiah:33:5 @ Jehovah is exalted; Yea, he dwelleth on high; He filleth Zion with justice and righteousness.

noyes@Isaiah:33:6 @ There shall be security in thy times; Wisdom and knowledge shall be thy store of prosperity, And the fear of Jehovah, this shall be thy treasure!

noyes@Isaiah:33:9 @ The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is put to shame, and withered away; Sharon is like a desert, And Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their leaves.

noyes@Isaiah:33:11 @ Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall devour you.

noyes@Isaiah:33:15 @ He that walketh in righteousness, And speaketh that which is right, That despiseth the gain of oppression, And shaketh his hands from bribery, That stoppeth his ears, so as not to hear of blood, And shutteth his eyes, so as not to behold iniquity.

noyes@Isaiah:33:17 @ Thine eyes shall see the king in his glory They shall survey a wide–extended land.

noyes@Isaiah:33:19 @ Thou shalt see no more a fierce people, A people of a dark language, which thou couldst not hear, And of a barbarous tongue, which thou couldst not understand;

noyes@Isaiah:33:20 @ Thou shalt see Zion, the city of our solemn feasts; Thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, as a quiet habitation. A tent that shall never be moved, Whose stakes shall never be taken away, And whose cords shall never be broken.

noyes@Isaiah:33:21 @ For there the glorious Jehovah will be to us Instead of rivers and broad streams, Which no oared galley shall pass, And no gallant ship go through.

noyes@Isaiah:34:1 @ Draw near, O ye nations, and hear! Attend, O ye people! Let the earth hear, and all that is therein; The world, and all that springs from it!

noyes@Isaiah:34:2 @ For the wrath of Jehovah is kindled against all the nations, And his fury against all their armies; He hath devoted them to destruction; He hath given them up to slaughter.

noyes@Isaiah:34:3 @ Their slain shall be cast out; From their carcasses their stench shall ascend, And the mountains shall flow down with their blood.

noyes@Isaiah:34:4 @ And all the hosts of heaven shall melt away; And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, And all their host shall fall down, As the withered leaf faileth from the vine, As the blighted fruit from the fig–tree.

noyes@Isaiah:34:6 @ The sword of Jehovah is full of blood; It is covered with fat, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams; For Jehovah holdeth a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

noyes@Isaiah:34:7 @ The wild buffaloes shall fall down with them. And the bullocks with the bulls; The hind shall be drunk with blood, And the ground enriched with fat.

noyes@Isaiah:34:9 @ Her streams shall be turned into pitch, And her dust into brimstone, And her whole land shall become burning pitch.

noyes@Isaiah:34:10 @ Day and night it shall not be quenched; Its smoke shall ascend forever; From generation to generation it shall lie waste; None shall pass through it for ever and ever.

noyes@Isaiah:34:11 @ The pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; The heron and the raven shall dwell in it; Over it will he draw the measuring–line of destruction. And the plummet of desolation.

noyes@Isaiah:34:12 @ Her nobles––none are there, who may proclaim a kingdom, And all her princes have come to naught.

noyes@Isaiah:34:13 @ Thorns shall spring up in her palaces; Nettles and thistles in her strongholds. She shall become a habitation for jackals, A court for ostriches.

noyes@Isaiah:34:14 @ The wild–cats shall fall upon the wolves, And the satyr shall call to his fellow; There also shall the night–spectre light, And find a place of rest.

noyes@Isaiah:34:15 @ There also shall the arrow–snake make her nest, and lay her eggs; She shall hatch them, and gather her young under her shadow: There also shall the vultures be gathered together, Every one with her mate.

noyes@Isaiah:34:16 @ Search ye the book of Jehovah, and read! Not one of these shall fail; Not one shall want her mate; For His mouth, it shall command, And His spirit, it shall gather them.

noyes@Isaiah:34:17 @ He shall cast the lot for them; His hand shall divide it for them with a line; They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

noyes@Isaiah:35:1 @ The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad, And the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose;

noyes@Isaiah:35:2 @ It shall blossom abundantly, and exult with joy and singing; The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it; The beauty of Carmel and Sharon; They shall behold the glory of Jehovah, The majesty of our God;

noyes@Isaiah:35:3 @ Strengthen ye the weak hands, And confirm the tottering knees!

noyes@Isaiah:35:4 @ Say ye to the faint–hearted, "Be ye strong; fear ye not; Behold your God! Vengeance cometh, the retribution of God; He will come and save you!"

noyes@Isaiah:35:5 @ Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, And the ears of the deaf be unstopped.

noyes@Isaiah:35:6 @ Then shall the lame leap like the hart, And the tongue of the dumb shall sing; For in the wilderness shall waters break forth, And streams in the desert.

noyes@Isaiah:35:7 @ The glowing sands shall become a pool, And the thirsty ground springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where they lie, Shall be a place for reeds and rushes.

noyes@Isaiah:35:8 @ And a path shall be there, and a highway, And it shall be called the holy way; No unclean person shall pass over it; it shall be for them alone; He that therein goeth in this way, though a fool, shall not err therein.

noyes@Isaiah:35:10 @ Yea, the ransomed of Jehovah shall return; They shall come to Zion with songs: Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

noyes@Isaiah:36:1 @ In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

noyes@Isaiah:36:2 @ And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, with a great army, against King Hezekiah, and he halted at the aqueduct of the upper pool, in the highway to the fuller’s field.

noyes@Isaiah:36:3 @ Then came forth to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the palace, and Shebna the scribe, and Josh, the son of Asaph, the annalist.

noyes@Isaiah:36:4 @ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say ye to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What a confidence is this which thou cherishest!

noyes@Isaiah:36:5 @ Thou sayest, (but it is vain talk,) "I have counsel and strength for war." In whom, then, dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

noyes@Isaiah:36:6 @ Behold, thou trustest in that broken reed–staff, Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will pierce his hand, and go through it. Such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

noyes@Isaiah:36:7 @ But if ye say to me, "We trust in Jehovah, our God,"––is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship before this altar?

noyes@Isaiah:36:8 @ Engage, now, with my master, the king of Assyria! and I will give thee two thousand horses, when thou art able to provide for thyself riders for them.

noyes@Isaiah:36:9 @ How, then, canst thou resist a single captain, one of the least of the servants of my master? Yet thou trustest in Egypt, on account of her chariots and her horsemen.

noyes@Isaiah:36:10 @ And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah hath said to me, "Go up against this land and destroy it!"

noyes@Isaiah:36:11 @ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Josh to Rabshakeh: Speak, we beseech thee, to thy servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall.

noyes@Isaiah:36:12 @ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to speak these words to thy master and to thee only, and not to the people who sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?

noyes@Isaiah:36:13 @ Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

noyes@Isaiah:36:15 @ And let not Hezekiah persuade you to trust in Jehovah, saying, "Jehovah will certainly deliver us. This city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of Assyria."

noyes@Isaiah:36:16 @ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make peace with me, and come out to me; and ye shall every one eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig–tree, and ye shall every one drink the waters of his own cistern,

noyes@Isaiah:36:17 @ until I come, and take you to a land like your own land; a land of corn, and of new wine, a land of bread and of vineyards.

noyes@Isaiah:36:18 @ Be not persuaded by Hezekiah, when he saith, "Jehovah will deliver us." Have the gods of the nations delivered every one his own land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arphad?

noyes@Isaiah:36:19 @ Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And did the gods deliver Samaria from my hand?

noyes@Isaiah:36:20 @ Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his land out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

noyes@Isaiah:36:21 @ But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s command was, "Answer him not."

noyes@Isaiah:36:22 @ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the palace, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the annalist, to Hezekiah, with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

noyes@Isaiah:37:1 @ And when the king, Hezekiah, heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:37:2 @ And he sent Eliakim, who was over the palace, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

noyes@Isaiah:37:3 @ And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of contempt; for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

noyes@Isaiah:37:4 @ It may be that Jehovah, thy God, will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, hath sent to reproach the living God, and to revile him with the words which Jehovah, thy God, hath heard. Do thou, therefore, lift up thy prayer for the remnant of the people, that is yet left.

noyes@Isaiah:37:5 @ And the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

noyes@Isaiah:37:6 @ And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith Jehovah: Be not afraid on account of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

noyes@Isaiah:37:7 @ Behold, I will put a spirit within him, so that he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

noyes@Isaiah:37:8 @ Then Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

noyes@Isaiah:37:9 @ Then he heard concerning Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, that it was said, "He is come forth to war against thee." And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah and said,

noyes@Isaiah:37:10 @ Thus shall ye say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah: Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

noyes@Isaiah:37:11 @ Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands; how they have utterly destroyed them. And shalt thou be delivered?

noyes@Isaiah:37:12 @ Did the gods of the nations which my father destroyed, deliver them? Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden in Telassar?

noyes@Isaiah:37:13 @ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Henah, and of Ivah?

noyes@Isaiah:37:14 @ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it. Then he went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:37:15 @ And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, saying,

noyes@Isaiah:37:16 @ O Jehovah of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest between the cherubs, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

noyes@Isaiah:37:17 @ Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to reproach the living God.

noyes@Isaiah:37:18 @ In truth, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations, and their lands,

noyes@Isaiah:37:19 @ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.

noyes@Isaiah:37:20 @ But do thou, O Jehovah, our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:37:23 @ Whom hast thou reproached, and reviled, And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, And lifted up thine eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:37:24 @ By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and said: "With the multitude of my chariots have I ascended the heights of the mountains, the extremities of Lebanon; I have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice cypress–trees; I have come to its utmost height, to its garden forest.

noyes@Isaiah:37:25 @ I have digged and drunk water, And with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt."

noyes@Isaiah:37:26 @ Hast thou not heard, that of old I ordained it, And from ancient times purposed it? Now have I brought it to pass, That thou shouldst convert fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

noyes@Isaiah:37:27 @ Therefore were their inhabitants of little strength; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field, and the green herb; As grass upon the house–top, and as corn blasted, before it is grown up.

noyes@Isaiah:37:28 @ I know thy sitting down, thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy rage against me.

noyes@Isaiah:37:29 @ Because thy rage against me, and thy insolence, is come up into my ears, I will put my ring into thy nose, And my bridle into thy lips, And turn thee back by the way in which thou camest.

noyes@Isaiah:37:30 @ And this shall be the sign to thee; Eat this year that which groweth of itself, And in the second year that which groweth of itself, And in the third year ye shall sow and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

noyes@Isaiah:37:31 @ And the remnant of the house of Judah, that have escaped, Shall again strike root downward, And bear fruit upward.

noyes@Isaiah:37:32 @ For from Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And they that have escaped from mount Zion. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

noyes@Isaiah:37:34 @ By the way in which he came, by the same shall he return, And into this city shall he not come, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:37:35 @ For I will defend this city, and deliver it, For mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

noyes@Isaiah:37:36 @ Then an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty–five thousand men; and when the people arose early in the morning, behold they were all dead corpses.

noyes@Isaiah:37:37 @ Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, decamped, and went away, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

noyes@Isaiah:37:38 @ And as he was worshipping in the temple of Nisroch, his god, he was slain with the sword by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer, who escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his stead.

noyes@Isaiah:38:1 @ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death; and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live.

noyes@Isaiah:38:2 @ Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and made his supplication to Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:38:3 @ And he said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes! And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

noyes@Isaiah:38:5 @ Go in and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer; I have seen thy tears. Behold, I will add to thy life fifteen years.

noyes@Isaiah:38:6 @ And I will deliver thee and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

noyes@Isaiah:38:7 @ And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do that which he hath spoken.

noyes@Isaiah:38:9 @ The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered from his sickness.

noyes@Isaiah:38:11 @ I said: "No more shall I see Jehovah, Jehovah in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more Among the inhabitants of stillness.

noyes@Isaiah:38:12 @ My habitation is torn away and removed from me, Like a shepherd’s tent; My life is rolled up as by the weaver; He cutteth me off from the thrum; Between morning and night wilt thou make an end of me!"

noyes@Isaiah:38:13 @ I waited till morning, and like a lion Did he crush all my bones; "Between morning and night wilt thou make an end of me!"

noyes@Isaiah:38:15 @ What shall I say? He promised it, and he hath done it; I will walk humbly all my life On account of the bitterness of my soul.

noyes@Isaiah:38:16 @ Lord, it is thus that men live; From thee alone cometh the life of my spirit; Thou hast restored me, and caused me to live.

noyes@Isaiah:38:21 @ Now Isaiah had said, let them take a lump of figs, and bruise them, and lay them upon the ulcer, and he shall recover.

noyes@Isaiah:39:1 @ At that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered.

noyes@Isaiah:39:2 @ And Hezekiah was delighted with them, and showed the embassy his treasure–house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and his whole armory, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Hezekiah did not show them.

noyes@Isaiah:39:3 @ Then came Isaiah the prophet to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and whence did they come to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.

noyes@Isaiah:39:4 @ Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered: All that is in my house have they seen. There is nothing in my treasures which I have not shown them.

noyes@Isaiah:39:6 @ Behold, the days shall come, when all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have treasured up to this day, shall be carried away to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:39:7 @ And of thy sons, which shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shall he eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

noyes@Isaiah:40:2 @ Speak ye encouragement to Jerusalem, and declare to her, That her hard service is ended; That her iniquity is expiated; That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins.

noyes@Isaiah:40:4 @ Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill be made low; The crooked shall become straight, And the rough places plain.

noyes@Isaiah:40:5 @ For the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it!"

noyes@Isaiah:40:6 @ A voice said, Proclaim! And I said, What shall I proclaim? All flesh is grass, And all its comeliness as the flower of the field.

noyes@Isaiah:40:8 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, But the word of our God shall stand forever.

noyes@Isaiah:40:10 @ Behold, the Lord Jehovah shall come with might, And his arm shall rule for him; Behold, his reward is with him, And his recompense before him.

noyes@Isaiah:40:11 @ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather up the lambs in his arms, And carry them in his bosom, And gently lead the nursing ewes.

noyes@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And meted out the heavens with his span, And gathered the dust of the earth into a measure, And weighed the mountains in scales, And the hills in a balance?

noyes@Isaiah:40:14 @ With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, And taught him the path of justice, And taught him knowledge, And showed him the way of understanding?

noyes@Isaiah:40:15 @ Behold, the nations are as a drop from a bucket, And are accounted as the small dust of the balance; Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing,

noyes@Isaiah:40:16 @ And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, Nor its beasts for a burnt–offering.

noyes@Isaiah:40:17 @ All the nations are as nothing before him; They are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

noyes@Isaiah:40:18 @ To whom then will ye liken God, And what likeness will ye compare unto him?

noyes@Isaiah:40:19 @ The workman casteth an image, And the smith overlayeth it with gold, And casteth for it silver chains.

noyes@Isaiah:40:22 @ It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants are to him as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a canopy, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

noyes@Isaiah:40:23 @ That bringeth princes to nothing, And reduceth the rulers of the earth to vanity.

noyes@Isaiah:40:24 @ Yea, scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, Scarcely hath their stem taken root in the ground, When He bloweth upon them and they wither, And the whirlwind beareth them away like stubble.

noyes@Isaiah:40:25 @ To whom then will ye liken me, And to whom shall I be compared? Saith the Holy One.

noyes@Isaiah:40:26 @ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and behold! Who hath created these? He draweth forth their host by number, He calleth them all by name; Through the greatness of his strength and the mightiness of his power, Not one of them faileth to appear.

noyes@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, "My way is hidden from Jehovah, My cause passeth by before my God"?

noyes@Isaiah:40:28 @ Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Jehovah is an everlasting God, The creator of the ends of the earth; He fainteth not, nor is he weary; His understanding is unsearchable.

noyes@Isaiah:40:30 @ The youths shall faint and be weary, And the young warriors shall utterly fall.

noyes@Isaiah:40:31 @ But they that trust in Jehovah shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles; They shall run and not be weary; They shall walk and not faint.

noyes@Isaiah:41:1 @ Keep silence, and hear me, ye distant lands. Ye nations, gather your strength! Let them come near; then let them speak; Let us go together into judgment.

noyes@Isaiah:41:2 @ Who hath raised up from the region of the East Him whom victory meeteth in his march? Who hath subdued nations before him, And given him dominion over kings? Who made their swords like dust, And their bows like driven stubble?

noyes@Isaiah:41:3 @ He pursued them, and passed in safety, By a path which his foot had never trodden.

noyes@Isaiah:41:4 @ Who hath wrought and done it? I, who have called the generations from the beginning, I, Jehovah, the first; And with the last also am I.

noyes@Isaiah:41:5 @ Distant nations saw it, and were afraid; The ends of the earth, and trembled; They drew near, and came together.

noyes@Isaiah:41:6 @ One helped another, And said to him, "Be of good courage!"

noyes@Isaiah:41:7 @ The carpenter encouraged the smith, He that smoothed with the hammer him that smote on the anvil, And said, "The soldering is good," And he fastened it with nails that it might not fall.

noyes@Isaiah:41:9 @ Thou, whom I have led by the hand from the ends of the earth, And called from the extremities thereof, And said to thee, "Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away!"

noyes@Isaiah:41:10 @ Fear not, for I am with thee; Faint not, for I, thy God, will strengthen thee; I will help thee, and sustain thee, with my right hand of salvation!

noyes@Isaiah:41:11 @ Behold, all who are enraged against thee Shall be ashamed and confounded; All that contend with thee Shall come to nothing and perish.

noyes@Isaiah:41:12 @ Thou shalt seek and not find Them that contend with thee; They shall come to nothing, and be no more, Who make war against thee.

noyes@Isaiah:41:13 @ For I, Jehovah, am thy God, that holdeth thee by the right hand, That saith to thee, "Fear not, I am thy helper!"

noyes@Isaiah:41:15 @ Behold, I will make thee a thrashing–wain, sharp and new, With double edges; Thou shalt thrash the mountains, and beat them small, And make the hills as chaff.

noyes@Isaiah:41:16 @ Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:41:17 @ When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst, I, Jehovah, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

noyes@Isaiah:41:18 @ I will open rivers upon the bare hills, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water.

noyes@Isaiah:41:19 @ I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia, The myrtle and the olive–tree; I will place in the desert the cypress, The plane–tree and the larch together.

noyes@Isaiah:41:20 @ That they may see, and know, And consider, and understand together, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And that the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

noyes@Isaiah:41:22 @ Let them produce them, and show us what shall happen! Tell us what ye have predicted in times past, That we may consider, and know its fulfilment! Or declare to us things that are to come!

noyes@Isaiah:41:23 @ Let us hear what shall happen in future times, That we may know whether ye are gods; Do something, be it good or evil, That we may be astonished, and see it together!

noyes@Isaiah:41:24 @ Behold, ye are less than nothing, And your work is less than naught; An abomination is he that chooseth you!

noyes@Isaiah:41:25 @ I have raised up one from the north, and he cometh; From the rising of the sun he calleth upon my name; He trampleth upon princes as upon mortar; As the potter treadeth down the clay.

noyes@Isaiah:41:26 @ Who hath declared this from the beginning, that we might know it, And long ago, that we might say, It is true? There was not one that foretold it, not one that declared it, Not one that heard your words.

noyes@Isaiah:41:27 @ I first said to Zion, Behold! behold them! And I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of glad tidings.

noyes@Isaiah:41:29 @ But behold, they are all vanity; Their works are nothing; Wind and emptiness are their molten images.

noyes@Isaiah:42:3 @ The bruised reed shall he not break, And the glimmering flax shall he not quench; He shall send forth law according to truth.

noyes@Isaiah:42:4 @ He shall not fail, nor become weary, Until he shall have established justice in the earth. And distant nations shall wait for his law.

noyes@Isaiah:42:5 @ Thus saith God Jehovah, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth, and that which springeth forth from it, Who gave breath to the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk thereon:

noyes@Isaiah:42:6 @ I, Jehovah, have called thee for salvation; I will hold thee by the hand; I will defend thee, and make thee a covenant to the people, A light to the nations;

noyes@Isaiah:42:7 @ To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison–house.

noyes@Isaiah:42:8 @ I am Jehovah, that is my name; And my glory will I not give to another, Nor my praise to graven images.

noyes@Isaiah:42:9 @ The former things, behold! they are come to pass, And new things do I now declare; Before they spring forth, I make them known to you.

noyes@Isaiah:42:10 @ Sing to Jehovah a new song; His praise to the ends of the earth; Ye that go down upon the sea, and all that fill it; Ye distant coasts, and ye that dwell therein!

noyes@Isaiah:42:11 @ Let the desert cry aloud, and the cities thereof; The villages, that Kedar inhabiteth; Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

noyes@Isaiah:42:12 @ Let them give glory to Jehovah, And proclaim his praise in distant lands!

noyes@Isaiah:42:13 @ Jehovah shall march forth like a hero; Like a mighty warrior shall he rouse his indignation, He shall cry aloud; he shall shout the war–cry, And show himself mighty against his enemies.

noyes@Isaiah:42:14 @ "I have long held my peace; I have been still and refrained myself; But now will I cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy and swallow up at once.

noyes@Isaiah:42:15 @ I will lay waste mountains and hills, And dry up all their herbs. I will make the river solid land, And dry up the pools of water.

noyes@Isaiah:42:16 @ Then will I lead the blind in a way which they know not, And in unknown paths will I guide them; I will make darkness light before them, And crooked paths straight; These things will I do for them, and not forsake them."

noyes@Isaiah:42:17 @ Then shall they be turned back, and be put to shame, Who trust in graven images; Who say to molten images, "Ye are our gods!"

noyes@Isaiah:42:18 @ Hear, O ye deaf! And look, ye blind, and see!

noyes@Isaiah:42:19 @ Who is blind, if not my servant? And who so deaf as my messenger, whom I send? Who so blind as the friend of God, So blind as the servant of Jehovah?

noyes@Isaiah:42:21 @ It pleased Jehovah for his goodness’ sake To give him a law, great and glorious;

noyes@Isaiah:42:22 @ And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons, And hid in dungeons; They have become a spoil, and none delivereth; A prey, and none saith, "Restore!"

noyes@Isaiah:42:23 @ Who is there among you that will give ear to this, That will listen and attend for the time to come?

noyes@Isaiah:42:24 @ Who gave Jacob to be a spoil, And Israel to plunderers? Was it not Jehovah, against whom we sinned, In whose ways we would not walk, And whose laws we would not obey?

noyes@Isaiah:42:25 @ Therefore hath he poured out upon Israel the fury of his wrath, and the violence of war; It kindled a flame around about him, yet he did not regard it; It set him on fire, yet he laid it not to heart.

noyes@Isaiah:43:2 @ When thou passest through waters, I will be with thee; And through rivers, they shall not overflow thee; When thou walkest through fire, thou shalt not be burned, And the flame shall not consume thee.

noyes@Isaiah:43:3 @ For I am Jehovah, thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy saviour. I will give Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee;

noyes@Isaiah:43:4 @ Because thou art precious in my sight, Because thou art honored, and I love thee, Therefore will I give men for thee, And nations for thy life.

noyes@Isaiah:43:5 @ Fear not, for I am with thee! I will bring thy children from the East, And gather thee from the West.

noyes@Isaiah:43:6 @ I will say to the North, "Give them up!" And to the South, "Withhold them not! Bring my sons from afar, And my daughters from the ends of the earth;

noyes@Isaiah:43:7 @ Every one that is called by my name, That I have created for my glory, That I have formed and made!"

noyes@Isaiah:43:8 @ Bring forth the blind people, having eyes, And the deaf, having ears.

noyes@Isaiah:43:9 @ Let all the nations be gathered together, And the kingdoms be assembled! Who among them hath declared this, And can show us former predictions? Let them produce their witnesses that they are right; That men may hear, and say, It is true!

noyes@Isaiah:43:10 @ Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, And my servant whom I have chosen, That ye may know and believe me, And understand that I am He. Before me was no god formed, And after me there shall be none.

noyes@Isaiah:43:11 @ I, I am Jehovah, And besides me there is no saviour.

noyes@Isaiah:43:12 @ I have declared and have saved; I made it known, when there was no strange god among you; Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, That I am God.

noyes@Isaiah:43:13 @ Even from the beginning of time I have been He, And none can rescue from my hand; I undertake, and who can hinder?

noyes@Isaiah:43:14 @ Thus saith Jehovah, Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes have I sent to Babylon, And caused all her fugitives, And the Chaldeans, to descend to the ships of their delight.

noyes@Isaiah:43:16 @ Thus saith Jehovah,––He that made a way in the sea, And a path in the mighty waters,

noyes@Isaiah:43:17 @ That caused the chariot and the horse, the army and the forces, to march forth; There they lay down together; they rose no more; They were extinguished; they were quenched like a torch; ––

noyes@Isaiah:43:19 @ Behold, I do a new thing; Now shall it spring forth; yea, ye shall see it. Behold, I make a way in the wilderness, And streams in the desert;

noyes@Isaiah:43:20 @ The beasts of the forest shall honor me, The jackals and the ostriches; For I make rivers in the wilderness And streams in the desert, To give drink to my people, my chosen.

noyes@Isaiah:43:24 @ Thou hast bought me no sweet–smelling reed with silver, Neither hast thou satisfied me with the fat of thy sacrifices; With thy sins hast thou burdened me, And wearied me with thine iniquities.

noyes@Isaiah:43:25 @ I, I myself, blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, And will not remember thy sins.

noyes@Isaiah:43:27 @ Thy forefathers sinned, And thy teachers were rebellious against me;

noyes@Isaiah:43:28 @ Therefore have I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, And given up Jacob to a curse, And Israel to reproach.

noyes@Isaiah:44:1 @ Yet now hear, O Jacob, my servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen;

noyes@Isaiah:44:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah, thy Creator, He that formed thee, and hath helped thee from thy birth, Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, O Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

noyes@Isaiah:44:3 @ For I will pour water upon the thirsty land, And streams upon the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on thy children, And my blessing on thine offspring;

noyes@Isaiah:44:4 @ And they shall grow up, as among grass; As willows by the water–brooks.

noyes@Isaiah:44:5 @ One shall say, "I belong to Jehovah"; Another shall call upon the name of Jacob; Another shall write upon his hand, Jehovah’s! And praise the name of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:44:6 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, His redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I the last, And besides me there is no God.

noyes@Isaiah:44:7 @ Who like me hath proclaimed the future,––Let him declare it, and set it in order before me!–– Since I established the people of old? Let them make known the future, even that which is to come!

noyes@Isaiah:44:8 @ Fear ye not, neither be ye afraid! Have I not declared and made it known to you of old? Ye are my witnesses; Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no other rock; I know not any.

noyes@Isaiah:44:9 @ They that make a graven image are all of them vanity, And their valued works are profitable for nothing; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor understand, So that they may be ashamed.

noyes@Isaiah:44:10 @ Who hath formed a god, And cast a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?

noyes@Isaiah:44:11 @ Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; The workmen are themselves mortal men; They shall all be assembled; they shall stand up; They shall tremble, and be put to shame together!

noyes@Isaiah:44:12 @ The smith prepareth an axe in the coals, And fashioneth it with hammers, And worketh it with his strong arm; He becometh hungry, and his strength faileth; He drinketh no water, and is faint.

noyes@Isaiah:44:14 @ He heweth him down cedars; He taketh the ilex and the oak; He chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest; He planteth the ash, and the rain matureth it;

noyes@Isaiah:44:15 @ These are fuel for man; He taketh thereof and warmeth himself; He kindleth with it, and baketh bread; A god also he formeth of it, and worshippeth it; A graven image, and falleth down before it.

noyes@Isaiah:44:16 @ Half of it he burneth with fire; With half of it he eateth flesh; He roasteth meat, and satisfieth himself; He also warmeth himself, and saith, Aha! I am warm; I feel the fire.

noyes@Isaiah:44:17 @ Of the residue he maketh a god, even his graven image; He falleth down before it and worshippeth it, And prayeth to it, and saith, "Deliver me, for thou art my God!"

noyes@Isaiah:44:18 @ They know not, neither understand; For their eyes are closed up, that they cannot see, And their hearts, that they cannot understand.

noyes@Isaiah:44:19 @ None considereth in his mind, Or hath knowledge and understanding to say: "Half of it I have burned with fire; I have also baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and have eaten; And shall I make the remnant an abomination? Shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?"

noyes@Isaiah:44:20 @ He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

noyes@Isaiah:44:22 @ I have caused thy transgressions to vanish like a cloud, And thy sins like a mist; Return to me, for I have redeemed thee!

noyes@Isaiah:44:23 @ Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; Shout, O ye depths of the earth! Break forth into song, ye mountains! Thou forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And glorified himself in Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:44:25 @ Who frustrateth the signs of deceivers, And maketh the diviners mad; Who putteth the wise men to shame, And maketh their knowledge folly;

noyes@Isaiah:44:26 @ Who establisheth the word of his servant, And performeth the purpose of his messengers; Who saith of Jerusalem, "She shall be inhabited," And of the cities of Judah, "They shall be built," And, "Her desolated places I will restore."

noyes@Isaiah:44:28 @ Who saith of Cyrus, "He is my shepherd; He shall perform all my pleasure"; Who saith of Jerusalem, "She shall be built," And of the temple, "Her foundation shall be laid."

noyes@Isaiah:45:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, To Cyrus, whom I hold by his right hand, To subdue nations before him, And ungird the loins of kings; To open before him the two–leaved gates, And the doors shall not be shut.

noyes@Isaiah:45:2 @ I will go before thee, And make the high places plain; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron.

noyes@Isaiah:45:3 @ I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayst know that I am Jehovah Who calleth thee by name, the God of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:45:4 @ For the sake of Jacob, my servant, And Israel, my chosen, I have called thee by thy name; I have spoken to thee as a friend, though thou hast not known me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:5 @ I am Jehovah, and none else; There is no God besides me; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:6 @ That men may know from the rising of the sun, And from the West, that there is none besides me; I am Jehovah, and none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:7 @ I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, Jehovah, do all these things.

noyes@Isaiah:45:8 @ Pour forth, ye heavens, from above; Ye clouds, shower down prosperity! Let the earth open, and bring forth salvation; Yea, let righteousness spring up together! I, Jehovah, create it.

noyes@Isaiah:45:9 @ Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! A potsherd of the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work say of thee, He hath no hands?

noyes@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask of me concerning things to come; My children, the work of my hands, leave them to me!

noyes@Isaiah:45:12 @ I made the earth, And created man upon it; My hands spread out the heavens, And all their host did I arrange.

noyes@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised him up for salvation, And I will make all his ways plain; He shall build my city, and release my captives, Not for price, and not for ransom, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:45:14 @ Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of the Ethiopians and Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to thee, and be thine; They shall follow thee; in chains shall they pass along; They shall fall down to thee, and make supplication to thee: "In thee alone is God, and there is none else; There is no other God."

noyes@Isaiah:45:16 @ They shall all be ashamed and confounded, They shall go to confusion together, That are makers of idols.

noyes@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus saith Jehovah, who created the heavens; The God that formed the earth and made it; he that made it firm; He created it not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:20 @ Assemble yourselves and come; Gather yourselves together, ye that are escaped of the nations! They are without understanding, who carry about with them the wood of their graven image, And pray to a god that cannot save.

noyes@Isaiah:45:21 @ Proclaim ye, and bring them near, And let them take counsel together: Who hath made this known from ancient time? Who hath declared it of old? Is it not I, Jehovah, besides whom there is no God? A God that uttereth truth, and giveth salvation; there is none besides me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:22 @ Look to me, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:24 @ "Only in Jehovah," shall men say, "Is salvation and strength; To him shall come and be put to shame, All that are incensed against him."

noyes@Isaiah:45:25 @ Through Jehovah shall all the race of Israel be delivered, And in him shall they glory.

noyes@Isaiah:46:1 @ Bel sinketh down; Nebo falleth; Their images are laid upon beasts and cattle; Those that ye once bore are packed upon them; A burden to the weary beast!

noyes@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel; Ye that have been borne by me from your birth, That have been carried by me from your earliest breath!

noyes@Isaiah:46:4 @ Even to your old age I am the same; Even to hoar hairs I will carry you; I have done it, and I will still bear you; I will carry, and will deliver you.

noyes@Isaiah:46:5 @ To whom will ye liken me, and compare me? Yea, to whom will ye compare me, that we may be like?

noyes@Isaiah:46:6 @ They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; They fall down, yea, they worship it.

noyes@Isaiah:46:7 @ They lift him upon the shoulder, and carry him; They set him in his place, and there he standeth; From his place he moveth not; Yea, one may cry to him, yet doth he not answer, Nor save him out of his distress.

noyes@Isaiah:46:8 @ Remember these things, and show yourselves men; Lay them to heart, ye apostates!

noyes@Isaiah:46:9 @ Remember the former things in ancient times! For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.

noyes@Isaiah:46:10 @ Declaring the end from the beginning; From ancient times the things that were not yet done; Saying, My purpose shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure;

noyes@Isaiah:47:1 @ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!

noyes@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the mill–stones and grind meal; Raise thy veil, lift up thy train; Make bare the leg, wade through the streams!

noyes@Isaiah:47:3 @ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, And thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance; I will make peace with none.

noyes@Isaiah:47:6 @ I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Even upon the aged didst thou lay a very grievous yoke.

noyes@Isaiah:47:8 @ But hear thou this, thou that art given to pleasure! That sittest in security, And sayest in thy heart, "I am, and there is none besides me; I shall not be a widow, Nor see myself childless!"

noyes@Isaiah:47:9 @ Behold, both these things shall come upon thee suddenly, in one day, Loss of children, and widowhood; In full measure shall they come upon thee, In spite of thy many sorceries, And the great abundance of thy enchantments.

noyes@Isaiah:47:10 @ Thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, "No one seeth me"; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have led thee astray; Thou saidst in thy heart, "I am, and there is none besides me";

noyes@Isaiah:47:11 @ Therefore shall evil come upon thee, of which thou shalt not know the dawn; And mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to expiate; Suddenly shall desolation come upon thee, when thou thinkest not of it.

noyes@Isaiah:47:13 @ Art thou wearied with thy many devices? Let them stand up, then, and save thee, The observers of the heavens, the star–gazers, They that prognosticate at every new moon The things that shall come upon thee!

noyes@Isaiah:48:1 @ Hear this, O house of Jacob! Ye that are called by the name of Israel; Ye that have come forth from the fountain of Judah; Ye that swear by the name of Jehovah, And praise the God of Israel, But not in truth and sincerity!

noyes@Isaiah:48:2 @ For they call themselves of the holy city, And stay themselves on the God of Israel, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts:––

noyes@Isaiah:48:3 @ What hath happened I declared to you long ago; From my mouth it proceeded, and I made it known; On a sudden I effected it, and it came to pass.

noyes@Isaiah:48:4 @ Because I knew that thou art obstinate, And that thy neck is a bar of iron, And that thy brow is brass,

noyes@Isaiah:48:5 @ I declared it to thee long ago; Before it came to pass, I made it known to thee; Lest thou shouldst say, My idol effected it, And my graven image, and my molten image ordained it.

noyes@Isaiah:48:6 @ Thou hast heard it; now see it all! And will ye not confess it? From this time I make you hear a new thing, Even a hidden thing, which thou hast not known.

noyes@Isaiah:48:7 @ It is produced now, and not long ago; Before this day thou hast not heard of it, Lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew it.

noyes@Isaiah:48:8 @ Yea, thou heardest it not; yea, thou knewest it not; Yea, it was not disclosed to thee long ago; For I knew that thou wast wholly faithless, And wast called rebellious from thy birth.

noyes@Isaiah:48:9 @ For the sake of my name I will defer my anger, And for the sake of my praise I will restrain it from thee, That I may not utterly cut thee off.

noyes@Isaiah:48:10 @ Behold, I have melted thee, and found no silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.

noyes@Isaiah:48:11 @ For mine own sake will I do it; For how would my name be blasphemed? And my glory will I not give to another.

noyes@Isaiah:48:12 @ Hearken to me, O Jacob, And Israel, whom I have called! I am He, I am the first, and I the last.

noyes@Isaiah:48:13 @ Yea, my hand hath founded the earth, And my right hand hath spread out the heavens; I called them; they stood forth together.

noyes@Isaiah:48:14 @ Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among you hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth will execute his pleasure upon Babylon, And his power upon the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Isaiah:48:15 @ I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.

noyes@Isaiah:48:16 @ Draw near to me, and hear ye this! I spake not in secret from the beginning; And since it began to be, I have been there; And now hath the Lord Jehovah sent me with his spirit.

noyes@Isaiah:48:18 @ O that thou wouldst hearken to my commandments! Then shall thy peace be as a river, And thy prosperity as the waves of the sea;

noyes@Isaiah:48:19 @ Then shall thy posterity be as the sand, And the fruit of thy body as the offspring of the sea; Thy name shall not be cut off, nor destroyed before me.

noyes@Isaiah:48:20 @ Come ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the land of the Chaldaeans with the voice of joy! Publish ye this, and make it known; Let it resound to the ends of the earth! Say: "Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob;

noyes@Isaiah:48:21 @ They thirst not in the deserts through which he leadeth them; Waters from the rock he causeth to flow for them; He cleaveth the rock, and the waters gush forth.

noyes@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen to me, ye distant lands! Attend, ye nations from afar! Jehovah called me at my birth; In my very childhood he called me by name.

noyes@Isaiah:49:2 @ He made my mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of his hand did he hide me. He made me a polished shaft; In his quiver did he hide me.

noyes@Isaiah:49:4 @ Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.

noyes@Isaiah:49:5 @ And now thus saith Jehovah, Who formed me from my birth to be his servant To bring Jacob to him again, And that Israel might be gathered to him,––For I am honored in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God is my strength,––

noyes@Isaiah:49:6 @ He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.

noyes@Isaiah:49:7 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised by men, abhorred by the people, To the servant of tyrants; Kings shall see, and stand up, Princes, and they shall pay homage, On account of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

noyes@Isaiah:49:8 @ Thus saith Jehovah; In the time of favor will I hear thee; In the day of deliverance will I help thee; I will preserve thee, and make thee a mediator for the people, To restore the land, to distribute the desolated inheritances;

noyes@Isaiah:49:9 @ To say to the prisoners, Go forth! To them that are in darkness, Come to the light! They shall feed in the ways, And on all high places shall be their pasture.

noyes@Isaiah:49:11 @ And I will make all my mountains a highway; And my roads shall be prepared.

noyes@Isaiah:49:12 @ Behold! these shall come from far; And behold! these from the North and from the West, And these from the land of Sinim.

noyes@Isaiah:49:13 @ Sing, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth! Break forth into singing, ye mountains! For Jehovah comforteth his people, And hath compassion on his afflicted ones.

noyes@Isaiah:49:16 @ Behold, I have graven thee on the palms of my hands; Thy walls are ever before my eyes.

noyes@Isaiah:49:17 @ Thy children shall make haste; They that destroyed and laid thee waste shall depart from thee.

noyes@Isaiah:49:18 @ Lift up thine eyes around, and see! They all assemble themselves, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with a rich dress; Thou shalt bind them on thee, as a bride her jewels.

noyes@Isaiah:49:19 @ For thy waste and desolate places, and thy land laid in ruins, Shall now be too narrow for the inhabitants; And they that devoured thee shall be far away.

noyes@Isaiah:49:21 @ And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these? I surely was childless and unfruitful, An exile, and an outcast; who then hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, then, where were they?

noyes@Isaiah:49:22 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will lift up my hand to the nations, And set up my standard to the kingdoms; They shall bring thy sons in their arms, And thy daughters upon their shoulders.

noyes@Isaiah:49:23 @ And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And queens thy nursing mothers; Upon their faces shall they bow down before thee, And lick the dust of thy feet. Thus shalt thou know that I am Jehovah; And they who trust in me shall not be put to shame.

noyes@Isaiah:49:25 @ Yea, thus saith Jehovah, The prey shall be taken away from the mighty, And the spoil of the terrible shall be rescued; For with him that contendeth with thee will I contend, (note:)(49:26)(:note) And I will save thy children.

noyes@Isaiah:50:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, By which I dismissed her? Or who is he among my creditors To whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities are ye sold, And for your transgressions was your mother dismissed.

noyes@Isaiah:50:2 @ Wherefore, when I came, was no man at hand? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, And make the rivers a desert. Their fish putrefy for want of water, And die with thirst.

noyes@Isaiah:50:3 @ I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.

noyes@Isaiah:50:5 @ The Lord Jehovah opened mine ear, And I was not disobedient, Neither did I withdraw myself backward.

noyes@Isaiah:50:6 @ I gave my back to the smiters, And my cheeks to them that pluck the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

noyes@Isaiah:50:8 @ He that defendeth my cause is near; Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together! Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me!

noyes@Isaiah:50:10 @ Who is there among you that feareth Jehovah, That hearkeneth to the voice of his servant, That walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

noyes@Isaiah:50:11 @ Behold, all ye who kindle a fire, Who gird yourselves with burning arrows! Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the burning arrows which ye have kindled. This shall ye have from my hand; Ye shall lie down in sorrow.

noyes@Isaiah:51:2 @ Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah that bore you! For I called him when only one, And blessed him, and multiplied him.

noyes@Isaiah:51:3 @ Thus will Jehovah have pity upon Zion; He will have pity upon all her desolations. He will make her wilderness like Eden, Her desert like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness shall be found therein; Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

noyes@Isaiah:51:4 @ Hearken to me, O my people! And give ear to me, O my nation! For a law shall proceed from me, And I will establish my statutes for the light of the nations.

noyes@Isaiah:51:5 @ My help is near; my salvation goeth forth; My arm shall judge the nations; Distant lands shall wait for me, And in my arm shall they trust.

noyes@Isaiah:51:6 @ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look down upon the earth beneath! For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, And the earth shall decay like a garment, And its inhabitants shall perish like flies. But my salvation shall endure forever, And my goodness shall not decay.

noyes@Isaiah:51:8 @ For the moth shall consume them like a garment, And the worm shall eat them like wool. But my goodness shall endure forever, And my salvation from generation to generation.

noyes@Isaiah:51:10 @ Art thou not the same that smote Rahab, And wounded the dragon? Art thou not the same that dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep,––That made the depths of the sea a path for the redeemed to pass through?

noyes@Isaiah:51:11 @ Thus shall the ransomed of Jehovah return; They shall come to Zion with singing; Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; They shall obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

noyes@Isaiah:51:13 @ And forgettest Jehovah thy maker, That stretched out the heavens, And founded the earth, And fearest continually every day, On account of the fury of the oppressor, As if he were taking aim to destroy thee? Where now is the fury of the oppressor?

noyes@Isaiah:51:16 @ I have put my words into thy mouth, And have covered thee with the shadow of my hand, To establish the heavens, and to found the earth. And to say to Zion, "Thou art my people!"

noyes@Isaiah:51:17 @ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem! Thou that hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury, Thou that hast drunk to the dregs the cup of giddiness!

noyes@Isaiah:51:18 @ There is not one to lead her, of all the sons which she hath brought forth, Nor is there one to take her by the hand, of all the sons which she hath nurtured.

noyes@Isaiah:51:19 @ These two things have come upon thee, And who bemoaneth thee? Desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword; How shall I comfort thee?

noyes@Isaiah:51:21 @ Therefore, hear this, thou afflicted, Thou drunken, and not with wine!

noyes@Isaiah:51:22 @ Thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, And thy God, that defendeth the cause of his people. Behold, I will take from thy hand the cup of giddiness, The cup of my wrath; Thou shalt drink no more of it.

noyes@Isaiah:51:23 @ And I will put it into the hand of them that have afflicted thee; That have said to thee, "Bow down, that we may pass over!" And thou madest thy body as the ground, And as the street, to them that passed over.

noyes@Isaiah:52:1 @ Awake, awake, put on thy majesty, O Zion! Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For no more shall come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

noyes@Isaiah:52:2 @ Shake thyself from the dust, Arise and sit erect, O Jerusalem! Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

noyes@Isaiah:52:3 @ For thus saith Jehovah: For naught were ye sold, And without money shall ye be ransomed.

noyes@Isaiah:52:4 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down to Egypt formerly to sojourn there, And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

noyes@Isaiah:52:5 @ And now, what have I here to do, saith the Lord, When my people is taken away for naught, And their tyrants exult, saith Jehovah, And all the day long my name is blasphemed.

noyes@Isaiah:52:12 @ For not in haste shall ye go forth, Nor in flight shall ye pass along; For Jehovah shall march in your front, And the God of Israel bring up your rear.

noyes@Isaiah:52:13 @ Behold, my servant shall prosper; He shall be lifted up, and set on high, and greatly exalted.

noyes@Isaiah:52:14 @ As many were amazed at the sight of him,––So disfigured and scarcely human was his visage, And so unlike that of a man was his form,––

noyes@Isaiah:52:15 @ So shall he cause many nations to exult on account of him; Kings shall shut their mouths before him. For what had never been told them shall they see, And what they never heard shall they perceive.

noyes@Isaiah:53:1 @ Who hath believed our report, And to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

noyes@Isaiah:53:3 @ He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.

noyes@Isaiah:53:4 @ But he bore our diseases, And carried our pains, And we esteemed him stricken from above, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

noyes@Isaiah:53:5 @ But he was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; For our peace was the chastisement upon him, And by his stripes are we healed.

noyes@Isaiah:53:6 @ All we, like sheep, were going astray; We turned every one to his own way, And Jehovah laid upon him the iniquity of us all.

noyes@Isaiah:53:7 @ He was oppressed, that was already afflicted. Yet he opened not his mouth; As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, He opened not his mouth.

noyes@Isaiah:53:8 @ By oppression and punishment he was taken away, And who in his generation would consider That he was cut off from the land of the living, That for the transgression of my people he was smitten?

noyes@Isaiah:53:9 @ His grave was appointed with the wicked, And with the rich man was his sepulchre, Although he had done no injustice, And there was no deceit in his mouth.

noyes@Isaiah:53:10 @ It pleased Jehovah severely to bruise him; But when he hath made his life a sacrifice for sin, He shall see posterity; he shall prolong his days, And the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

noyes@Isaiah:53:11 @ Free from his sorrows, he shall see and be satisfied; By his knowledge shall my righteous servant lead many to righteousness, And he shall bear their iniquities.

noyes@Isaiah:53:12 @ Therefore will I give him his portion with the mighty, And with heroes shall he divide the spoil, Because he poured out his soul unto death, And was numbered with transgressors; Because he bore the sin of many, And made intercession for transgressors.

noyes@Isaiah:54:1 @ Sing, O thou barren, that didst not hear! Break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that wast not in travail! For more are the children of the desolate Than of the married woman, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:54:2 @ Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let the canopy of thy habitation be extended! Spare not; lengthen thy cords, And make fast thy stakes!

noyes@Isaiah:54:3 @ For on the right hand and on the left shalt thou burst forth with increase; And thy posterity shall inherit the nations, And people the desolate cities.

noyes@Isaiah:54:4 @ Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded; Blush not, for thou shalt not be put to shame. For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shalt remember no more.

noyes@Isaiah:54:5 @ For thy husband is thy Maker; Jehovah of hosts is his name. Thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

noyes@Isaiah:54:6 @ For as a woman forsaken, and deeply afflicted, hath Jehovah recalled thee, And as a wife wedded in youth, that hath been rejected, saith thy God.

noyes@Isaiah:54:10 @ For the mountains shall depart, And the hills be overthrown, But my kindness shall not depart from thee, Nor shall my covenant of peace be overthrown, Saith Jehovah, that hath pity on thee.

noyes@Isaiah:54:11 @ O thou afflicted, beaten with the storm, destitute of consolation! Behold, I lay thy stones in cement of vermilion, And thy foundations with sapphires.

noyes@Isaiah:54:12 @ And I will make thy battlements of rubies, And thy gates of carbuncles, And all thy borders fill of precious stones.

noyes@Isaiah:54:13 @ All thy children shall be taught by Jehovah, And great shall be the prosperity of thy children.

noyes@Isaiah:54:14 @ By righteousness shalt thou be established; Be thou far from anxiety, for thou shalt have nothing to fear, And from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

noyes@Isaiah:54:15 @ If any be leagued against thee, it is not by my command; Whoever shall be leagued against thee shall come over to thee.

noyes@Isaiah:54:16 @ Behold, I create the smith, Who bloweth up the coals into a fire, And produceth an instrument for his work; I also create the destroyer to lay waste.

noyes@Isaiah:54:17 @ Whatever weapon is formed against thee, it shall not prosper; And against every tongue that contendeth with thee, thou shalt obtain thy cause. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And the blessing which they receive from me, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:55:1 @ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters! Even ye that have no money, come ye, buy and eat! Yea, come, buy wine and milk, Without money and without price.

noyes@Isaiah:55:2 @ Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, And your substance for that which doth not satisfy? Listen attentively to me; so shall ye eat that which is good, And your soul shall delight itself with delicacies.

noyes@Isaiah:55:3 @ Incline your ear, and come to me; Hear, and your soul shall live! And I will make with you an everlasting covenant; I will give you the sure mercies of David.

noyes@Isaiah:55:4 @ Behold, I gave him for a commander to the nations; For a prince, and a lawgiver to the nations.

noyes@Isaiah:55:5 @ Behold, the nation which thou knowest not thou shalt call; And the nation which knew not thee shall run to thee, For the sake of Jehovah, thy God, And of the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.

noyes@Isaiah:55:7 @ Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him, And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

noyes@Isaiah:55:9 @ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.

noyes@Isaiah:55:10 @ For as the rain and the snow descend from heaven, And return not thither, But water the earth, and make it bear and put forth its increase, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater;

noyes@Isaiah:55:11 @ So shall my word be, that goeth forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void; But it shall bring to pass that which is my pleasure, And it shall accomplish that for which I send it.

noyes@Isaiah:55:12 @ For ye shall go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

noyes@Isaiah:55:13 @ Instead of the thorn shall grow up the cypress–tree, And instead of the bramble shall grow up the myrtle–tree, And it shall be to Jehovah for a name; For an everlasting memorial, that shall not pass away.

noyes@Isaiah:56:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye justice, and practise righteousness; For the coming of my salvation is near, And my deliverance is soon to be revealed.

noyes@Isaiah:56:2 @ Happy the man that doeth this, And the son of man that holdeth it fast; That keepeth the sabbath, and profaneth it not, And restraineth his hand from doing evil.

noyes@Isaiah:56:3 @ And let not the stranger that joineth himself to Jehovah say, Jehovah hath wholly separated me from his people. And let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree!

noyes@Isaiah:56:4 @ For thus saith Jehovah concerning the eunuchs: They that keep my sabbaths, And take pleasure in doing my will, And hold fast my covenant,

noyes@Isaiah:56:5 @ To them will I give in my house, and within my walls, a portion and a name, Better than of sons and daughters; An everlasting name will I give them, That shall never fade away.

noyes@Isaiah:56:6 @ The strangers, also, that join themselves to Jehovah, to serve him, To love the name of Jehovah, and to be his servants. Every one that keepeth the sabbath, and profaneth it not, And holdeth fast my covenant,

noyes@Isaiah:56:7 @ Them will I bring to my holy mountain, And I will make them rejoice in my house of prayer; Their burnt–offerings and sacrifices shall be accepted on mine altar; For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.

noyes@Isaiah:56:12 @ "Come on, let me bring wine, And let us fill ourselves with strong drink, And to–morrow shall be as to–day, And even much more abundant."

noyes@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.

noyes@Isaiah:57:3 @ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, Ye brood of the adulterer and the harlot!

noyes@Isaiah:57:4 @ Of whom do ye make your sport, And at whom do ye make wide the mouth, And draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious children, a treacherous brood?

noyes@Isaiah:57:6 @ With the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; These, these are thy lot; Here thou pourest out thy drink–offering, And presentest thy meat–offering; Can I see such things, and be at rest?

noyes@Isaiah:57:7 @ Upon a high and lofty mountain settest thou thy bed; Thither dost thou go up to offer sacrifice;

noyes@Isaiah:57:8 @ Behind the doors and the posts dost thou place thy memorial; Thou departest from me, and uncoverest, and ascendest, and enlargest thy bed. Thou makest an agreement with them; Thou desirest their bed; Thou choosest a place.

noyes@Isaiah:57:9 @ Thou goest to the king with oil, And takest much precious perfume; Thou sendest thine ambassadors afar, Yea, down to the under–world.

noyes@Isaiah:57:10 @ In the length of thy journeys thou hast wearied thyself, But thou sayest not, "I will desist"; Thou yet findest life in thy hand, Therefore thou art not discouraged.

noyes@Isaiah:57:11 @ On account of whom art thou anxious, and of whom art thou afraid, that thou hast proved false, And hast not remembered me, nor laid it to heart? Behold, I have been silent a long time; Therefore thou fearest me not.

noyes@Isaiah:57:12 @ But now I announce thy deliverance, And thy works do not profit thee.

noyes@Isaiah:57:13 @ When thou criest, let thy host of idols deliver thee! But the wind shall bear them all away; A breath shall take them off; But he that putteth his trust in me Shall possess the land, And shall inherit my holy mountain.

noyes@Isaiah:57:15 @ 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.

noyes@Isaiah:57:16 @ For I will not contend forever, Nor will I be always angry; For life would fail before me, And the souls which I created.

noyes@Isaiah:57:17 @ For the guilt of his covetousness I was angry; I smote him, I hid myself, and was angry; But yet he went on perversely in the way of his heart.

noyes@Isaiah:57:18 @ I have seen his ways, yet will I heal him; I will guide him, and I will restore comfort To him and to his mourners;

noyes@Isaiah:57:19 @ I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is nigh, Saith Jehovah; I will heal him.

noyes@Isaiah:57:20 @ But the wicked is like the troubled sea, Which cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

noyes@Isaiah:58:1 @ Cry aloud, spare not, Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, And show my people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins!

noyes@Isaiah:58:2 @ Yet they seek me daily, And desire to know my ways, As a nation that hath done righteousness, And hath not forsaken the ordinances of their God; They inquire of me concerning the judgments which bring salvation; They long for the coming of God.

noyes@Isaiah:58:3 @ "Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?" Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.

noyes@Isaiah:58:4 @ Behold, ye fast in strife and contention, And smiting with the fist of wickedness. Ye do not fast now So that your voice shall be heard on high.

noyes@Isaiah:58:5 @ Is this the fast that I approve, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it that he should bow down his head like a bulrush, And lie down in sackcloth and ashes? Wilt thou call this a fast, And a day acceptable to Jehovah?

noyes@Isaiah:58:6 @ Is not this the fast that I approve,––To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in pieces every yoke?

noyes@Isaiah:58:7 @ Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him, And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

noyes@Isaiah:58:8 @ Then shall thy light break forth like the morning, And thy health shall spring forth speedily; Thy salvation shall go before thee, And the glory of Jehovah shall bring up thy rear.

noyes@Isaiah:58:9 @ Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Lo, here I am! If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, The pointing of the finger, and the injurious speech.

noyes@Isaiah:58:10 @ If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry, And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then in obscurity shall light arise to thee; Yea, thy darkness shall become as noonday;

noyes@Isaiah:58:11 @ Jehovah shall lead thee continually, And satisfy thee in the time of drought, And strengthen thy bones; Thou shalt be like a watered garden, and a spring of water, Whose waters never fail.

noyes@Isaiah:58:13 @ If thou restrain thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day, If thou shalt call the sabbath a delight, The holy day of Jehovah honorable, And shalt honor it by refraining from thy work, From doing thy pleasure, and speaking vain words,

noyes@Isaiah:58:14 @ Then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah. And I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, And cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob, thy father; For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

noyes@Isaiah:59:1 @ Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, Nor is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear;

noyes@Isaiah:59:2 @ But your iniquities have separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth not hear.

noyes@Isaiah:59:3 @ For your hands are polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips speak falsehood, And your tongue muttereth wickedness.

noyes@Isaiah:59:4 @ No one bringeth his suit with justice, And no one pleadeth with truth; They trust in vain words, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth destruction.

noyes@Isaiah:59:5 @ They hatch the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the web of the spider; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And when one of them is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.

noyes@Isaiah:59:6 @ Of their webs no garment is made, Nor can one cover himself with their work; Their works are works of iniquity, And the deed of violence is in their hands.

noyes@Isaiah:59:7 @ Their feet run to evil; They make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; Oppression and destruction are in their paths.

noyes@Isaiah:59:9 @ Therefore is judgment far from us, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and we walk in darkness.

noyes@Isaiah:59:11 @ We groan, all of us, like bears, And like doves we make a continued moan; We look for judgment, and it cometh not; For salvation, and it is far from us.

noyes@Isaiah:59:12 @ For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, And our sins testify against us! For our transgressions are not hidden from us, And our iniquities we know.

noyes@Isaiah:59:13 @ We have rebelled, and proved false to Jehovah; We have departed from our God; We have spoken violence and rebellion; Our hearts have conceived and brought forth words of falsehood.

noyes@Isaiah:59:14 @ And justice is turned back, And equity standeth afar off, For truth falleth in the gate, And rectitude cannot enter.

noyes@Isaiah:59:15 @ Truth is not to be found, And he that departeth from evil is plundered; And Jehovah saw it, And it displeased him that there was no justice.

noyes@Isaiah:59:16 @ He saw that there was none to help, And wondered that there was none to interpose; Then his own arm wrought salvation for him, And his righteousness it supported him.

noyes@Isaiah:59:17 @ He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And the helmet of salvation upon his head; He put on garments of vengeance for his clothing, And clad himself with zeal, as with a mantle.

noyes@Isaiah:59:19 @ They in the west shall fear the name of Jehovah, And they in the rising of the sun his glory, When he cometh like a river straitened in its course, Which a strong wind driveth along.

noyes@Isaiah:59:21 @ And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit, which is upon thee, And my words, which I have put in thy mouth, They shall not depart from thy mouth, Nor from the mouth of thy sons, Nor from the mouth of thy sons’ sons, saith Jehovah, From this time forth forever.

noyes@Isaiah:60:1 @ Arise, shine! for thy light is come, And the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:2 @ For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the nations; But upon thee shall Jehovah arise, And his glory shall be seen upon thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:3 @ Nations shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness that riseth upon thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:4 @ Lift up thine eyes round about and see! They all gather themselves together, and come to thee; Thy sons come from afar, And thy daughters are carried at thy side.

noyes@Isaiah:60:5 @ Then shalt thou see, and be bright with joy; Thy heart shall throb, and swell with delight, When the riches of the sea shall be turned toward thee, And the wealth of the nations shall come to thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:6 @ A multitude of camels shall cover thee, Dromedaries from Midian and Ephah; From Sheba shall they all come. Gold and frankincense shall they bring, And proclaim the praises of Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:60:7 @ All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to thee, And the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee; They shall ascend mine altar, an acceptable offering, And my glorious house I will adorn.

noyes@Isaiah:60:8 @ Who are these that fly like clouds, And like doves to their habitations?

noyes@Isaiah:60:9 @ Behold, the distant coasts shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish among the first, To bring thy sons from afar, And their silver and their gold with them, Because of the name of Jehovah thy God, Of the Holy One of Israel, for he glorifieth thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:10 @ The sons of the stranger shall build up thy walls, And their kings shall minister to thee; For in my wrath I smote thee, But in my mercy will I have pity upon thee.

noyes@Isaiah:60:11 @ Thy gates shall be open continually; They shall not be shut by day or by night, That the treasures of the nations may be brought to thee, And that their kings may come with their retinues.

noyes@Isaiah:60:12 @ For that nation and that kingdom Which will not serve thee shall perish; Yea, those nations shall be utterly destroyed.

noyes@Isaiah:60:13 @ The glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, The cypress, the plane–tree, and the larch together, To adorn the place of my sanctuary, That I may make the place where my feet rest glorious.

noyes@Isaiah:60:14 @ The sons of thine oppressors shall come bending before thee; They that despised thee shall fall down at thy feet; And they shall call thee the city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:60:15 @ Instead of being forsaken and hated, So that no one passed through thee, I will make thee an everlasting glory; The joy of many generations.

noyes@Isaiah:60:16 @ Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, And be nursed from the breast of kings; And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy saviour, That thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.

noyes@Isaiah:60:17 @ Instead of brass will I bring gold; And instead of iron will I bring silver, And instead of wood, brass, And instead of stones, iron; I will make thine officers peace, And thy magistrates righteousness.

noyes@Isaiah:60:18 @ Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, Wasting or destruction within thy borders; Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, And thy gates Praise.

noyes@Isaiah:60:19 @ No more shall the sun be thy light by day, Nor with her brightness shall the moon enlighten thee: But Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory.

noyes@Isaiah:60:20 @ Thy sun shall no more go down, Neither shall thy moon be hid; For Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

noyes@Isaiah:60:21 @ Thy people shall be all righteous; Forever shall they possess the land, The scion of my planting, The work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

noyes@Isaiah:60:22 @ The little one shall become a thousand, And the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

noyes@Isaiah:61:1 @ The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, For Jehovah hath anointed me; He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the distressed, To bind up the broken–hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

noyes@Isaiah:61:2 @ To proclaim the year of mercy from Jehovah, And the day of vengeance from our God; To comfort all that mourn;

noyes@Isaiah:61:5 @ Strangers shall stand up and feed your flocks, And the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and vine–dressers;

noyes@Isaiah:61:6 @ But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah, Men shall call you the ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the riches of the nations, And in their glory shall ye make your boast.

noyes@Isaiah:61:7 @ For your shame shall ye have a double reward; And for ignominy ye shall rejoice in your portion; Therefore in your land ye shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be your portion.

noyes@Isaiah:61:8 @ For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate rapine and iniquity, I will give them their reward with faithfulness, And an everlasting covenant will I make with them.

noyes@Isaiah:61:9 @ Their race shall be illustrious among the nations, And their offspring among the people; All that see them shall acknowledge That they are a race which Jehovah hath blessed.

noyes@Isaiah:61:10 @ "I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah; My soul shall exult in my God; For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation; He hath covered me with the mantle of deliverance. As the bridegroom decketh himself with his turban, And as the bride adorneth herself with her jewels."

noyes@Isaiah:61:11 @ For as the earth putteth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its plants to spring forth, So shall the Lord Jehovah cause salvation to spring forth; And praise before all the nations.

noyes@Isaiah:62:1 @ For Zion’s sake I will not keep silence, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, Until her deliverance break forth like the shining light, And her salvation like a blazing torch.

noyes@Isaiah:62:2 @ Then shall the nations see thy prosperity, And all the kings thy glory; Thou shalt be called by a new name, Which the mouth of Jehovah shall give thee.

noyes@Isaiah:62:3 @ Thou shalt be a beautiful crown in the hand of Jehovah, A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

noyes@Isaiah:62:4 @ No more shalt thou be called the Desolate, And thy land, the Forsaken. But thou shall be named My–delight–is–in–her. And thy land the wedded Matron. For Jehovah shall delight in thee, And thy land shall be married.

noyes@Isaiah:62:5 @ For as a young man weddeth a virgin. So shall thy children wed thee. And as a bridegroom rejoiceth in his bride, So shall thy God rejoice in thee.

noyes@Isaiah:62:6 @ Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen; All the day, and all the night, shall they not keep silence; O ye that praise Jehovah, keep not silence,

noyes@Isaiah:62:7 @ And give him no rest, Until he establish Jerusalem, and make her a praise in the earth!

noyes@Isaiah:62:8 @ Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and his mighty arm: No more will I give thy corn to be food for thine enemies, Nor shall the sons of the stranger drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored.

noyes@Isaiah:62:9 @ But they that reap the harvest shall eat it, And praise Jehovah; And they that gather the vintage shall drink it, In my holy comets.

noyes@Isaiah:62:10 @ Pass ye, pass ye through the gates; Prepare the way for the people; Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it from the stones; Lift up on high a standard for the tribes!

noyes@Isaiah:62:11 @ Behold, Jehovah proclaimeth to the end of the earth: "Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy Deliverer cometh! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!"

noyes@Isaiah:62:12 @ They shall be called, The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah. And thou shalt be called, The Sought out, The Not forsaken City.

noyes@Isaiah:63:1 @ Who is this that cometh from Edom? In scarlet garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, Proud in the greatness of his strength? I that proclaim deliverance, And am mighty to save.

noyes@Isaiah:63:2 @ Wherefore is thine apparel red, And thy garments like those of one that treadeth the wine–vat?

noyes@Isaiah:63:3 @ I have trodden the wine–vat alone, And of the nations there was none with me. And I trod them in mine anger, And I trampled them in my fury, So that their life–blood was sprinkled upon my garments. And I have stained all my apparel.

noyes@Isaiah:63:4 @ For the day of vengeance was in my heart, And the year of my deliverance was come.

noyes@Isaiah:63:5 @ And I looked, and there was none to help, And I wondered, that there was none to uphold; Therefore my own arm wrought salvation for me, And my fury, it sustained me.

noyes@Isaiah:63:6 @ I trod down the nations in my anger; I crushed them in my fury, And spilled their blood upon the ground.

noyes@Isaiah:63:7 @ I will celebrate the mercy of Jehovah, the glory of Jehovah, According to all that he hath done for us; His great goodness to the house of Israel, Which he hath bestowed on it in his tender mercy, and his great kindness.

noyes@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their straits they had no distress; An angel of his presence saved them; In his love and compassion he redeemed them, He took them up and bore them all the days of old.

noyes@Isaiah:63:10 @ But they rebelled, and grieved his holy spirit; Then did he change himself into their enemy; He himself fought against them.

noyes@Isaiah:63:12 @ That caused his glorious arm to accompany the right hand of Moses, That divided the water before them, To make to himself an everlasting name?

noyes@Isaiah:63:15 @ Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy and glorious habitation! Where is thy zeal and thy might? Thy pity and compassion for me, are they restrained?

noyes@Isaiah:63:16 @ Thou, surely, art our father; Abraham is ignorant of us, And Israel knoweth us not. Thou, O Jehovah, art our father; Our deliverer wast thou of old.

noyes@Isaiah:63:17 @ Why, O Jehovah, dost thou suffer us to wander from thy ways, And harden our hearts against thy fear? Return, for thy servants’ sake, The tribes of thine inheritance!

noyes@Isaiah:63:18 @ But a little while did thy holy people possess the land; Then our enemies trampled upon thy sanctuary.

noyes@Isaiah:64:1 @ O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,

noyes@Isaiah:64:3 @ As thou once didst wonderful things, which we looked not for, And camest down, so that the mountains trembled at thy presence.

noyes@Isaiah:64:5 @ Thou art the friend of those who joyfully do righteousness, Those who remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou art angry, and we are punished; Long doth the punishment endure, before we are delivered.

noyes@Isaiah:64:6 @ We are all of us an unclean thing; Like a filthy garment is all our righteousness; We are all withered like a leaf, And our sins, like a storm, have blown us away.

noyes@Isaiah:64:7 @ There is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth himself up to cleave to thee; For thou hidest thy face from us, And lettest us perish by our iniquities.

noyes@Isaiah:64:8 @ But now, O Jehovah, thou art our father; We are the clay, and thou hast formed us; We are all of us the work of thy hands.

noyes@Isaiah:64:11 @ Our holy and glorious house, Where our fathers praised thee, Is burned with fire, And all our precious things are laid waste.

noyes@Isaiah:64:12 @ Wilt thou contain thyself at these things, O Jehovah, Wilt thou keep silence, and still grievously afflict us?

noyes@Isaiah:65:2 @ I have spread out my hands all the day To a rebellious people, That walketh in an evil way, According to their own devices;

noyes@Isaiah:65:3 @ To a people that provoke me to my face continually; That sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on tiles;

noyes@Isaiah:65:4 @ That sit in sepulchres, And lodge in caverns; That eat swine’s flesh, And have broth of unclean things in their vessels;

noyes@Isaiah:65:5 @ Who yet 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 continually.

noyes@Isaiah:65:6 @ Behold, it stands recorded before me; I will not keep silence, but will requite; I will requite it into their bosoms;

noyes@Isaiah:65:7 @ Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, Who burnt incense on the mountains, And dishonored me on the hills, I will pour the full recompense of their former deeds into their bosom.

noyes@Isaiah:65:8 @ Thus saith Jehovah: As when juice is found in a cluster, Men say, "Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it"; So will I do, for the sake of my servants, and will not destroy the whole;

noyes@Isaiah:65:9 @ I will cause a stem to spring forth from Jacob, And from Judah a possessor of my mountains; My chosen shall possess the land, And my servants shall dwell there.

noyes@Isaiah:65:10 @ And Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting–place for herds, For my people that have sought me.

noyes@Isaiah:65:11 @ But ye, who have forsaken Jehovah, And have forgotten my holy mountain, That prepare a table for Fortune, And fill the cup for Destiny,

noyes@Isaiah:65:12 @ Yourselves do I destine to the sword, And all of you shall bow down before the slaughter; Because I called, and ye answered not, I spake, and ye would not hear, But did that which is evil in my sight, And chose that in which I had no delight.

noyes@Isaiah:65:13 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; Behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; Behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be confounded;

noyes@Isaiah:65:14 @ Behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, But ye shall shriek for sorrow of heart, And howl for anguish of spirit.

noyes@Isaiah:65:15 @ And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen, And the Lord Jehovah shall slay you; But his servants will he call by another name.

noyes@Isaiah:65:16 @ Whoso blesseth himself in the land Shall bless by the true God; And he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the true God; For the former troubles are forgotten, And they are hid from mine eyes.

noyes@Isaiah:65:17 @ For behold! I create new heavens, and a new earth; The former ones shall not be remembered, Nor shall they be brought to mind any more.

noyes@Isaiah:65:18 @ But ye shall be glad and exult forever In that which I create; For behold! I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.

noyes@Isaiah:65:19 @ And I will exult in Jerusalem, And rejoice in my people; No more shall be heard therein The voice of weeping and the cry of distress.

noyes@Isaiah:65:20 @ There shall not be there an infant child, nor an old man, That hath not filled the measure of his years; For he that dieth a hundred years old shall die a youth, And the sinner dying a hundred years old shall be held accursed.

noyes@Isaiah:65:21 @ They shall build houses, and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them;

noyes@Isaiah:65:22 @ They shall not build, and another inhabit; They shall not plant, and another eat; For as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, Yea, long shall my chosen enjoy the work of their hands.

noyes@Isaiah:65:23 @ They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for early death; For they are a race blessed by Jehovah, And their offspring shall remain to them.

noyes@Isaiah:65:24 @ Before they call, I will answer; And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

noyes@Isaiah:65:25 @ The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, And the lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the food of the serpent. They shall not hurt, nor destroy, in all my holy mountain, Saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Heaven is my throne, And the earth my footstool; Where is the house that ye can build me, And where is the place of my rest?

noyes@Isaiah:66:2 @ For all these things hath my hand made; By it do all these things exist, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look, Even to him who is humble and of a contrite spirit, And who trembleth at my word.

noyes@Isaiah:66:3 @ He that slayeth an ox killeth a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb beheadeth a dog; He that maketh an oblation offereth swine’s blood; He that burneth incense blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, And in their abominations their souls delight.

noyes@Isaiah:66:4 @ I also will choose their calamities; What they dread I will bring upon them; Because I called, and no one answered, I spake, and they did not hear; But they did what is evil in my sight, And chose that in which I have no delight.

noyes@Isaiah:66:5 @ Hear the word of Jehovah, Ye that tremble at his word! "Your brethren that hate you, And thrust you out for my name’s sake, have said, "May Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy!" But they shall be confounded.

noyes@Isaiah:66:9 @ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, saith Jehovah; Shall I, who beget, restrain the birth? saith thy God.

noyes@Isaiah:66:10 @ Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And exult for her, all ye that love her! Be very joyful with her, all ye that mourn for her!

noyes@Isaiah:66:11 @ That ye may suck, and be satisfied, from the breast of her consolations, That ye may suck and be delighted with the fulness of her glory.

noyes@Isaiah:66:12 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring prosperity to her like a river, And the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; Ye shall suck at the breast, Ye shall be carried on the arm, And on the knees shall ye be dandled.

noyes@Isaiah:66:13 @ As one whom his mother comforteth, So will I comfort you; And in Jerusalem shall ye be comforted.

noyes@Isaiah:66:14 @ Ye shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like a green plant, And the hand of Jehovah shall be manifested to his servants, And be moved with indignation against his enemies.

noyes@Isaiah:66:15 @ For behold, Jehovah cometh with fire, Like a whirlwind are his chariots, To breathe forth his anger in a glowing heat, And his rebuke in flames of fire.

noyes@Isaiah:66:16 @ For with fire will Jehovah contend, And with his sword, with all flesh, And many shall be the slain of Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:17 @ They who sanctify and purify themselves in the groves, Following one in the midst, Who eat swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse. They shall all perish together, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:18 @ For I know their works, and their thoughts; The time cometh to gather all nations and tongues together; They shall come, and behold my glory.

noyes@Isaiah:66:19 @ And I will give a sign among them, And of those that escape I will send to the nations, To Tarshish, Phul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, To the distant coasts, who never heard my name, And who never saw my glory; And they shall declare my glory among the nations.

noyes@Isaiah:66:20 @ And they shall bring all your brethren From all the nations, an offering to Jehovah, Upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules and dromedaries, To my holy mountain, Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, As the sons of Israel bring their gifts In pure vessels to the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:21 @ And of them will I also take For priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:22 @ For as the new heavens, And the new earth, which I make, Endure before me, saith Jehovah, So shall your race and your name endure.

noyes@Isaiah:66:23 @ And it shall be, from new moon to new moon, And from sabbath to sabbath, That all flesh shall come and worship before me, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Isaiah:66:24 @ Then shall they go forth and see The dead bodies of the men that rebelled against me! For their worm shall not die, And their fire shall not be quenched, And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:1 @ The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin;

noyes@Jeremiah:1:5 @ Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou camest into the world, I chose thee; I appointed thee to be a prophet to the nations.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:7 @ But Jehovah said to me, Say not, I am a child; but go to whomever I send thee, and speak whatever I command thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:1:9 @ Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. Jehovah also said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:10 @ Behold, I have set thee this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to overthrow; and to build, and to plant.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:11 @ Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, I see a rod of almond–wood.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:12 @ And Jehovah said to me, Thou hast seen right; for I am watchful over my word to perform it.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:13 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling pot, whose face is turned from the north.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:14 @ And Jehovah said to me, From the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:15 @ For, behold, I will call all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all her walls around, and against all the cities of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:16 @ And I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:17 @ Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee; be not afraid of them, lest I confound thee before them.

noyes@Jeremiah:1:18 @ For, behold, I make thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass against all this land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:2 @ Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember the kindness shown thee in thy youth, The love with which I espoused thee, When thou wast led by me through the wilderness, Through a land that was not sown.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:4 @ Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all the families of the house of Israel!

noyes@Jeremiah:2:5 @ Thus saith Jehovah: What fault did your fathers find in me, That they went far from me, And walked after vanity, and practised folly?

noyes@Jeremiah:2:6 @ They said not, Where is Jehovah, Who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and deathlike gloom, Through a land which no man passed through, And where no man dwelt?

noyes@Jeremiah:2:7 @ I brought you to a land of fruitful fields, To eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof; But when ye had come in, ye defiled my land, And made my inheritance an abomination.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:8 @ The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? And the teachers of the law knew me not; The rulers also rebelled against me; The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal, And walked after things that could not profit.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:10 @ For pass over to the islands of the Chittaeans, and see; Send ye to Kedar, and inform yourselves well; And see if such a thing hath been done!

noyes@Jeremiah:2:12 @ Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this! Shudder, and be amazed! saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:13 @ For my people have committed two evils; Me have they forsaken, the fountain of living water, And they have hewn out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:15 @ The young lions roar over him; They lift up their voice; They have made his land a desolation; His cities are burned so as to be without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:16 @ Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have consumed the crown of thy head.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:18 @ And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile? Or what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

noyes@Jeremiah:2:19 @ Thy wickedness shall chasten thee, And thy transgressions reprove thee; And thou shalt know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, And that the fear of me is not with thee, Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:20 @ Of old hast thou broken thy yoke, And burst thy bands, And said, "I will not be in subjection!" For upon every high hill, And under every green tree, Hast thou reclined, playing the harlot.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:22 @ For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:25 @ Withhold thy feet from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst! But thou sayest, There is no remedy! No! For I love strangers, And after them I will go.

noyes@Jeremiah:2:26 @ As a thief is ashamed when he is taken, So is the house of Israel ashamed, They, their kings, and their princes, And their priests, and their prophets;

noyes@Jeremiah:2:27 @ That say to a stock, Thou art my father, And to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth! For they turn the back to me, and not the face. Yet in the time of their trouble they say, Arise and save us!

noyes@Jeremiah:2:31 @ O generation! Behold ye the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of darkness? Why then say my people, "We will rove at pleasure, We will come no more to thee"?

noyes@Jeremiah:2:35 @ But notwithstanding all this, thou sayest, I am innocent; Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest, "I have not sinned."

noyes@Jeremiah:2:37 @ From Egypt also shalt thou go forth With thy hands upon thy head. For Jehovah hath rejected the objects of thy confidence, Therefore shalt thou not prosper in them.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:1 @ It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man’s, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?

noyes@Jeremiah:3:2 @ Lift up thine eyes to the high places, and see! Where hast thou not been defiled? In the ways hast thou sat waiting, As the Arabian in the desert, And hast polluted the land by thy lewdness and thy wickedness.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:3 @ And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot’s forehead; Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:6 @ Jehovah said to me, in the time of King Josiah, Hast thou heard what rebellious Israel hath done? She hath gone upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:7 @ And I said, after she had done all these things, Return thou to me! But she returned not. And her faithless sister Judah saw it.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:8 @ And I saw, when, for all the adulteries which rebellious Israel had committed, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, that her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:9 @ And when by the fame of her lewdness she had polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and wood,

noyes@Jeremiah:3:12 @ Go and proclaim these words toward the north:––Return, O rebellious Israel, saith Jehovah! I will not turn a frowning face upon you; For I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I retain not anger forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:13 @ Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast rebelled against Jehovah thy God, And hast roved about to strangers Under every green tree, And hast not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:14 @ Return, ye rebellious children! saith Jehovah; Though I have rejected you, Yet will I receive you again, One from a city, and two from a nation, And I will bring you to Zion.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:15 @ And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, Who shall feed you with wisdom and discretion.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:16 @ And when ye shall have multiplied and increased in the land, saith Jehovah, Then shall ye no more speak of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Nor shall it come into your mind. None shall remember it; None shall care for it; It shall not be made any more.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:17 @ For then shall Jerusalem be called the throne of Jehovah, And all the nations shall resort to it; They shall resort to Jehovah, to Jerusalem, And shall no more walk after the perverseness of their evil hearts.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:18 @ In those days shall the house of Judah unite themselves with the house of Israel, And they shall come together from the north country, To the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:19 @ Then I said, how will I place thee among my children, And give thee a pleasant land, A goodly inheritance among the hosts of nations! And I said, Thou wilt call me thy father; Thou wilt not turn aside from following me.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:20 @ Yet as a woman is faithless to her husband, So have ye been faithless to me, O house of Israel! saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:21 @ A voice is heard upon the hills, The weeping and supplications of the children of Israel! For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:24 @ For the things of shame have devoured the substance of our fathers from our youth, Their sheep and their oxen, Their sons and their daughters.

noyes@Jeremiah:3:25 @ We lie down in our shame, And our ignominy covereth us; For we have sinned against Jehovah our God, We and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:1 @ If thou wilt return to me, O Israel, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt return; If thou wilt put away thy abominations from my sight, Thou shalt no more be a wanderer.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:2 @ If thou wilt swear, As Jehovah liveth! In truth, in justice, and in righteousness, Then shall the nations bless themselves by thee, And in thee shall they glory.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:3 @ Thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up your fallow ground, And sow not among thorns!

noyes@Jeremiah:4:4 @ Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah; Yea, circumcise your hearts, Ye men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Lest, for the evil of your doings, My fury break forth like fire, And burn so that none can quench it.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:5 @ Declare ye in Judah, And proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land; Cry ye aloud, and say, Gather yourselves together, And let us go into the fortified cities;

noyes@Jeremiah:4:6 @ Set up a standard toward Zion, Flee, make no stand! For I am about to bring evil from the north, Even great destruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:7 @ The lion goeth up from his thicket, The destroyer of nations is on his way; He goeth forth from his place to make thy land desolate; Thy cities shall be laid waste so as to be without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:8 @ For this cause gird on sackcloth, Lament and howl! For the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:9 @ In that day, saith Jehovah, Shall the heart of the king perish, And the heart of the princes; The priests shall be amazed, And the prophets confounded.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:10 @ Then said I, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem; Thou hast said, "Ye shall have peace"; And the sword reacheth to the very life!

noyes@Jeremiah:4:11 @ At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A dry wind cometh from the hills of the desert, It cometh toward my people, Not to fan, nor to cleanse.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:13 @ Behold, he cometh up like clouds, And his chariots are like a whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are laid waste!

noyes@Jeremiah:4:15 @ For a voice proclaimeth tidings from Dan, And announceth calamity from mount Ephraim.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:16 @ Proclaim ye to the nations, Behold, publish ye to Jerusalem, "Watchmen are coming from a far country, And lift their voice against the cities of Judah."

noyes@Jeremiah:4:18 @ Thy way and thy doings have brought this upon thee; This is the fruit of thy wickedness; It is bitter; it reacheth to thy heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:20 @ There is a cry of destruction upon destruction; Yea, the whole land is laid waste; Suddenly are my tents destroyed, And my canopies in an instant.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:21 @ How long shall I see the standard, Hear the sound of the trumpet?

noyes@Jeremiah:4:22 @ My people is foolish, They have no regard to me; Stupid children are they, And have no understanding; They are wise to do evil, But for doing good they have no knowledge.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:23 @ I look to the earth, and lo! Emptiness and desolation; To the heavens, and there is no light.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:24 @ I look to the mountains, and lo! they tremble, And all the hills shake.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:25 @ I look, and lo! there is not a man, And all the birds of heaven are fled.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:26 @ I look, and lo! Carmel is a desert, And all its cities are thrown down, Before the presence of Jehovah, Before the heat of his anger.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:27 @ For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be desolate, Yet will I not make a full end.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:28 @ Therefore shall the earth mourn, And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not recede from it.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:29 @ At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen every city fleeth; They go into thickets, And climb up upon the rocks; All the cities are forsaken, And not a man dwelleth in them.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:30 @ And thou, destined to perish, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself in scarlet, And deck thyself with ornaments of gold, And rend thine eyes with paint, In vain dost thou adorn thyself; Thy lovers despise thee; They seek thy life.

noyes@Jeremiah:4:31 @ I hear a cry, as of a woman in travail, Anguish, as of her that bringeth forth her first child. The voice of the daughter of Zion. She sobbeth, she spreadeth out her hands, "Ah! woe is me! I am dying by murderers!"

noyes@Jeremiah:5:1 @ Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice, That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:5 @ I will get me to the great ones, And I will speak to them; For they know the way of Jehovah, The law of their God. But these also have together broken the yoke; They have burst the bands.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:6 @ Therefore the lion out of the forest shall slay them, And the evening wolf shall destroy them. The leopard shall keep watch upon their cities; Every one that goeth out from them shall be torn in pieces; Because their transgressions are multiplied, Their rebellions are increased.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:7 @ How can I pardon thee for this? Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery, And assemble themselves in crowds in the house of the harlot.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:10 @ Go ye up upon her walls and destroy! Yet make ye not a full end! Take ye away her branches, For they belong not to Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:5:11 @ For they have proved false to me, The house of Israel and the house of Judah, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:12 @ They have denied Jehovah, And have said, "It is not He; Evil shall not come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:13 @ The prophets are but wind, And the word is not in them; Thus may it happen to them!"

noyes@Jeremiah:5:14 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah, God of hosts: Because ye say such things, Behold, I will make thy words in thy mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:15 @ Behold, I will bring against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah; It is a mighty nation; It is an ancient nation; A nation whose language thou dost not know, And whose words thou canst not understand.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:17 @ They shall consume thy harvest and thy bread; They shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; They shalt consume thy sheep and thy oxen; They shall consume thy vine and thy fig–tree; They shall destroy with the sword thy fortified cities, In which thou placest thy trust.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:19 @ And when they shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God brought all these things upon us? Then shalt thou say to them, "As ye have forsaken me, And served strange gods in your land, So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours."

noyes@Jeremiah:5:20 @ Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And publish it in Judah, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:5:21 @ Hear ye now this, O foolish people and without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, Who have ears and hear not!

noyes@Jeremiah:5:22 @ Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah? Will ye not tremble before me, Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:23 @ But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; They revolt continually.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:24 @ Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:25 @ Your iniquities have turned away these things, And your sins have withholden that which is good from you.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:27 @ As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of fraud. Therefore are they grown great and rich;

noyes@Jeremiah:5:28 @ They have become fat and shine; Yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked; They maintain no cause, No cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; And the right of the needy do they not defend.

noyes@Jeremiah:5:30 @ Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land;

noyes@Jeremiah:5:31 @ The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule under their guidance, And my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end of it?

noyes@Jeremiah:6:1 @ Flee, O ye sons of Benjamin, from Jerusalem, And blow ye the trumpet in Tekoa, And lift up the banner in Beth–haccerem! For evil threateneth from the North; Yea, great destruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:2 @ O daughter of Zion, the comely and delicate, Thee have I doomed to destruction!

noyes@Jeremiah:6:4 @ "Prepare ye war against her, Arise, and let us go up at noonday; Alas for us! for the day goeth away, For the shadows of evening are lengthened.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:5 @ Arise, and let us go up by night, And let us destroy her palaces!"

noyes@Jeremiah:6:6 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hew ye down trees, And raise a mound against Jerusalem! She is a city to be punished; She is full of oppression.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:7 @ As a fountain sendeth forth its waters, So she sendeth forth her wickedness. Violence and rapine are heard within her; Before me continually are bruises and wounds.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:8 @ Receive correction, O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, A land not inhabited!

noyes@Jeremiah:6:9 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; Turn thy hand like a grape–gatherer again to the baskets!

noyes@Jeremiah:6:11 @ Therefore I am full of the fury of Jehovah; I am weary of holding it; I will pour it out alike upon the children in the street, And upon the assembly of the young men. Yea, also the husband with the wife shall be taken, The old man, and he that is full of days.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:12 @ Their houses also shall be transferred to others, Their fields and their wives together, For I will stretch out my hand over the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:13 @ For from the least of them even to the greatest, Every one is greedy of gain; Prophet and priest alike, Every one of them practiseth deceit.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:16 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Stand ye upon the ways and look; And ask for the old paths, "Where is the good way?" Walk ye in it, and ye shall find for yourselves rest. But they say, We will not walk in it.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:18 @ Therefore hear, O ye nations, And know, ye assembled multitude, What shall come upon them!

noyes@Jeremiah:6:19 @ Hear thou, O earth! Behold, I bring evil upon this people, The fruit of their devices; Because they have not hearkened to my words, And have even rejected my law.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:20 @ To what purpose is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet–smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt–offerings are not acceptable, Nor are your sacrifices sweet to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:21 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I lay stumbling–blocks before this people, Upon which fathers and sons shall stumble together, The neighbor and his friend, and shall perish.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:22 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the land of the North; A great nation riseth up from the extremities of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:23 @ They bear the bow and the spear; They are cruel and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea; And upon horses do they ride, Arrayed as a warrior against thee, O daughter of Zion.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:24 @ We have heard the report thereof; Our hands lose their strength; Anguish hath taken hold of us, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:25 @ Go not forth into the field, Nor walk ye in the highway! For the sword of the enemy And terror are on every side.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:26 @ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, And roll thyself in ashes! Make thee mourning as for an only son, Most bitter lamentation! For suddenly shall the spoiler come upon us.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:27 @ I have set thee, like a tower, for an assayer among my people, That thou mayst know and try their way.

noyes@Jeremiah:6:28 @ They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:2 @ Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and proclaim these words, and say:––Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, Who enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:7:3 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, And I will suffer you to dwell in this place!

noyes@Jeremiah:7:5 @ Yet if ye will thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, And dispense justice between man and man,

noyes@Jeremiah:7:6 @ If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, And shed not innocent blood in this place, And go not after other gods to your own hurt,

noyes@Jeremiah:7:7 @ Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, In the land which I gave to your fathers, For ever and ever.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:9 @ Ye steal, and murder, and commit adultery, And swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, And go after strange gods, which ye know not,

noyes@Jeremiah:7:10 @ And then come and stand before me in this house, Which is called by my name, And say, "We are delivered!" Whilst ye practise all these abominations.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:12 @ But go now to my place, which was in Shiloh, Where I caused my name to dwell at the first, And see what I have done to it On account of the wickedness of my people Israel.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:13 @ And now because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, And I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, But ye hearkened not, And I have called to you, But ye answered not,

noyes@Jeremiah:7:14 @ Therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, In which ye place your confidence, And to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, As I have done to Shiloh.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:16 @ And as for thee, pray not for this people, Nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them, Nor make intercession to me for them; For I will not hear thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:17 @ Seest thou not what they do In the cities of Judah, and the streets of Jerusalem?

noyes@Jeremiah:7:18 @ The sons gather the wood, And the fathers kindle the fire, And the women knead dough, To make cakes for the queen of heaven, And to pour out libations to strange gods, That they may vex me.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:20 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out on this place, Upon man and upon beast; Upon the trees of the field, And upon the fruit of the ground; It shall burn and not be quenched.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:21 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt–offerings to your sacrifices, And eat ye the flesh.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:22 @ For I spake not to your fathers, nor commanded them Concerning burnt–offerings and sacrifices, At the time when I brought them out of the land of Egypt;

noyes@Jeremiah:7:23 @ But this command gave I to them: "Hearken," said I, "to my voice, And I will be your God, And ye shall be my people. And walk ye in all the ways which I command you, That it may go well with you."

noyes@Jeremiah:7:24 @ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But walked in the devices and obstinacy of their evil heart, Turning their backs and not their faces toward me.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:25 @ From the day when your fathers came forth from the land of Egypt, Even to this day, I have also sent to you all my servants, the prophets, Daily rising early and sending.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:26 @ But they have not hearkened to me, Nor have they inclined their ear; But they have hardened their neck, And acted more wickedly than their fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:27 @ And when thou shalt speak all these things to them, They will not hearken to thee; And when thou shalt call to them, They will make thee no answer.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:28 @ Therefore shalt thou say to them, This is the nation that hearkeneth not to the voice of Jehovah their God, And taketh no correction; Truth hath failed, and is cut off from their mouth.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:29 @ Cut off thy locks, O Jerusalem, and cast them away! Set up a lamentation upon the high place! For Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the children Against which his wrath hath been kindled.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:31 @ 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 not, Which even came not into my mind.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:33 @ And the dead bodies of this people shall be for meat To the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth; And none shall scare them away.

noyes@Jeremiah:7:34 @ And I will 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:1 @ At that time, saith Jehovah, Shall the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of the princes, The bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, And the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Be cast forth from their graves;

noyes@Jeremiah:8:2 @ And they shall be spread before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, Which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked; Which they have consulted and have worshipped; They shall not be gathered, nor be buried; They shall be as dung upon the face of the ground.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:3 @ And death shall be chosen rather than life By all the residue of them that remain of this evil race, Which remain in all the places whither I have driver them, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:4 @ Thou shalt also say to them, Thus saith Jehovah, Doth a man fall, and not rise again? Doth one turn aside from the way, and not return,

noyes@Jeremiah:8:6 @ I have listened and heard, But they speak not aright; No one repenteth of his wickedness, Saying, "What have I done?" Every one runneth at full speed in his rebellion, As a horse rusheth to the battle.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:7 @ Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her times, And the turtle–dove and the swallow and the crane observe the season of their coming, But my people regard not the laws of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:9 @ The wise men shall be confounded; They shall be dismayed and ensnared; Behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah, And what wisdom is there in them?

noyes@Jeremiah:8:10 @ Therefore will I give their wives to others, And their fields to plunderers. For from the least of them even to the greatest, Every one is greedy of gain, Prophet and priest alike, Every one of them practiseth deceit.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:14 @ "Why do we remain here?" "Assemble yourselves and let us go into the fortified cities. And let us there wait in silence! For Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, And given us the water of hemlock to drink, Because we have sinned against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:15 @ We look for peace, but no good cometh; For a time of deliverance, and behold, terror!"

noyes@Jeremiah:8:16 @ From Dan is heard the snorting of their horses, At the sound of the neighing of their steeds the whole land trembleth; They come and devour the land, and all that is in it; The city, and them that dwell therein.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:17 @ Behold I send against you serpents, Basilisks, which cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:8:19 @ Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from a far country! "Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is her King there no more?" Why then have they provoked me by their graven images, And their foreign vanities?

noyes@Jeremiah:8:20 @ The harvest is passed, the summer is ended, And we are not delivered.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:1 @ O 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!

noyes@Jeremiah:9:2 @ O that I had a traveller’s lodge in the wilderness, That I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers; An assembly of revolters.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:3 @ They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness, And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:4 @ Be on your guard each one against his neighbor, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother will supplant, And every neighbor will slander.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:5 @ They deceive every one his neighbor, And do not speak the truth; They have accustomed their tongues to speak lies; They weary themselves in doing iniquity.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:7 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?

noyes@Jeremiah:9:10 @ For the mountains will I lift up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the plains a lamentation, For they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; No more is heard the voice of the cattle; Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled, and are gone.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:11 @ I will make Jerusalem heaps of stones, The dwelling–place of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:12 @ Who is the wise man, that he may understand this, And he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is it that the land perisheth, That it is burned up like a desert, which none passeth through?

noyes@Jeremiah:9:13 @ Jehovah himself hath said: It is because they have forsaken my law, Which I set before them, And have not hearkened to my voice, Nor walked according to it;

noyes@Jeremiah:9:14 @ But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart, And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:15 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, And give them water of hemlock to drink.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:16 @ I will also scatter them among nations Which neither they nor their fathers have known, And I will send after them the sword, Till I have made an end of them.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:17 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, And send to the skilful ones, that they may come;

noyes@Jeremiah:9:18 @ Let them make haste, and lift up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush forth with waters.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:19 @ Behold, a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: "How are we spoiled! How are we put to shame! We must leave our native land; They have cast down our habitations."

noyes@Jeremiah:9:20 @ Hear, O ye women, the word of Jehovah! Let your ear receive the word of his mouth! Teach your daughters a lamentation, And every one her companion a mournful dirge!

noyes@Jeremiah:9:21 @ For death cometh in through our windows, It entereth our palaces; It cutteth off the children from the street, And the young men from the public places.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:22 @ Declare it, saith Jehovah! The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, And as the handful behind the reaper, Which none gathereth up.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:24 @ But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he hath regard to me, and knoweth me, That I am Jehovah, who exercise loving–kindness, Justice, and righteousness upon the earth; For in these do I delight, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:9:26 @ Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, And the sons of Ammon and Moab, And all with shaven cheeks, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Conform ye not to the way of the heathen, And be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, Because the heathen are dismayed at them!

noyes@Jeremiah:10:3 @ The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down, It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe,

noyes@Jeremiah:10:4 @ It is decked with silver and gold, And with nails and with hammers is it fastened, That it may not totter.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:5 @ They are like a turned palm–tree pillar, and cannot speak; They must be borne by men, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot hurt, Nor is it in their power to do good.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:6 @ There is none like thee, O Jehovah! Thou art great, And great is thy name by mighty deeds.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:7 @ Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations, For to thee doth it belong! For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, there is none like thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:8 @ They are all brutish and without understanding; A doctrine of vanities is the stock.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:9 @ Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the artificer and the founder; Blue and purple is their clothing; The work of the skilful is it all.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:10 @ But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting king; At his wrath the earth trembleth, And the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:12 @ He made the earth by his power; He established the world by his wisdom, And by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:16 @ Not like them is He who is the portion of Jacob; He is the former of all things, And Israel is his allotted inheritance; Jehovah of hosts is his name.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:17 @ Gather up thy goods out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!

noyes@Jeremiah:10:18 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will sling forth the inhabitants of the land at this time; I will distress them, so that they shall be taken.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:19 @ "Ah me! my wound!" "My bruise is deadly; Yet I say, This is my affliction, and I must bear it!

noyes@Jeremiah:10:20 @ My tent is torn down, And all my cords broken. My children are gone forth from me, and are no more; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more, Or to set up my curtains.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:21 @ For the shepherds have become brutish; They have not sought Jehovah; Therefore have they not prospered, And all their flock is dispersed."

noyes@Jeremiah:10:22 @ the sound of tiding! Behold it cometh, And a great tumult from the land of the North, To make the cities of Judah desolate, A dwelling–place for jackals.

noyes@Jeremiah:10:25 @ Pour out thy wrath on the nations which acknowledge thee not, And on the kingdoms which call not on thy name! For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured and consumed him, And laid waste his dwelling–place."

noyes@Jeremiah:11:2 @ Hear ye the words of this covenant, And speak ye to the men of Judah, And the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:3 @ And say thou to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who will not obey the words of this covenant,

noyes@Jeremiah:11:4 @ Which I commanded your fathers, When I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, From the iron furnace, saying, "Obey ye my voice, And do all which I command you; So shall ye be my people, And I will be your God;

noyes@Jeremiah:11:5 @ So that I may perform the oath, Which I made to your fathers, To give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day." Then answered I, and said, So may it be, O Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:11:6 @ Then said Jehovah to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, And the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them!

noyes@Jeremiah:11:7 @ For I have earnestly admonished your fathers, From the time when I brought them up from the land of Egypt to this day, Rising early and admonishing them, saying, "Obey ye my voice!"

noyes@Jeremiah:11:8 @ Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, But walked every one in the obstinacy of his evil heart; Therefore have I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, Which I commanded them to obey, And they obeyed not.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:9 @ Jehovah also said to me: A conspiracy hath been found among the men of Judah, And the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:10 @ They turn back to the iniquities of their forefathers, Who refused to hearken to my words; They go after strange gods and serve them; The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant Which I made with their fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:11 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold I bring upon them a calamity, From which they shall not be able to escape; And though they cry to me, I will not hear them.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:12 @ Then may the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go, And cry to the gods to whom they burn incense; But they shall not save them at all in the time of their calamity.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:16 @ Jehovah hath called thee an olive–tree, Green, fair, and of goodly fruit; With the noise of a great crackling doth he kindle a fire upon it, And the branches of it shall be broken.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:17 @ For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, Hath pronounced evil against thee, On account of the wickedness of the house of Israel and of Judah, which they have committed In provoking me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

noyes@Jeremiah:11:18 @ Jehovah made it known to me, and I knew it; Thou didst show me their machinations!

noyes@Jeremiah:11:19 @ For I was like a tame lamb, that is led to the slaughter, And knew not that they had formed plots against me, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name may no more be remembered!"

noyes@Jeremiah:11:20 @ But, O Jehovah of hosts, the righteous judge, Who triest the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance on them, For to thee have I revealed my cause!

noyes@Jeremiah:11:21 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah against the men of Anathoth, Who seek thy life, and say, "Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, Lest thou die by our hand!"

noyes@Jeremiah:11:22 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will punish them; Their young men shall die by the sword; Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,

noyes@Jeremiah:12:3 @ But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; Thou hast seen me, and tried my heart, Whether it be devoted to thee. Tear them away, as sheep for slaughter; Separate them for the day of slaughter!

noyes@Jeremiah:12:4 @ How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds; For they say, "He will not see our latter end."

noyes@Jeremiah:12:5 @ If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan?

noyes@Jeremiah:12:6 @ For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even these are treacherous toward thee, And raise a full cry after thee; Trust them not, though they speak fair words to thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:12:7 @ I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the darling of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:11 @ They have made it a desolation; Desolate it mourneth on account of me; The whole land is desolate, Because no man layeth my word to heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:12 @ Upon all the high places in the desert do the plunderers come; Behold, the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land to the other; No man hath peace.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:13 @ They sow wheat, but they reap thorns; They weary themselves, and are not profited; They shall be ashamed of their harvest, Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:14 @ Thus saith Jehovah against all my evil neighbors, Who seize the inheritance which I gave my people, Israel: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, And the house of Judah will I pluck out from among them.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:15 @ Yet after I have plucked them out of their land, I will again have compassion on them, and bring them back, Every one to his own possession, And every one to his own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:12:16 @ And if they will indeed learn the ways of my people, And swear by my name, saying, As Jehovah liveth! As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built up in the midst of my people;

noyes@Jeremiah:12:17 @ But if they will not hearken, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah to me: Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it on thy loins, and put it not into water!

noyes@Jeremiah:13:2 @ So I got a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it on my loins.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the girdle which thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:5 @ So I went and hid it near the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:6 @ And after many days Jehovah said to me. Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle which I commanded thee to hide there.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:7 @ Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, so that it was good for nothing.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:9 @ Thus saith Jehovah: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, And the great pride of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:10 @ This evil people, Who refuse to hearken to my words, Who walk after the obstinacy of their heart, And walk after strange gods, To serve them and to worship them, Shall be like this girdle, Which is good for nothing.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:11 @ For as a girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, So have I caused to cleave to me the whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah, That they might be to me a people, And a name, and a praise, and a glory; But they hearkened not to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:12 @ Then shalt thou speak to them in this manner. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Every flagon shall be filled with wine. And they will say to thee, "Do we not know that every flagon shall be filled with wine?"

noyes@Jeremiah:13:13 @ Then shalt thou say to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings that sit upon David’s throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:14 @ And I will dash them one against another, Even fathers and children together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, Nor show mercy, so as not to destroy them.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:15 @ Hear ye, and attend! be not lifted up! For Jehovah speaketh.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:16 @ Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness, And your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into deathlike shade, And make it gross darkness.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:17 @ But if ye will not hear, I will mourn in secret places for your pride, I will weep continually, And my eyes shall run down with tears, Because the flock of Jehovah is carried away captive.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:18 @ Say to the king and to the queen, Sit ye down upon the ground, For your beautiful crown shall fall from your heads.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:19 @ The cities of the South are shut up, and none openeth them; Judah is carried away captive, all of it, Every man of it is carried away captive.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:20 @ Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the North! Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

noyes@Jeremiah:13:22 @ And if thou say in thine heart, "Wherefore are these things coming upon me?" For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, And thy heels made bare.

noyes@Jeremiah:13:25 @ This is thy lot, The portion measured out for thee by me, saith Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:2 @ Judah mourneth, And the gates thereof languish; They are in deep mourning upon the ground. And the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:3 @ The nobles send their younger ones for water; They come to the wells, they find none; They return with their vessels empty; They are ashamed and confounded; They cover their heads.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:4 @ Because of the ground, which is in consternation, No rain falling upon the earth, The husbandmen are ashamed, They hide their heads.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:5 @ Even the hind in the field is delivered, And deserteth her young, Because there is no grass.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:6 @ The wild asses stand upon the hills, They snuff up the wind like jackals; Their eyes fail, Because there is no grass.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:8 @ O thou hope of Israel, His saviour in the time of trouble, Why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, As a traveller who spreadeth his tent to pass the night?

noyes@Jeremiah:14:9 @ Why wilt thou be as a man that is amazed, As a hero that cannot save? Thou art in the midst of us, O Jehovah, And we are called by thy name; Do not forsake us!

noyes@Jeremiah:14:10 @ Thus saith Jehovah concerning this people: Thus they love to wander, They restrain not their feet; Therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; Now will he remember their iniquities, And punish their sins.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:12 @ Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; Though they offer burnt–offerings and flour–offerings, I will not accept them; But by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, I will make an end of them.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:14 @ Then said Jehovah to me: The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I have not sent them, nor commissioned them, nor spoken to them; A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the fraud of their hearts, do they prophesy to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:15 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets Who prophesy in my name, though I sent them not, But who themselves say, "The sword and famine shall not be in this land": By the sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:16 @ And the people to whom they prophesy Shall be cast forth in the streets of Jerusalem By means of famine and the sword; And they shall have none to bury them,––They, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; For I will pour their wickedness upon them.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:17 @ Thus also shalt thou speak to them: My eyes shall run down with tears night and day; They shall not cease; For a deep wound hath she received, The virgin daughter of my people, A deadly blow.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:18 @ If I go forth into the fields, Then behold them that are slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold them that pine with famine! Both prophet and priest wander about the land, they know not whither.

noyes@Jeremiah:14:19 @ Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul abhor Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us! We look for peace, and there is no good, For a time of healing, and behold, terror!

noyes@Jeremiah:14:20 @ We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, And the iniquity of our fathers; For we have sinned against thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:1 @ Then said Jehovah to me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before me, Yet would I not be reconciled to this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go forth!

noyes@Jeremiah:15:2 @ And if they say to thee, "Whither shall we go forth?" Then say thou to them, Thus saith Jehovah: They that are for the pestilence, to the pestilence, And they that are for the sword, to the sword. And they that are for famine, to famine, And they that are for captivity, to captivity.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:3 @ I will commission against them four woes, saith Jehovah! The sword to slay, And the dogs to drag about, And the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth, To devour and destroy.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:6 @ Thou hast forsaken me, saith Jehovah; Thou hast gone backward; Therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary of relenting.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:7 @ I will scatter them with a winnowing–fan through the gates of the land; I will bereave them of their sons; I will destroy my people, Since they return not from their ways.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:8 @ Their widows shall be more numerous than the sand of the sea; Against the mother of the young men do I bring a spoiler at noonday; Suddenly will I bring alarm and terrors upon them.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:9 @ She, that hath borne seven, languisheth; She is ready to expire; Her sun goeth down while it is yet day; She is ashamed and confounded. Their remnant will I also give to the sword Before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:10 @ Alas for me, my mother, that thou hast borne me, To live in strife and contention with all the land! I have neither borrowed nor lent money, Yet doth every one curse me!

noyes@Jeremiah:15:11 @ Jehovah said: Surely I will deliver and prosper thee, Surely, in the time of trouble and in the time of distress, Will I cause the adversary to be a suppliant to thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:12 @ Who is able to break iron, Iron from the North, and brass?

noyes@Jeremiah:15:13 @ Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for spoil, without price, On account of all thy sins in all thy borders.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:14 @ I will cause them to pass with thy enemies into a land which thou knowest not; For a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn against you.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:15 @ Thou, O Jehovah, knowest all my concerns! O remember me, and have regard to me, And revenge me of my persecutors! Do not, through thy long–suffering, take me away! Consider that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke!

noyes@Jeremiah:15:16 @ As soon as I found thy words, I devoured them; For thy words were the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts!

noyes@Jeremiah:15:17 @ I have not sat in the assembly of them that made merry, nor rejoiced; On account of thy hand I have sat alone; For thou hast filled me with indignation.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:18 @ Why is my pain perpetual, And my wound mortal, refusing to be healed? Thou hast been to me like a deceitful stream; Like waters that fail.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:19 @ Then answered Jehovah thus: If thou wilt return, then will I restore thee, and thou shalt stand before me; And if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, Thou shalt be as my mouth. They shall turn to thee, And thou shalt not turn to them.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:20 @ I will make thee against this people a strong wall of brass; When they war against thee, they shall not prevail against thee, For I will be with thee to save thee, And to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:15:21 @ I will rescue thee from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem thee from the grasp of the violent.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:3 @ For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and the daughters That are born in this place, And concerning their mothers that bore them, And concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

noyes@Jeremiah:16:4 @ By deadly diseases shall they die; They shall not be lamented nor buried; They shall become dung upon the face of the earth; By the sword also and by famine shall they be consumed, And their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven And the beasts of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:5 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Enter not into the house of wailing; Go not to lament; Comfort them not! For I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, My kindness and mercy.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:6 @ The great and the small in this land shall die; They shall not be buried nor lamented; No one shall cut himself for them, Nor shall any one make himself bald for them.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:8 @ Neither enter thou into the house of feasting, To sit down with them to eat and to drink!

noyes@Jeremiah:16:9 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am about to cause to cease from this place, Before your eyes, in your days, The voice of joy and the voice of mirth, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:10 @ And when thou shalt have declared to this people all these things, and they shall say to thee, "Why hath Jehovah pronounced against us all this great evil? What is our iniquity, and what our sin, which we have committed against Jehovah our God?"

noyes@Jeremiah:16:11 @ Then shalt thou say to them: Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, And have walked after strange gods, And have served them and worshipped them, And have forsaken me, and not kept my law.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:12 @ And ye yourselves have done worse than your fathers; For, behold, ye walk every one after the perverseness of his evil heart, And do not hearken to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:13 @ Therefore will I cast you forth from this land Into a land unknown to you and to your fathers; And there shall ye serve strange gods day and night; For I will show you no favor.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:14 @ Yet behold the days shall come, saith Jehovah, When men shall no more say, "As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,"

noyes@Jeremiah:16:15 @ But, "As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the North, And from all the lands whither he had driven them." For I will bring them again into their own land, Which I gave to their fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:16 @ Behold, I will send many fishers, saith Jehovah, who shall fish them, And then will I send many hunters who shall hunt them From every mountain, and from every hill, and from the holes of the rocks.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:18 @ And I will requite their former and their repeated iniquities and sins, Because they have polluted my land with carcasses offered to their idols, And filled my inheritance with their abominable things.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:19 @ O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of distress! To thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, And shall say, "Truly our fathers inherited delusion, Vain and unprofitable things.

noyes@Jeremiah:16:21 @ Therefore, behold, I will this time cause them to feel, I will cause them to feel my hand and my might, And they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:2 @ While their children remember the altars, and the images of Astarte, Near the green trees, And upon the high hills.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:3 @ My mountain in the field! thy substance and all thy treasures will I give up for spoil; Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:4 @ Thou shalt of thyself cease to possess the inheritance which I gave thee, And I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not; For ye have kindled a fire in my anger, Which shall burn forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:5 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed be the man who trusteth in man, And maketh flesh his arm, And whose heart departeth from Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:17:6 @ He shall be like a poor wanderer in the desert, Who seeth not when good cometh, But dwelleth in the parched places of the desert, In a salt land, and uninhabited.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:10 @ I, Jehovah, search the heart, And try the reins, To give to every man according to his ways, And according to the fruit of his doings.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:11 @ As the partridge sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; In the midst of his days shall he leave them, And in his latter end find himself a fool.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:14 @ Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved; For thou art my praise!

noyes@Jeremiah:17:18 @ Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed! Bring upon them the day of calamity, And destroy them with double destruction!

noyes@Jeremiah:17:19 @ Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the people’s gate, Through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, And in all the gates of Jerusalem,

noyes@Jeremiah:17:20 @ And say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, All Judah, and all ye who dwell at Jerusalem, Who enter in through these gates!

noyes@Jeremiah:17:21 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to yourselves, And carry no burden on the sabbath–day, And bring none through the gates of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:22 @ Bear no burden from your houses on the sabbath–day, And do no kind of work; But keep ye holy the sabbath–day, As I commanded your fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:23 @ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But made their necks stiff, and refused to hear, And refused to receive instruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:24 @ If ye will now diligently hearken to me, saith Jehovah, And bring no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath–day, But keep holy the sabbath–day, Doing no work therein,

noyes@Jeremiah:17:25 @ Then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes, Who sit upon the throne of David, Riding in chariots and on horses, They and their chieftains, The men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And this city shall be inhabited forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:26 @ Then from the cities of Judah, and the places around Jerusalem, From the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, From the mountains, and from the South, Shall they come bringing burnt–offerings, and sacrifices, And flour–offerings, and incense, And bringing thank–offerings to the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:27 @ But if ye will not hearken to me, To keep holy the sabbath–day, And to carry no burden through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath–day, Then will I kindle in her gates an unquenchable fire, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:2 @ Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there will I cause thee to hear my words.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:3 @ So I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was at work at the wheel.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:4 @ And the vessel which he was making of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he began anew and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:6 @ Cannot I do after the manner of this potter With respect to you. O house of Israel, saith Jehovah? Behold, as the clay is in the hand of the potter, So are ye in my hand, O house of Israel!

noyes@Jeremiah:18:9 @ And whenever I speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, That I will build it, or plant it,

noyes@Jeremiah:18:10 @ And it shall do that which is evil in my sight, And not hearken to my voice, Then will I repent of the good with which I promised to bless them.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:11 @ And now speak to the men of Judah, And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am framing evil against you, And meditating a design against you; Return ye now every one from his evil way, And amend your ways and your doings.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:12 @ But they say, "There is no remedy, For we will walk after our own devices, And we will practise every one the perverseness of his evil heart."

noyes@Jeremiah:18:15 @ Yet my people have forgotten me, And burned incense to vanity; They stumble in their paths, the old ways, And walk in ways that have not been thrown up,

noyes@Jeremiah:18:16 @ To make their land a desolation, A perpetual hissing; Every one that passeth through it shall be amazed, And shake his head.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:17 @ I will scatter them before the enemy, as with the east wind; I will show them the back, and not the face, In the day of their calamity.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:18 @ But they say, "Come, let us devise measures against Jeremiah; For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet; Come, let us smite him with the tongue, And not give heed to any of his words."

noyes@Jeremiah:18:19 @ Give heed to me, O Jehovah, And hear the voice of my adversaries!

noyes@Jeremiah:18:20 @ Shall evil be returned for good? For they have digged a pit for me. Remember how I have stood before thee, To announce good to them, And to turn away thy wrath from them!

noyes@Jeremiah:18:21 @ Therefore give thou up their sons to famine, And deliver them to the edge of the sword! Let their wives be childless and widows, Let their men be slain by pestilence, And their young men fall by the sword in battle!

noyes@Jeremiah:18:22 @ Let a cry be heard from their houses, When thou shalt bring a troop upon them suddenly! For they have digged a pit to take me, And hidden snares for my feet.

noyes@Jeremiah:18:23 @ Thou, O Jehovah, knowest all their plots against my life! Cover not their iniquity, And blot not out their sin from thy sight! But let them be overthrown before thee; Deal with them in the time of thy wrath!

noyes@Jeremiah:19:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Go and buy an earthen bottle of the potter, And take with thee the elders of the people, And the elders of the priests,

noyes@Jeremiah:19:2 @ And go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, At the entrance of the pottery–gate, And proclaim there the words Which I shall speak to thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:3 @ Say, Hear the word of Jehovah, Ye kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am about to bring such an evil upon this place, That whoever heareth of it, his ears shall tingle.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:4 @ For they have forsaken me, And have alienated this place, And have burned incense in it to strange gods, Which neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, And have filled this place with the blood of innocent children,

noyes@Jeremiah:19:5 @ And have built high places to Baal, To burn their sons in the fire for burnt–offerings to Baal; Which I ordained not, and commanded not, And which never came into my mind.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:7 @ For I will in this place bring to naught the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, 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 dead bodies will I give for food To the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:8 @ And I will make this city a wonder and a hissing; Every one that passeth by it shall wonder and hiss, On account of all its plagues.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:9 @ For I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and of their daughters, Yea, the flesh of each other shall they eat, In the straitness and the distress With which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall press them.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:11 @ And say to them: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, As one breaks a potter’s vessel which cannot be made whole again; And they shall be buried in Tophet, till there is no room to bury.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:12 @ Thus will I do to this place and to its inhabitants, saith Jehovah, And I will make this city itself like Tophet;

noyes@Jeremiah:19:13 @ And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be unclean, like the place of Tophet, All the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, And poured out drink–offerings to strange gods.

noyes@Jeremiah:19:14 @ Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, Whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, And stood in the court of the house of Jehovah, And said to all the people:

noyes@Jeremiah:19:15 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am about to bring upon this city, and upon all the cities belonging to it, All the evil which I have pronounced against it; For they have made their necks stiff, And refused to hearken to my words.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:2 @ Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were at the high gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:3 @ And on the next day Pashur took Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Jehovah calleth thee, not Pashur, but Magor–missabib.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:4 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am about to make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, thine eyes looking on; and all Judah will I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, who shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:5 @ And I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its possessions, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give, into the hand of their enemies, and they shall spoil them, and take them and carry them to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:6 @ And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house, shall go into captivity; thou shalt go to Babylon, and there shalt thou die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:7 @ Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I was persuaded; Thou wast stronger than I, and didst prevail. But I am in derision daily, Every one mocketh me.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:8 @ For whenever I speak, I cry out on account of violence, And complain of oppression; For the word of Jehovah bringeth upon me reproach, And daily derision.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:9 @ So I say, I will no more make mention of him, Nor speak any more in his name; But his word is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones, And I am weary with forbearing, And I cannot refrain.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:10 @ For I hear the slander of many, terror on every side; "Tell us something against him, and we will denounce him." All my familiar friends, they who leave not my side, "Perhaps he will be enticed, So that we may prevail against him, And take our revenge on him."

noyes@Jeremiah:20:11 @ But Jehovah is on my side, like a mighty champion, Therefore shall my persecutors stumble, and not prevail; They shall be covered with shame, because they act not wisely,––With everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:12 @ O Jehovah of hosts, thou that provest the righteous, That seest the reins and the heart, Let me see thy vengeance on them, For to thee have I laid open my cause!

noyes@Jeremiah:20:13 @ Sing to Jehovah! Praise ye Jehovah! For he delivereth the oppressed From the hand of evil–doers.

noyes@Jeremiah:20:16 @ Let that man be like the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and relented not; Let him hear an outcry in the morning, And an alarm at noontide;

noyes@Jeremiah:20:17 @ Because he slew me not before I saw the light, So that my mother might have been my grave, And her womb have been great with me forever!

noyes@Jeremiah:20:18 @ Wherefore came I forth from the womb, to see weariness and sorrow, And that my days might be consumed in shame?

noyes@Jeremiah:21:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur, the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:21:3 @ And Jeremiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

noyes@Jeremiah:21:4 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them in the midst of this city.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:5 @ And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, with anger and fury and great wrath.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:6 @ And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; by a great pestilence shall they die.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:7 @ And after this, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those in the city who shall be left alive by the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the 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, nor have pity, nor show mercy.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:8 @ And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:9 @ He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence; but he that goeth out and surrendereth himself to the Chaldaeans that besiege you, he shall live, and bear away his life as a prey.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:10 @ For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:21:11 @ And to the house of the king of Judah: Hear ye the word of Jehovah,

noyes@Jeremiah:21:12 @ O house of David! Thus saith Jehovah: Administer justice in season, and deliver him that is spoiled from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:1 @ Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak these words.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:2 @ Hear the word of Jehovah, thou king of Judah, That sittest upon the throne of David, Thou, and thy servants, and thy people, Who go in and out through these gates!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:3 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Do justice and righteousness; Deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; To the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow Do no wrong, do no violence, And shed no innocent blood in this place!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:4 @ For if ye shall do this, Then shall there enter in through the gates of this house Kings, who shall sit upon the throne of David, Riding in chariots and upon horses, Each one with his servants and his people.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:7 @ I will appoint against thee destroyers, Every one with his weapons; And they shall cut down thy choice cedars, And cast them into the fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:8 @ And many nations shall pass by this city, And they shall say one to another, "Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?"

noyes@Jeremiah:22:9 @ Then shall they answer: "Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, And worshipped strange gods, And served them."

noyes@Jeremiah:22:10 @ Weep not for him that is dead, Make no lamentation for him! Weep, weep ye for him who is gone away; For he shall return no more, Nor see his native land!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:12 @ But in the place whither they have led him captive shall he die, And shall see this land no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:13 @ Woe to him that buildeth his house with injustice, And his upper apartments with wrong; That exacteth a man’s service without wages, And giveth him no recompense!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:14 @ That saith, "I will build me a large house, And spacious apartments," And that cutteth out windows, And ceileth it with cedar, And painteth it with vermilion!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:15 @ Shalt thou reign because thou rivallest others in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink? Yet he had regard to justice and equity; Therefore it was well, with him.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:16 @ He maintained the cause of the poor and needy; Then was it well with him; Was not this to know me, saith Jehovah?

noyes@Jeremiah:22:17 @ But thine eyes and thy heart are only upon thine own gain, And the shedding of innocent blood, And deeds of violence and oppression.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:19 @ With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, Dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:20 @ Go thou up to Lebanon and cry, And upon Bashan lift up thy voice; Cry aloud from Abarim! For all thy lovers are fallen.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:22 @ The wind shall consume all thy shepherds, And thy lovers shall go into captivity; Then shalt thou be ashamed And confounded for all thy wickedness.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:24 @ As I live, saith Jehovah, Thou Coniah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Though thou wert the signet upon my right hand, Even thence would I pluck thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:25 @ And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, And into the hand of them that thou fearest, Even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:26 @ And I will cast thee forth, And thy mother that bore thee, Into a foreign land, Where ye were not born; And there shall ye die.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:27 @ To the land to which they desire to return, Thither shall they not return.

noyes@Jeremiah:22:28 @ "Is then this man Coniah a contemptible broken vessel? Is he a vessel which no man careth for? Wherefore are he and his offspring cast forth, And thrown into a land which they know not?"

noyes@Jeremiah:22:29 @ O land, land, land, hear the word of Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:22:30 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man that shall not be prosperous through his life; For none of his offspring shall prosper, So as to sit on the throne of David, And reign hereafter in Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:1 @ Woe to the shepherds, Who lose and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:2 @ For concerning the shepherds, the feeders of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, And have not taken care of them. Behold, I am about to requite you For the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:3 @ But I will gather the remnant of my flock From all the countries whither I have driven them, And I will bring them back to their folds, And they shall be fruitful and increase.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:4 @ And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; They shall fear no more, nor be dismayed; Nor shall they be lost, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:5 @ Behold, the days are coming, saith Jehovah, When I will raise up from David a righteous Branch, And a king shall reign and prosper, And shall maintain justice and equity in the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:6 @ In his days Judah shall be saved, And Israel shall dwell securely; And this is the name which shall be given him, Jehovah–is–our–salvation.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:7 @ Therefore, behold, the days shall come, saith Jehovah, When they shall no more say, "As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt!"

noyes@Jeremiah:23:8 @ But, "As Jehovah liveth Who brought up and led the race of Israel from the north country, And from all the countries whither I had driven them!" And they shall dwell in their own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:9 @ Concerning the Prophets. My heart is broken within me; All my bones tremble. I am become like a drunken man, Like a man whom wine hath overcome, Because of Jehovah, And because of his holy words.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:10 @ For the land is full of adulteries; Because of a curse doth the land mourn; The pastures of the waste are dried up; For they run to do evil, And their might is without right.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:11 @ Yea, both prophet and priest are profane; Even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:12 @ Therefore shall their way become as slippery places in the dark; They shall be driven on and fall therein; For I will bring evil upon them In the time of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:13 @ In the prophets of Samaria have I seen folly; They prophesy in the name of Baal, and cause my people Israel to err.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:14 @ In the prophets of Jerusalem also have I seen a horrible thing; They commit adultery, and walk in falsehood; They strengthen the hands of evil–doers, So that none doth turn from his iniquity. They have all become to me as Sodom, And her inhabitants as Gomorrah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:15 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, And give them the water of hemlock to drink; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Hath profaneness gone forth into all the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:16 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets; They lead you to vanity; They utter the vision of their own heart, And not from the mouth of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:17 @ To them that despise me they say continually, "Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace"; And to every one that walketh after the perverseness of his heart, "No evil shall come upon you."

noyes@Jeremiah:23:18 @ For who of them hath stood in the council of Jehovah, And hath seen and heard his word? Who hath listened to his word and heard it?

noyes@Jeremiah:23:20 @ The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not turn back, Until he shall have executed, until he shall have accomplished the purpose of his heart. In the latter days ye shall understand it fully.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:22 @ For if they had stood in my council, Then would they have caused my people to hear my words, And would have turned them from their evil way. And from the wickedness of their doings.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:23 @ Am I a God near at hand, saith Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

noyes@Jeremiah:23:24 @ Can any one hide himself in secret places, So that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah; Do I nor fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:28 @ The prophet who hath a dream, let him tell a dream; And he that hath my word, let him speak my word truly! What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:29 @ Is not my word like fire, saith Jehovah, And like a hammer, that breaketh the rock in pieces?

noyes@Jeremiah:23:31 @ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, That take their tongues and utter oracles.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:32 @ Behold, I am against the prophets of false dreams, saith Jehovah, Who tell them, and cause my people to err By their lies and their arrogance. I have not sent them, nor commanded them, And they shall not profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:33 @ And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest Shall ask thee, saying, "What is the burden from Jehovah?" Then say thou to them, "What is the burden?" That I will cast you away, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:34 @ And the prophet, the priest, and the people, Who shall say, "The burden of Jehovah," I will punish that man and his house.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:35 @ Thus shall ye speak, one to another: "What hath Jehovah answered?" And, "What hath Jehovah spoken?"

noyes@Jeremiah:23:36 @ And of a burden of Jehovah shall ye speak no more; Else shall every man’s word be his burden, Because ye pervert the words of the living God, Of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:23:37 @ Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: "What hath Jehovah answered thee?" And, "What hath Jehovah spoken?"

noyes@Jeremiah:23:38 @ If ye shall say, "The burden of Jehovah," Then thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say, "The burden of Jehovah," Although I sent to you and said, Ye shall not say, "The burden of Jehovah,"

noyes@Jeremiah:23:39 @ Therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, And I will cast you, and the city which I gave to your fathers, out of my presence;

noyes@Jeremiah:23:40 @ And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, And a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:1 @ Jehovah showed me this vision. Behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of Jehovah. This was after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the artificers, and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had led them to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:3 @ And Jehovah said to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: Figs; the good figs, exceedingly good; and the bad, exceedingly bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:5 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of Chaldaea for their good;

noyes@Jeremiah:24:6 @ yea, I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:7 @ And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:8 @ And as the bad figs, which are so bad that they cannot be eaten, saith Jehovah, so will I make Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, those that are left in this land, and those that dwell in the land of Egypt;

noyes@Jeremiah:24:9 @ and I will give them up to oppression and affliction in all the kingdoms of the earth; yea, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

noyes@Jeremiah:24:10 @ And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they be consumed from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:2 @ which Jeremiah the prophet spake to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:––

noyes@Jeremiah:25:3 @ From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, for three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:4 @ Also Jehovah hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:5 @ "Turn ye now," said they, "every one from your evil way, and from your evil doings, and ye shall dwell in the land which Jehovah gave to you and to your fathers for ever and ever.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:6 @ And go not after strange gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt."

noyes@Jeremiah:25:7 @ But ye have not hearkened to me, saith Jehovah, that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:9 @ behold, I will send and take all the nations of the North, saith Jehovah, and Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and a perpetual desolation.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:10 @ Yea, 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 mill–stones, and the light of the lamp.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:11 @ And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:12 @ But when seventy years shall have passed, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their iniquity, saith Jehovah, and the land of the Chaldaeans, and I will make it a perpetual desolation.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:13 @ And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:14 @ For they, even they, shall be brought into subjection to many nations and great kings. I will render to them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:15 @ For thus hath Jehovah, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand; and let all the nations to which I shall send thee drink of it.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:16 @ Let them drink, and stagger, and become mad because of the sword which I am about to send among them.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:17 @ So I took the cup from the hand of Jehovah, and gave it to all the nations to drink, to which Jehovah sent me;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:18 @ to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, and to the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:19 @ To Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his servants, and to his princes, and to all his people,

noyes@Jeremiah:25:20 @ and all the allied people; and to all the kings of the land of Uz, and to all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and to Askelon, and to Gaza, and to Ekron, and to the remnant of Ashdod;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:21 @ to Edom, and to Moab, and to the children of Ammon;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:22 @ and to all the kings of Tyre, and to all the kings of Sidon, and to the kings of the lands which are beyond the sea;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:23 @ to Dedan, and to Tema, and to Buz, and to all that shave the cheek;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:24 @ and to all the kings of Arabia, and to all the kings of the allied people who dwell in the desert;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:25 @ and to all the kings of Zimri, and to all the kings of Elam, and to all the kings of Media;

noyes@Jeremiah:25:26 @ and to all the kings of the North, those that are near, and those that are afar off with respect to each other, and to all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:27 @ And say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye and be drunken, and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I am about to send among you.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:28 @ And if they refuse to take the cup from thy hand to drink, then say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink!

noyes@Jeremiah:25:29 @ For behold, upon the city which is called by my name I begin to bring evil; and shall ye go wholly unpunished? Ye shall not go unpunished; for I am about to call the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:30 @ Therefore, prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:––Jehovah shall roar from on high, From his holy habitation shall he utter his voice; He shall roar aloud against his dwelling–place; A shout like that of vintagers shall he raise Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:32 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the extremities of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:34 @ Howl, O ye shepherds, and cry! Roll yourselves in the dust, ye leaders of the flock, For your time to be slaughtered has come! And I will scatter you, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

noyes@Jeremiah:25:36 @ the voice of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the leaders of the flock, Because Jehovah layeth waste their pasture!

noyes@Jeremiah:25:38 @ He hath left, like a lion, his covert; For their land is become desolate, Because of the wrath of the destroying sword, And because of the fierceness of his anger.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of the house of Jehovah, and speak to those who come from all the cities of Judah to worship in the house of Jehovah all the words which I have commanded thee to speak to them; abate not a word.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:3 @ If peradventure they will hearken and turn every one from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of their evil doings.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:4 @ And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,

noyes@Jeremiah:26:5 @ to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent to you, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened,

noyes@Jeremiah:26:6 @ then will I make this house like Shiloh, and this city will I make a curse to all the nations of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:7 @ And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:8 @ And when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, and said, Thou shalt surely die!

noyes@Jeremiah:26:9 @ Why dost thou prophesy in the name of Jehovah, and say, This house shall be as Shiloh, and this city shall be made desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were assembled together against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:10 @ When the princes of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s house to the house of Jehovah, and sat in the entrance of the new gate of the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:11 @ Then spake the priests and the prophets to 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then spake Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying: Jehovah hath sent me to prophesy against this house, and against this city, all the words which ye have heard.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:13 @ But now amend ye your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah, your God, and Jehovah will repent of the evil which he hath pronounced against you.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:14 @ And as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do to me as it seemeth good and right in your eyes.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:15 @ But know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and its inhabitants; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:16 @ Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and the prophets: This man is not worthy to die, for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:17 @ Certain elders of the land also rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:26:18 @ Micah, the Morasthite, prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of stones, and the mountain of the house as the heights of a forest.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:19 @ Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and beseech Jehovah, so that Jehovah repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Shall we then bring so great an evil upon ourselves?

noyes@Jeremiah:26:20 @ There was also another man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah, the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah;

noyes@Jeremiah:26:21 @ and when Jehoiakim the king, and 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:22 @ But Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt,

noyes@Jeremiah:26:23 @ and they brought Urijah out of Egypt, and carried him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

noyes@Jeremiah:26:24 @ Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, that he should not be delivered into the hand of the people, to be put to death.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:2 @ Thus said Jehovah to me: Make thee bands and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

noyes@Jeremiah:27:3 @ and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hands of the messengers that are come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:4 @ And command them to say to their masters, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to your masters:

noyes@Jeremiah:27:5 @ The earth, and the men and the beasts which are upon the earth, have I made by my great power and my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomsoever it seemeth meet to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:6 @ And now I give all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; the beasts of the field also I give him to serve him.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:7 @ And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his land, even his, shall come, and then shall many nations and great kings make him their servant.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:8 @ And the nation and the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,––with the sword and with famine and with pestilence will I punish that nation, saith Jehovah, until I have consumed them by his hand.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:9 @ Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets, and your diviners, and your dreamers, your soothsayers, and your sorcerers, who say to you, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:10 @ For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and that ye should perish.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:11 @ But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith Jehovah, and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:12 @ And to Zedekiah, king of Judah, also, spake I according to all these words, and said: Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:13 @ Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

noyes@Jeremiah:27:15 @ For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah; but they prophesy a lie in my name, that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye and the prophets that prophesy to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:16 @ To the priests, also, and to all the people; spake I, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, and say, Behold the vessels of the house of Jehovah shall be brought back from Babylon now shortly; for they prophesy a lie to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:17 @ Hearken ye not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a desolation?

noyes@Jeremiah:27:18 @ But if they be indeed prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:27:19 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are let in this city,

noyes@Jeremiah:27:20 @ which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

noyes@Jeremiah:27:21 @ yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem:

noyes@Jeremiah:27:22 @ They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day when I shall visit them, saith Jehovah. Then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:1 @ And it came to pass in the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azur the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:28:3 @ Within two full years will I bring again to this place all the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took from this place, and carried to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:4 @ And Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the captives of Judah that went to Babylon, will I bring again to this place, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."

noyes@Jeremiah:28:5 @ Then Jeremiah the prophet spake to Hananiah the prophet, in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:6 @ And Jeremiah the prophet said, Amen! So may Jehovah do! May Jehovah fulfill thy words which thou hast prophesied, and bring back the vessels of the house of Jehovah, and all the captives from Babylon to this place!

noyes@Jeremiah:28:7 @ Nevertheless, hear now this word, which I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:8 @ The prophets who have been before me and before thee from ancient times have also prophesied against many nations, and against great kingdoms, of war, of calamity, and of pestilence.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:10 @ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:11 @ And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: In this manner will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from the neck of all the nations, within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:13 @ Go and tell Hananiah, saying: Thou hast broken a yoke of wood, but thou shalt make instead of it a yoke of iron.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:14 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: A yoke of iron do I put upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they shall serve him. The beasts of the field also do I give to him.

noyes@Jeremiah:28:17 @ And Hananiah the prophet died in the same year, in the seventh month.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:1 @ Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

noyes@Jeremiah:29:2 @ after the departure of Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the artificers, and the smiths, from Jerusalem,

noyes@Jeremiah:29:3 @ by the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, the king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,) saying:––

noyes@Jeremiah:29:5 @ Build ye houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:6 @ Take ye wives, and have sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and increase ye there, and be not diminished.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:7 @ And seek ye the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray for it to Jehovah, for in its peace shall be your peace.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:8 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets and your diviners, who are in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:10 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Surely, when seventy years shall be completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will perform for you my good promise, that I would bring you again to this place.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:11 @ For I know the designs which I have in mind concerning you, designs of good and not of evil, to give you a happy end, and fulfill your hopes.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:12 @ Then ye shall call upon me, and go in peace; ye shall pray to me, and I will hear you;

noyes@Jeremiah:29:13 @ ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye search for me with all your heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:14 @ And I will be found by you, saith Jehovah, and I will bring you back from captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again to the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:16 @ behold, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that went not forth with you into captivity,––

noyes@Jeremiah:29:17 @ thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs, which cannot be eaten for badness.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:18 @ And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, and I will give them up to oppression in all kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I drive them;

noyes@Jeremiah:29:19 @ because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, when I sent to them my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:21 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:22 @ And from them shall be taken a curse among all the captives of Judah that are at Babylon, so that they shall say, "Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!"

noyes@Jeremiah:29:23 @ because they have practised villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not. But I know it, and am a witness, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:24 @ And to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, shalt thou say,

noyes@Jeremiah:29:25 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:29:26 @ Jehovah hath made thee priest in the room of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of Jehovah against every one that is mad and prophesieth, and that thou shouldst put him into the stocks, and into prison;

noyes@Jeremiah:29:28 @ For he hath sent to us at Babylon, saying, This captivity is long. Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:29 @ And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

noyes@Jeremiah:29:31 @ Send to all those of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah the prophet hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie,

noyes@Jeremiah:29:32 @ therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, and his offspring. There shall descend from him not a man to dwell among this people, and he shall not behold the good which I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; for he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:3 @ For behold the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will bring back the captives of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:4 @ And these are the words which Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:5 @ Behold, thus saith Jehovah: The voice of trembling do we hear; There is alarm, and no peace.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:6 @ Ask ye now and see, Whether a male doth bring forth? Why then do I see every man’s hands upon his loins, like a woman in travail? And why are all faces turned into paleness?

noyes@Jeremiah:30:8 @ For in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from his neck, And his bands will I burst asunder, And he shall be subject to strangers no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:9 @ But they shall serve Jehovah, their God, And David, their king, whom I will raise up for them.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:10 @ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah, And be not thou dismayed, O Israel! For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar, And thy posterity from the land of their captivity; And Jacob shall return, and be at rest; Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:16 @ Yet all they that devour thee shall be devoured, And all thine enemies, yea, all of them, shall go into captivity, And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, And all that plunder thee will I give up to plunder.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:17 @ For I will restore soundness to thee, And I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; For they have called thee the outcast, Zion, whom no man careth for.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:18 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring back the captives of the tents of Jacob, And I will have pity upon his dwelling–places, And the city shall be builded upon her heap, And the palace shall be inhabited as of old.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:19 @ And out of them shall go forth thanksgiving, And the voice of them that make merry. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be few, And I will exalt them, and they shall not be low.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:20 @ And their children shall be as aforetime, And their congregation shall be established before me, And I will punish all that oppress them.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:21 @ And their princes shall be of themselves, And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause them to approach, and they shall come near to me; For who is he that would dare to come near to me? saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:22 @ And ye shall be my people, And I will be your God.

noyes@Jeremiah:30:24 @ The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not turn back Until he shall have executed, until he shall have accomplished, the purpose of his heart; In a future day ye shall understand it fully.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:1 @ At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, And they shall be my people.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah: The people, escaped from the sword, hath found favor in the wilderness; I will go and give rest to Israel.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:4 @ Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Again shalt thou adorn thy tabrets, And go forth in the dance of them that make merry.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:5 @ Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant, and eat the fruit.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:6 @ For the day is coming when the watchmen shall cry upon Mount Ephraim, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, To Jehovah, our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:7 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout for the head of the nations! Publish ye, praise ye, and say: Jehovah, thou hast saved thy people, The remnant of Israel.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:8 @ Behold, I will bring them from the land of the North, And gather them from the extremities of the earth; And with them shall be the blind and the lame, The woman with child, and she that is in travail with child together; A great company shall return thither.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:9 @ They shall come with weeping, And amid supplications will I lead them; I will conduct them to streams of water, In a straight way, in which they shall not stumble. For I have become a father to Israel, And Ephraim is my first–born.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:10 @ Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, And proclaim it in the distant coasts, and say: "He that scattered Israel will gather him, And will guard him, as a shepherd his flock."

noyes@Jeremiah:31:11 @ For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:12 @ And they shall come and sing upon the height of Zion; They shall exult in the bounty of Jehovah, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil, And the young of the flock, and of the herd; And they shall be as a well–watered garden, And they shall languish no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:13 @ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and old men together, For I will change their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and cheer them after their sorrow.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:14 @ And I will satisfy the priests with fatness, And my people shall be satisfied with my bounty, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:15 @ Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, Refuseth to be comforted, because they are no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:16 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, And thine eyes from tears, For thy labor shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; They shall come again from the land of the enemy.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:18 @ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, Like a steer not broken. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, For thou, O Jehovah, art my God!

noyes@Jeremiah:31:19 @ Surely, after I returned, I repented, And after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, yea, I was confounded, Because I bore the reproach of my youth."

noyes@Jeremiah:31:22 @ How long wilt thou wander about, O rebellious daughter? Behold, Jehovah createth a new thing in the earth: The woman shall protect the man.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:23 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Again shall they say in the land of Judah, And in the cities thereof, when I bring back their captives, "May Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of justice, O holy mountain!"

noyes@Jeremiah:31:24 @ And Judah shall dwell in it, and all his cities together, Husbandmen, and they that go forth with their flocks.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:25 @ For I will refresh him that is thirsty, And I will satisfy him that languisheth.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:26 @ Upon this I awoke, and beheld, And my sleep was sweet to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:27 @ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah. With the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:28 @ And it shall be that as I have watched over them To pluck up, and to pull down, and to overthrow, And to destroy, and to afflict, So will I watch over them To build, and to plant, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:29 @ In those days they shall no more say, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge."

noyes@Jeremiah:31:31 @ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will make with the house of Israel, And with the house of Judah, a new covenant;

noyes@Jeremiah:31:32 @ Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, In the day when I took them by the hand To bring them out of the land of Egypt; Which covenant of mine they broke, And I rejected them, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:33 @ But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law into their inward parts, And upon their hearts will I write it; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:34 @ And they shall teach no more, Every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, Saying, "Know ye Jehovah!" For they shall all know me, From the least of them even to the greatest of them, saith Jehovah; For I will forgive their iniquity, And I will remember their sin no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:35 @ Thus saith Jehovah, Who made the sun for a light by day, And the ordinances of the moon and stars for a light by night, Who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar, Jehovah of hosts is his name:

noyes@Jeremiah:31:39 @ And the measuring line shall go forth over against it even to the hill Gareb, And extend itself to Goath.

noyes@Jeremiah:31:40 @ And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, And all the fields to the brook Kidron, Even to the corner of the horsegate toward the East, Shall be holy to Jehovah. No more shall it be plucked up, Or thrown down, forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:2 @ And at that time the army of the king of Babylon was laying siege to Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:3 @ For Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, "Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

noyes@Jeremiah:32:4 @ and Zedekiah, the king of Judah, shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldaeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

noyes@Jeremiah:32:5 @ and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah; though ye fight with the Chaldaeans, ye shall not prosper?"

noyes@Jeremiah:32:6 @ Then said Jeremiah, The word of Jehovah came to me, and said:

noyes@Jeremiah:32:7 @ Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum, thine uncle, will come to thee, and say, Buy thee my field which is in Anathoth, for thine is the redemption–right to buy it.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:8 @ And so Hanameel, the son of my uncle, came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of Jehovah, and said to me: Buy, I pray thee, my field, which is in Anathoth, for thine is the right of inheritance and redemption; buy it for thyself! Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:9 @ I bought, therefore, the field of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, in Anathoth, and I paid him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:10 @ And I wrote a deed, and sealed it, and took witnesses thereto, and weighed the silver in the balances.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:11 @ And I took the purchase–deed, that which was sealed according to the law and the statutes, and that which was open,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:12 @ and I gave the purchase–deed to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the presence of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses, who subscribed their names to the purchase–deed, and in the presence of all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:13 @ And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:14 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these writings, this sealed purchase–deed, and this open deed, and put them into an earthen vessel, that they may endure a great length of time.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:15 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall houses and fields and vineyards be bought in this land.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:16 @ And when I had delivered the purchase–deed to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I prayed to Jehovah, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:17 @ Ah, Lord, Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and thy stretched–out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:18 @ Thou showest kindness to a thousand generations, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of the children who come after them. The great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:19 @ great in counsel and mighty in work; for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

noyes@Jeremiah:32:20 @ who hast displayed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

noyes@Jeremiah:32:21 @ and hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched–out arm, and with great terror,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:22 @ and hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

noyes@Jeremiah:32:23 @ and they have come in and possessed it; but they have not obeyed thy voice, nor walked according to thy law. They have done nothing of all which thou commandedst them to do. Therefore hast thou caused all this evil to come upon them.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:24 @ Behold, the mounds of the enemy have already come up against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans, who fight against it by means 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:25 @ And yet hast thou said to me, O Lord Jehovah, "Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses thereto!" when the city is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:28 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldaeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:29 @ And the Chaldaeans who fight against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out incense to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:30 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil before me from their youth; yea, the children of Israel have but provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:31 @ For this city hath been the object of my anger and my fury, from the day when they built it even to this day; that I might remove it from before my face,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:32 @ because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have committed 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:33 @ For they have turned to me the back, and not the face; though I have taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet have they not hearkened to receive instruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:34 @ And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:35 @ And they have 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 to Moloch, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should practise their abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:36 @ Yet now thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel concerning this city, of which ye say, "It is delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence."

noyes@Jeremiah:32:37 @ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them in my anger and my fury and my great wrath, and I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell securely,

noyes@Jeremiah:32:38 @ and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:39 @ And I will give them one heart, and one way, to fear me continually, that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:40 @ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, nor cease to do them good; for I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:41 @ Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in truth, with my whole heart, and with my whole soul.

noyes@Jeremiah:32:43 @ And fields shall yet be bought in this land, of which ye say, "It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans."

noyes@Jeremiah:32:44 @ Fields shall men buy for money, and subscribe deeds, 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 hill–country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south; for I will bring them back from their captivity, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:1 @ The word of Jehovah came also to Jeremiah the second time, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, and said:––

noyes@Jeremiah:33:3 @ Call to me, and I will answer thee, And I will show thee great things, And hidden things which thou knowest not.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:4 @ For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Concerning the houses of this city, And concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, Which are thrown down toward the mounds and the sword,

noyes@Jeremiah:33:5 @ To fight with the Chaldaeans, And to fill them with the dead bodies of men, Whom I have smitten in mine anger and in my wrath, And for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:

noyes@Jeremiah:33:6 @ Behold, I will bind up her wounds, and heal them, And I will reveal to them abundance of peace and stability.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:7 @ And I will bring back the captives of Judah, And the captives of Israel, And I will build them, as at the first.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:8 @ And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, Whereby they have sinned against me; And I will forgive all their iniquities, Whereby they have sinned, And have rebelled against me.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:9 @ And it shall be to me a name of joy, A praise and a glory among all the nations of the earth, Who shall hear of all the good which I do to them. And they shall fear and tremble because of all the good, And because of all the prosperity, which I bestow upon it.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:10 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again shall be heard in this place, Of which ye say, "It is desolate, without man and without beast," In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, Which are desolate, without man, Even without an inhabitant and without beast,

noyes@Jeremiah:33:11 @ The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, The voice of them that say, "Praise ye Jehovah of hosts, For Jehovah is good, For his mercy endureth forever!" And of them that bring an offering of praise to the house of Jehovah. For I will restore the captives of the land, As at the first, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:12 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, Which is desolate, without man and without beast, And in all the cities thereof, A habitation of shepherds, who shall cause their flocks to rest;

noyes@Jeremiah:33:13 @ In the cities of the hill–country, and in the cities of the plain, 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 yet again Under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:14 @ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will perform that good thing Which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel, And concerning the house of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:15 @ In those days and at that time Will I cause to grow up from David a righteous branch, Who shall maintain justice and equity in the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:16 @ In those days shall Judah be saved, And Jerusalem shall dwell securely; And this is the name which shall be given her, Jehovah–is–our–salvation.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:18 @ Neither from the priests and the Levites Shall a man fail before me, To offer burnt–offerings, and to kindle meat–offerings, And to perform sacrifice continually.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:19 @ And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah and said,

noyes@Jeremiah:33:20 @ Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant concerning the day, And my covenant concerning the night, So that there shall no more be day and night in their season,

noyes@Jeremiah:33:21 @ Then also may my covenant with David my servant be broken, So that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, And with the Levites, the priests, my servants.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:22 @ As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So will I multiply the posterity of David my servant, And the Levites who minister to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:33:25 @ Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant concerning the day and the night be not maintained, And if I have not established the ordinances of the heaven and the earth,

noyes@Jeremiah:33:26 @ Then will I cast away the posterity of Jacob, and of David, my servant, So as not to take of his posterity to be rulers Over the posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; For I will bring them back from their captivity, And have mercy upon them.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the nations, made war against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying:––

noyes@Jeremiah:34:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:3 @ And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:5 @ in peace shalt thou die; and according to the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings, who were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they shall lament for thee, saying, "Ah, lord!" for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:6 @ And Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words to Zedekiah, king of Judah, at Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:7 @ And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah; for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:10 @ And all the princes, and all the people, who had entered into covenant to let every one his man–servant and every one his maid–servant go free, and retain them in servitude no longer, obeyed; they obeyed, and let them go.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:11 @ But they returned afterwards, and took back the men–servants and the maid–servants whom they had let go free, and brought them into subjection as men–servants and as maid–servants.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:13 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, and said,

noyes@Jeremiah:34:15 @ And when ye had turned at this time, and had done what was right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every one to his neighbor, and had entered into a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name,

noyes@Jeremiah:34:16 @ then ye returned and profaned my name, and took back every one his man–servant, and every one his maid–servant, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, and brought them into subjection to be men–servants and maid–servants to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:17 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened to me in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother, and every one to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, and I will give you up to oppression in all the kingdoms of the earth;

noyes@Jeremiah:34:18 @ and I will make the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, like the calf which they cut in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

noyes@Jeremiah:34:19 @ the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:20 @ I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:21 @ And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his princes, will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, even into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.

noyes@Jeremiah:34:22 @ Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:2 @ Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:3 @ Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites,

noyes@Jeremiah:35:4 @ and brought them into the house of Jehovah, 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:5 @ And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine and cups, and I said to them, "Drink ye wine."

noyes@Jeremiah:35:6 @ But they said, "We will not drink wine; for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, ye nor your sons, forever;

noyes@Jeremiah:35:7 @ neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live long in the land wherein ye are strangers.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:8 @ And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters;

noyes@Jeremiah:35:10 @ but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:11 @ But it came to pass when Nebuchadnezzar, 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 Chaldaeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem."

noyes@Jeremiah:35:13 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will ye not receive instruction, to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:14 @ The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, in which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have been performed; for they have drunk no wine to this day, but have obeyed the commandment of their father. I also have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, but ye have not hearkened to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:15 @ And I have sent to you all my servants, the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every one 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 to me.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:16 @ Since then the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, and this people have not hearkened to me;

noyes@Jeremiah:35:17 @ therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil which I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, and they have not hearkened, and I have called to them, and they have not answered.

noyes@Jeremiah:35:18 @ And to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab, your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all which he commanded you,

noyes@Jeremiah:35:19 @ therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: There shall not fail in the land of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, men to stand before me forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:36:2 @ Take thee a book–roll, and write upon it all the words which I have spoken to thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day when I began to speak to thee even to this day.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:3 @ It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them, and return every one from his evil way, so that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:4 @ Then Jeremiah called Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah which he had spoken to him, upon a book–roll.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:5 @ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch and said: I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah;

noyes@Jeremiah:36:6 @ therefore, go thou, and read in the roll which thou hast written from my mouth the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, upon the fast–day; also in the ears of all Judah, that come out of their cities, shalt thou read them.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:7 @ It may be that they will prostrate themselves in supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way. For great is the anger and the indignation which Jehovah hath denounced against this people.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:8 @ And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:9 @ And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came out of the cities of Judah, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, in Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:11 @ And when Micah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard from the book all the words of Jehovah,

noyes@Jeremiah:36:12 @ he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and lo, all the princes were sitting there, 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:14 @ Then all the princes sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, and said, "Take in thy 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 to them.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:15 @ And they said to him, "Sit down now, and read it in our ears." And Baruch read it in their ears.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:16 @ And when they had heard all the words, they looked with consternation upon one another, and they said to Baruch, "We must tell the king of all these things."

noyes@Jeremiah:36:17 @ And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now, how didst thou write all these words from his mouth?"

noyes@Jeremiah:36:18 @ And Baruch said to them, "With his mouth he pronounced to me all these words, and I wrote them on the book with ink."

noyes@Jeremiah:36:19 @ Then said the princes to Baruch, "Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye are."

noyes@Jeremiah:36:20 @ And they went in to the king into the court; but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they told all these things in the ears of the king.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:21 @ Then the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:22 @ And the king was sitting in the winter–house, in the ninth month, and a brasier was burning before him.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:23 @ And when Jehudi had read three or four sections, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire, into the brasier, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire in the brasier.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:24 @ And they were not afraid, and rent not their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants, who heard all these words;

noyes@Jeremiah:36:25 @ and although Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah interceded with the king not to burn the roll, yet he would not hearken to them.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:26 @ And the king commanded Jerahmeel, the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah, the son of Azreel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah had hid them.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:27 @ Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:36:28 @ Take thee another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, hath burned.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:29 @ And concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah, thou shalt say, Thou hast burned this roll, saying, "Why hast thou written therein and said, The king of Babylon shall surely come and shall destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and beast?"

noyes@Jeremiah:36:30 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah: He shall have not one 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:31 @ And I will punish him, and his offspring, 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 which I have pronounced against them, and they have not hearkened.

noyes@Jeremiah:36:32 @ Then Jeremiah took 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 had burned in the fire; and there were added to them many words of the same kind.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:1 @ Now King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned instead of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:2 @ But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land regarded the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:3 @ And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pray now to Jehovah our God for us."

noyes@Jeremiah:37:4 @ Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not cast him into prison.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:5 @ And Pharaoh’s army had come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldaeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, having heard tidings of them, had departed from Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:7 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, into their own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:8 @ And the Chaldaeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:10 @ For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldaeans that fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, each one in his tent, yet should they rise up and burn this city with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:11 @ And it came to pass, when the army of the Chaldaeans had marched away from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,

noyes@Jeremiah:37:12 @ that Jeremiah was going forth from Jerusalem, to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive thence his inheritance among the people.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:13 @ And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Thou art going over to the Chaldaeans."

noyes@Jeremiah:37:14 @ And Jeremiah said, "It is false; I am not going over to the Chaldaeans." But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:15 @ And the princes were enraged against Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that a prison.

noyes@Jeremiah:37:16 @ And when Jeremiah had gone into the dungeon, and into the cells, and had remained there a long time,

noyes@Jeremiah:37:17 @ then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out; and the king asked him in his house privately, and said, "Hast thou any word from Jehovah?" And Jeremiah said, "I have." And he said, "Into the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be delivered."

noyes@Jeremiah:37:18 @ And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What offence have I committed against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

noyes@Jeremiah:37:19 @ And where are your prophets, who prophesied to you, saying, "The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?"

noyes@Jeremiah:37:20 @ But now hear, I pray thee, my lord the king! let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, and cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there!

noyes@Jeremiah:37:21 @ Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:1 @ And 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 which Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:38:2 @ "Thus saith Jehovah: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldaeans shall live, and he shall retain his life as a prey, and shall live.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:3 @ Thus saith Jehovah: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:4 @ Then said the princes to 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 to them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but their hurt."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:5 @ Then Zedekiah the king said, "Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not one that can do anything in opposition to you."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:6 @ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah, the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but only mire; and Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:7 @ And Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was then in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the dungeon; and the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:8 @ Then Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:38:10 @ Then the king commanded Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying, "Take along with thee thirty men from hence, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:11 @ And Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the king’s house under the store–room, and took from thence torn rags and worn–out rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:12 @ And Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, said to Jeremiah, put now these torn and worn–out rags under thy knuckles under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:13 @ And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:14 @ And King Zedekiah sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entrance, which is in the house of Jehovah; and the king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask thee a question; hide nothing from me!"

noyes@Jeremiah:38:15 @ And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "When I have told thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:16 @ Then King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret, saying, "As Jehovah liveth, who made for 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."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:17 @ Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, "Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth to the chieftains of the king of Babylon, then shalt thou live; and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou and thine house.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:18 @ But if thou wilt not go forth to the chieftains of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldaeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:19 @ And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, lest I should be delivered into their hand, and they should mock me."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:20 @ And Jeremiah said, "Thou shalt not be delivered up to them. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah in what I speak to thee; so shall it be well with thee, and thou shalt live.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:22 @ Behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall be brought forth to the chieftains of the king of Babylon, and shall say, ‘Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire; they go backward.’

noyes@Jeremiah:38:23 @ And all thy wives and thy children shall they bring out to the Chaldaeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but by the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be taken; and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire."

noyes@Jeremiah:38:24 @ Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, "Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:25 @ But if the princes shall hear that I have talked with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee, ‘Tell us, we pray thee, what thou hast said to the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; and what the king hath said to thee’;

noyes@Jeremiah:38:27 @ Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all those words which the king had commanded. And they said no more to him, for the matter was not known.

noyes@Jeremiah:38:28 @ And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison to the day when Jerusalem was taken.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

noyes@Jeremiah:39:2 @ and in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, was the city broken into,)

noyes@Jeremiah:39:3 @ that all the chieftains of the king of Babylon came, and stationed themselves in the middle gate, Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, prefect of the eunuchs, Nergalsharezer, prefect of the magians, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:4 @ And when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and all the men of war, saw them, they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and they went forth toward the plain.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:5 @ But the army of the Chaldaeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment concerning him.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:6 @ And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes; and all the nobles of Judah did the king of Babylon slay.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:7 @ And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, to carry him to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:8 @ And the Chaldaeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:9 @ And the residue of the people that remained in the city, and the deserters who had come over to him, the residue of the people that remained, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:10 @ But the poor of the people, who had nothing, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:11 @ And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, saying,

noyes@Jeremiah:39:12 @ "Take him, and have thine eyes upon him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you."

noyes@Jeremiah:39:13 @ Then sent Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, and Nebushasban, prefect of the eunuchs, and Nergalsharezer, prefect of the magians, and all the princes of the king of Babylon,

noyes@Jeremiah:39:14 @ they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home; and he dwelt among the people.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:16 @ Go and speak to Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, and say: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring my words upon this city for evil and not for good, and with thine own eyes shalt thou see it in that day.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:17 @ But I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

noyes@Jeremiah:39:18 @ But I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be to thee as a prey; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had let him go from Ramah. For he had taken him, and he had been bound with chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah which were carried away captive to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:2 @ And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him: "Jehovah, thy God, pronounced this evil against this place;

noyes@Jeremiah:40:3 @ and now Jehovah hath brought it, and done according as he spake, because ye sinned against Jehovah, and obeyed not his voice; therefore hath this thing come upon you.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:4 @ And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains upon thy hands. If it seem good to thee to come with me to Babylon, come; and I will set my eyes upon thee; but if it seem evil to thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear; behold, the whole land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and desirable for thee to go, thither go."

noyes@Jeremiah:40:5 @ And while he was not yet gone away: "Go to Gedaliah, the of son 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 whithersoever it seemeth good to thee to go." And the captain of the guard gave him provisions, and a present, and dismissed him.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:6 @ And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:7 @ Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor over the land, and had committed to his charge men and women and children, of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon,

noyes@Jeremiah:40:8 @ then they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah; namely, 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 the Maachathite, they and their men;

noyes@Jeremiah:40:9 @ and Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, "Fear not to serve the Chaldaeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:10 @ As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldaeans, who shall come to us; but ye, gather ye in wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have taken."

noyes@Jeremiah:40:11 @ Also when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant to Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

noyes@Jeremiah:40:12 @ then all the Jews returned from all the places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in abundance.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:13 @ And Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah,

noyes@Jeremiah:40:14 @ and said to him, "Dost thou know that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, hath sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to slay thee?" But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, believed them not.

noyes@Jeremiah:40:15 @ And Johanan, the son of Kareah, spake to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, saying, "Let me go, I pray thee, and smite Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered to thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?"

noyes@Jeremiah:41:1 @ And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the blood royal, and one of the great officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah; and they ate bread there together in Mizpah.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:2 @ Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, arose, 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:3 @ And all the Jews that were with him, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldaeans that were found there, the men of war, did Ishmael smite.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:4 @ And it came to pass, the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

noyes@Jeremiah:41:5 @ that there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, fourscore persons, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with an oblation and incense in their hands, to bring to the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:6 @ And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and when he met them, he said to them, "Come ye to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam."

noyes@Jeremiah:41:7 @ And when they had come into the midst of the city, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, slew them, and cast them into the pit, he and the men that were with him.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:8 @ But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, "Slay us not, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey." He forbore, therefore, and slew them not with their brethren.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:9 @ Now the pit into which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he slew, together with Gedaliah, is the same which King Asa made on account of Baasha, king of Israel; and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, filled it with them that were slain.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:10 @ And Ishmael took captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had committed to the charge of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam; even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them captive, and set forth to go over to the children of Ammon.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:11 @ But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,

noyes@Jeremiah:41:12 @ they took all the men, and went up to fight with Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and came up with him at the great waters that are in Gibeon.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:13 @ And 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, they were glad;

noyes@Jeremiah:41:14 @ and all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah faced about and returned, and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:15 @ But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

noyes@Jeremiah:41:16 @ Then took Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, strong men, men of war, and women, and children, and eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon;

noyes@Jeremiah:41:17 @ and they went, and tarried in the inn of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, in order to flee into Egypt

noyes@Jeremiah:41:18 @ from the Chaldaeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had slain Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:1 @ And 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 to the greatest, came near,

noyes@Jeremiah:42:2 @ and said to Jeremiah the prophet: "Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us to Jehovah, thy God, for all this remnant; (for we are left a few out of many, as thine eyes do behold us;)

noyes@Jeremiah:42:3 @ that Jehovah, thy God, may show us the way wherein we shall walk, and the thing which we shall do."

noyes@Jeremiah:42:4 @ And Jeremiah the prophet said to them: "I have heard; behold, I will pray to Jehovah your God, according to your words, and all which Jehovah shall answer you I will declare to you; I will keep back nothing from you."

noyes@Jeremiah:42:5 @ Then they said to Jeremiah: "May Jehovah be our witness, a faithful and true witness! According to all for which Jehovah our God shall send thee to us, so will we do.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:7 @ And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:8 @ And he called 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,

noyes@Jeremiah:42:9 @ and said to them: "Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

noyes@Jeremiah:42:10 @ If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil which I have done to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:11 @ Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah; for I will be with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:12 @ And I will show mercies to you, that he may have compassion upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:13 @ But if ye say, ‘We will not dwell in this land,’ so as not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

noyes@Jeremiah:42:14 @ saying, ‘No! but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread, and there will we dwell,––

noyes@Jeremiah:42:15 @ now, therefore, hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah! Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there,

noyes@Jeremiah:42:16 @ then it shall come to pass that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which ye were afraid, shall follow close after you into Egypt, and there shall ye die.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:17 @ So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, and not one of them shall remain, or escape from the evil which I bring upon them.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:18 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:20 @ Ye err to your own ruin; for ye sent me to Jehovah your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it’;

noyes@Jeremiah:42:21 @ and now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah your God, nor to anything for which he sent me to you.

noyes@Jeremiah:42:22 @ Now, therefore, ye shall know assuredly, that by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye shall die, in the place whither ye have chosen to go and to sojourn."

noyes@Jeremiah:43:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, for which Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

noyes@Jeremiah:43:2 @ then spake Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, "Thou speakest falsely; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there;

noyes@Jeremiah:43:3 @ but Baruch, the son of Neriah, setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldaeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon."

noyes@Jeremiah:43:4 @ So Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to remain in the land of Judah.

noyes@Jeremiah:43:5 @ But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,

noyes@Jeremiah:43:6 @ the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person whom 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;

noyes@Jeremiah:43:7 @ and they went into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah; and they came to Tahpanhes.

noyes@Jeremiah:43:9 @ Take in thy hand great stones, and hide them in the clay in the brick–kiln which is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,

noyes@Jeremiah:43:10 @ and say to them: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send, and take Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne upon these stones which I have hidden, and he shall spread his royal canopy over them.

noyes@Jeremiah:43:11 @ And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt, and deliver those that are for death to death, and those that are for captivity to captivity, and those that are for the sword to the sword.

noyes@Jeremiah:43:12 @ And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall wrap himself in the land of Egypt, as a shepherd wrappeth himself in his garment, and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

noyes@Jeremiah:43:13 @ And he shall break in pieces the images of Bethshemesh in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the land of Pathros, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:44:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil which 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;

noyes@Jeremiah:44:3 @ because of their wickedness, which they have committed, to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve strange gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers;

noyes@Jeremiah:44:4 @ and I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: O do not this abominable thing, which I hate!

noyes@Jeremiah:44:6 @ Therefore hath my fury been poured forth, and mine anger, and hath burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a desolation and a waste at this day.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:7 @ And now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore do ye commit this great evil against your own souls, that ye may cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, so as to leave yourselves no remnant?

noyes@Jeremiah:44:8 @ Why do ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to strange gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, so that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

noyes@Jeremiah:44:9 @ Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

noyes@Jeremiah:44:10 @ They have not been humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, which I set before you, and before your fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:12 @ And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; by the sword and by famine shall they be consumed, from the least to the greatest; by the sword and by famine shall they die; and they shall become an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:13 @ For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:14 @ And none shall escape or remain of the remnant of Judah which are gone into the land of Egypt, to sojourn there, and to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return, to dwell there; for none shall return but a few fugitives that escape.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:15 @ Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to strange gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, and in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:44:17 @ But whatever hath gone forth from our mouth, that will we do, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink–offerings to 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 we had plenty of bread, and were prosperous, and saw no calamity.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:18 @ But from the time we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink–offerings to her, we have been in want of all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:19 @ And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink–offerings to her, did we without the knowledge of our men make cakes to worship her, and pour out drink–offerings to her?"

noyes@Jeremiah:44:20 @ Then spake Jeremiah to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying:

noyes@Jeremiah:44:21 @ "The incense which 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 Jehovah remember it, and came it not into his mind?

noyes@Jeremiah:44:22 @ And Jehovah could no longer bear the evil of your doings, and the abominations which ye committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant at this day.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:23 @ Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his ordinances, therefore is this evil come upon you, at this day."

noyes@Jeremiah:44:24 @ And Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that are in the land of Egypt!

noyes@Jeremiah:44:25 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye and your wives speak with your mouths, and fulfill with your hands; ye say, "We will keep our vows, which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink–offerings to her"; ye will surely accomplish your vows; ye will surely perform your vows.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:26 @ Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that dwell in the land of Egypt! Behold, I swear by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the Lord Jehovah liveth!"

noyes@Jeremiah:44:27 @ Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there be an end of them.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:28 @ And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:29 @ And this shall be a sign to you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil.

noyes@Jeremiah:44:30 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, his enemy, that sought his life."

noyes@Jeremiah:45:3 @ Thou sayest, "Woe now to me, for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow! I am weary with my sighing, and find no rest."

noyes@Jeremiah:45:4 @ Thus shalt thou say to him: Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I myself have builded do I break down, and that which I myself have planted do I pluck up, even this whole land;

noyes@Jeremiah:45:5 @ and seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not; for behold, I am about to bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give thee, as a prey, in all places whither thou shalt go.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:3 @ Prepare ye the buckler and shield, And move on to battle!

noyes@Jeremiah:46:4 @ Harness the horses, and mount, ye riders! Stand forth in your helmets; Make bright the spears, And put on the coats of mail!

noyes@Jeremiah:46:5 @ Wherefore do I see them dismayed, and turned back? Even their mighty ones are smitten; They flee apace; they look not back. Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:6 @ Let not the swift attempt to flee away, Nor the mighty man to escape; Toward the North by the river Euphrates shall they stumble and fall.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:8 @ Egypt riseth up like the Nile, And like floods do his waters swell. He saith, "I will arise, I will cover the land, I will destroy the city, and them that dwell therein."

noyes@Jeremiah:46:9 @ Come up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots! And let the mighty men go forth, The Ethiopians, and the Libyans, that bear the shield, And the Lydians, that bear and bend the bow!

noyes@Jeremiah:46:10 @ This is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, A day of vengeance, to avenge himself of his enemies; And the sword shall devour, and satiate itself, And it shall be made drunk with their blood. For Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice In the North country, by the river Euphrates.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:11 @ Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou use many medicines; There is no cure for thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:46:12 @ The nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the earth; For they have stumbled, the mighty against the mighty, And they are fallen both together.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:13 @ The word which Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:14 @ Declare ye in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim ye also in Noph and Tahpanhes! Say ye, "Stand fast and prepare thyself, For the sword shall devour round about thee!"

noyes@Jeremiah:46:16 @ He caused many to fall; one fell upon another; And they said, "Arise, and let us go to our own people, And to the land of our nativity, from the overpowering sword."

noyes@Jeremiah:46:18 @ As I live, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts: Like Tabor among the mountains, And like Carmel by the sea, he cometh! Prepare thyself travelling equipage,

noyes@Jeremiah:46:21 @ Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; Yet they also turn back; they flee together; they stand not; For the day of their calamity is come upon them, And the time of their punishment.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:22 @ Her voice shall be heard like that of a serpent, When they shall march against her with their forces, And come against her with axes like fellers of trees.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:23 @ They shall cut down her forest, though it be impenetrable; For they exceed the locusts in multitude, And are innumerable.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:24 @ The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame; She is given into the hand of the people of the North.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:25 @ Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Ammon of No, And Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings; Even Pharaoh and all that trust in him.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:26 @ And I will deliver them into the hands of those that seek their lives, And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants. But after this it shall be inhabited, As in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:46:27 @ But fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, And be not thou dismayed, O Israel! For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar, And thy posterity from the land of their captivity; And Jacob shall return and be at rest, Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

noyes@Jeremiah:47:2 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the North, And they shall become an overflowing torrent, And shall overflow the land, and all that is therein,––The city, and them that dwell therein; And the men shall cry aloud, And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

noyes@Jeremiah:47:3 @ At the noise of the stamping of the horses, At the rattling of his chariots, And at the rumbling of his wheels, Fathers look not back for their children, For feebleness of hands,

noyes@Jeremiah:47:4 @ Because of the day which cometh, To lay waste all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and from Sidon Every helper that remaineth. For Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, The remnant of the country of Caphtor.

noyes@Jeremiah:47:5 @ Baldness is come upon Gaza, Askelon is in ruins, And the remnant of their valley! How long wilt thou cut thyself?

noyes@Jeremiah:47:6 @ Ah! sword of Jehovah, How long ere thou wilt be quiet? Retire into thy scabbard, Rest, and be still!

noyes@Jeremiah:47:7 @ But how canst thou be at rest, Since Jehovah hath given thee a charge against Askelon, And against the coast of the sea? There hath he appointed it.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:1 @ Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is confounded, is taken. Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:2 @ Moab shall no more glory in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her; "Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation!" Thou also shalt be cut down, O Madmena, The sword shall pursue thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:48:3 @ A cry is heard from Horonaim, Desolation and great destruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:7 @ For, because thou hast trusted in thy substance and thy treasures, Thou also shalt be taken And Chemosh shall go into captivity, His priests and his princes together.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:8 @ The spoiler shall come upon every city, And no city shall escape. The valley shall perish, And the plain shall be destroyed, As Jehovah hath spoken.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:10 @ Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah deceitfully, And cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

noyes@Jeremiah:48:11 @ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, And he hath settled on his lees, And hath not been drawn off from vessel to vessel, Neither hath he gone into captivity; Therefore his taste hath remained in him, And his flavor hath not changed.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:12 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will send to him tilters, who shall tilt him up, And shall empty his vessels, and break his pitchers in pieces.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:13 @ And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:14 @ How will ye say, "We are mighty, And strong men for war"?

noyes@Jeremiah:48:15 @ Moab is destroyed; His cities have gone up in smoke, And his chosen young men have gone down to slaughter, Saith the King whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:16 @ The destruction of Moab is near at hand; His destruction hasteth fast.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:17 @ All ye that are about him, bemoan him! And all ye that know him, say, "How is the strong sceptre broken, The splendid staff!"

noyes@Jeremiah:48:18 @ Come down from thy glory and sit in thirst, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab shall come against thee! He shall destroy thy strongholds. Stand by the wayside, and look out,

noyes@Jeremiah:48:19 @ O inhabitant of Aroer! Ask of him that fleeth, and of her that escapeth, And say, "What hath been done?"

noyes@Jeremiah:48:20 @ Moab is confounded; for it is broken down; Howl ye, and cry! Tell ye it in Arnon, That Moab is destroyed!

noyes@Jeremiah:48:21 @ And punishment hath come upon the plain country; Upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

noyes@Jeremiah:48:22 @ And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:23 @ And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,

noyes@Jeremiah:48:24 @ And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, And upon all the cities of the land of Moab far and near.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:25 @ The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:26 @ Make ye him drunken, for he hath exalted himself against Jehovah; That he also may wallow in his vomit, And be himself also in derision.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:28 @ Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove, that maketh her nest in the sides of the mouth of the pit!

noyes@Jeremiah:48:29 @ We have heard of the pride of Moab; He hath been exceeding proud; His loftiness and his arrogance, His pride and the haughtiness of his heart.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:30 @ I, too, know his insolence, saith Jehovah, And his vain boastings. They shall effect nothing.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:32 @ More than Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah! Thy branches have passed beyond the sea; They reach even to the sea of Jazer; Upon thy summer–fruits and thy vintage the spoiler falleth.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:33 @ And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field; And from the land of Moab, And from the presses, have I caused the wine to fail: No more shall they tread with shouting; The shouting shall be no shouting.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:35 @ And I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, Him that offereth in the high places, And him that burneth incense to his gods.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:36 @ Therefore doth my heart sound like a flute for Moab, And for the men of Ker–heres doth my heart sound like a flute; For the remnant of their substance is perished.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:37 @ Every head is bald, And every beard shorn; Upon all hands are cutting, And upon the loins sackcloth.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:38 @ Upon all the house–tops of Moab, and in her streets, All is lamentation. For I have broken Moab, like a useless vessel, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:39 @ Howl ye! How is he broken down! How hath Moab turned the back with shame! A derision and a consternation is Moab To all that are round him.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:40 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, like an eagle flieth an enemy, And spreadeth his wings over Moab.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:41 @ Kerioth is taken, And the strongholds are seized; The hearts of the heroes of Moab in that day Shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:42 @ And Moab shall be destroyed so as to be no more a people, Because he exalted himself against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:43 @ Terror and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:44 @ He that fleeth from the terror 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, upon Moab, The year of their punishment, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:45 @ In the valley of Heshbon the fugitives halted for want of strength; But a fire is gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from the midst of Sihon, Which devoureth the region of Moab, And the heads of the sons of tumult.

noyes@Jeremiah:48:46 @ Woe to thee, O Moab! Undone is the people of Chemosh! For thy sons are taken captives, And thy daughters are captives.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:1 @ Concerning the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? Hath he not an heir? Why then doth Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in his cities?

noyes@Jeremiah:49:2 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will cause a cry of war to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, And she shall become a ruinous heap, And her daughters shall be burned with fire; And Israel shall take possession of their land, who took possession of his.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:3 @ Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament, And run ye to and fro within the fences! For Milcom goeth into captivity, His priests and his princes together.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:5 @ Behold, I will bring a terror upon thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, From all those that are around thee, And ye shall be driven out, every one right forth, And there shall be none to gather up the fugitives.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:10 @ But I will make Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding–places, So that he shall not be able to hide himself. His offspring shall be destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors, And he shall be no more.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:11 @ Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, And thy widows, let them trust in me!

noyes@Jeremiah:49:12 @ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they who ought not to have drunk the cup have deeply drunken, And shalt thou go altogether unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished; Thou shalt surely drink.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:13 @ For by myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, That Bozrah shall become an astonishment, A reproach, a desolation, and a curse; And all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:14 @ I have heard a proclamation from Jehovah, And an ambassador hath been sent among the nations, "Assemble yourselves, and come against her, And arise to battle!"

noyes@Jeremiah:49:16 @ Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, The pride of thy heart, Because thou dwellest in the recesses of the rock, And holdest the height of the hill. Though thou set thy nest on high, like the eagle, From thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:17 @ And Edom shall be an astonishment: Every one that passeth by her shall be astonished, And shall hiss on account of all her plagues.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:18 @ As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And their neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor a son of man dwell within her.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:19 @ Behold, he cometh up like a lion from the pride of Jordan against the habitation of the rock; Suddenly will I drive him thence, And him who is chosen by me will I set over her. For who is like me, Or who will summon me to trial? Or who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?

noyes@Jeremiah:49:20 @ Therefore, hear ye the purpose of Jehovah, Which he hath formed against Edom, And the designs which he meditateth against the inhabitants of Teman! Surely he shall drag them forth like feeble sheep; Surely he shall come upon them, And make their pastures desolate.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:22 @ Behold, like an eagle, he cometh up, And spreadeth his wings over Bozrah; And the hearts of the heroes of Edom, in that day, Shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:23 @ Concerning Damascus. Hamath and Arpad are confounded; They faint, because they have heard evil tidings. There is anxiety at the sea; It cannot be at rest.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:24 @ Damascus is faint–hearted; She turneth herself to flee; Trembling hath seized on her; Anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:26 @ Yea, her young men shall fall in her streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:28 @ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, And spoil the sons of the East!

noyes@Jeremiah:49:29 @ Their tents and their flocks shall they take away; They shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their furniture, and their camels, And men shall cry to them, "Terror is on every side."

noyes@Jeremiah:49:30 @ Flee, get you far off, dwell in deep places, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah. For Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, meditates a design against you, And has formed a purpose against you.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:32 @ And their camels shall be a booty, And the multitude of their cattle a spoil; And I will scatter to all the winds them that shave the cheeks, And from every side will I bring their calamity, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:33 @ And Hazor shall be a dwelling for jackals, A desolation forever. There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:36 @ And I will bring against Elam The four winds from the four extremities of the heavens, And I will scatter them to all these winds, And there shall be no nation To which the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:37 @ For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, And before them that seek their life. And I will bring evil upon them, The fierceness of my anger, saith Jehovah. And I will send after them the sword, Until I have consumed them.

noyes@Jeremiah:49:38 @ And I will set up my throne in Elam, And I will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:1 @ The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:2 @ Tell ye among the nations, and proclaim, and lift up a standard! Proclaim ye; conceal it not; Say ye, "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is in consternation, Her idols are confounded, Her images are in consternation."

noyes@Jeremiah:50:3 @ For out of the North cometh up against her a nation Which shall make her land desolate, So that none shall dwell therein; Both man and beast are fled, They are gone.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:4 @ In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; They shall go weeping on their way, And shall seek Jehovah their God.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:5 @ They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward; They shall come, and shall join themselves to Jehovah In a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:6 @ My people have been lost sheep; Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; They have caused them to wander upon the mountains; They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their fold.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:7 @ All that found them devoured them; For their adversaries said, "We shall not be held guilty," Because they had sinned against Jehovah, The fold of safety, and the hope of their fathers, Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:8 @ Flee ye out of Babylon, And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, And be ye like he–goats before the flock!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:9 @ For, behold, I will raise up and bring against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the land of the North, And they shall set themselves in array against her, And then shall she be taken; Their arrows shall be as those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:10 @ And Chaldaea shall be a spoil; All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:11 @ Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion,

noyes@Jeremiah:50:12 @ Your mother is utterly confounded; She that bore you is put to shame. Behold, the end of the nations, A wilderness, a dry land, a desert!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:13 @ Because of the wrath of Jehovah, she shall not be inhabited, She shall be wholly desolate; Every one that passeth by Babylon shall be amazed, And hiss on account of all her plagues.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:15 @ Raise the war–shout! She reacheth forth her hand; Her pillars are fallen; Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take ye vengeance upon her! As she hath done, do ye to her!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:16 @ Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that handleth the sickle in harvest–time! Because of the overpowering sword They shall turn every one to his own people, And they shall flee every one to his own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:17 @ Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath broken his bones.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:18 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:19 @ And I will bring back Israel to his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan, And satiate himself upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:20 @ In those days and at that time, saith Jehovah, 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 those whom I cause to be left.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:21 @ Against the land of Rebellion go ye up, And against the inhabitants of Vengeance! Lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, And do all which I have commanded thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:22 @ The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:23 @ How is the battle–hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:24 @ I have laid a snare for thee, And thou hast been caught, O Babylon, When thou wast not aware! Thou hast been found and taken, Because thou hast contended against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:25 @ Jehovah hath opened his armory, And hath brought out the weapons of his indignation; For the Lord Jehovah of hosts performeth a work against the land of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:26 @ Come against her from the utmost border! Open ye her barns, Cast her up into heaps, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:28 @ The voice of them that flee and escape is heard from the land of Babylon, To make known to Zion the vengeance of Jehovah, our God, The vengeance for his temple.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:30 @ Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:32 @ And the proud one 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:33 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together, And all that took them captives hold them fast; They refuse to let them go.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:34 @ But their redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name. He will maintain their cause, So as to give rest to the land, And confusion to the inhabitants of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:35 @ The sword shall be upon the Chaldaeans, saith Jehovah, And upon the inhabitants of Babylon; And upon her princes, And upon her wise men;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:36 @ The sword upon her lying prophets, and they shall be fools; The sword upon her heroes, and they shall be dismayed;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:37 @ The sword upon her horses, and upon her chariots, And against all the allied multitude that is within her, And they shall become women. The sword is upon their treasures, and they shall be plundered;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:38 @ A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; For it is a land of graven images, And they put a mad trust in idols.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:39 @ Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the jackals, shall dwell there, And therein shall the ostrich dwell. And it shall be no more inhabited forever, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:40 @ As it was when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:41 @ Behold, a nation cometh from the North, And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:42 @ They bear the bow and the javelin; They are cruel, and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea, And they ride upon horses, arrayed like a warrior, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:43 @ The king of Babylon heareth the rumor concerning them, And his hands become feeble; Anguish taketh hold of him, Trembling, as of a woman in travail.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:44 @ Behold, like a lion from the pride of Jordan, he cometh up against the habitation of the rock; Suddenly will I drive them from her; And him who is chosen by me will I appoint over her; For who is like me? And who will summon me to trial? And who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?

noyes@Jeremiah:50:45 @ Therefore hear ye the purpose of Jehovah, which he hath formed against Babylon, And the designs which he meditateth against the land of the Chaldaeans; Surely he shall drag them forth like feeble sheep, Surely he will come upon them, and make their pastures desolate.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:46 @ At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth trembleth, And the cry is heard among the nations.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, And against them that dwell in the midst of mine adversaries, A destroying wind;

noyes@Jeremiah:51:2 @ And I will send against Babylon winnowers, And they shall winnow her, and empty her land; For they shall come against her on every side.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:3 @ Against him that bendeth, let the archer bend his bow, And against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine! And spare ye not her young men; Destroy ye utterly her whole host!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:4 @ Thus shall they fall down slain in the land of the Chaldaeans, And thrust through in her streets.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:5 @ For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah abandoned of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; For their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:6 @ Flee ye out of Babylon, And save ye every man his life, That ye be not cut off in her punishment! For this is the time of Jehovah’s vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:7 @ Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of Jehovah, That made all the earth drunken; The nations have drunken of her wine, Therefore the nations are mad.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:8 @ Babylon is suddenly fallen, and broken; Howl ye over her; Bring ye balm for her wounds, If so be she may be healed.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:9 @ "We would have healed Babylon, But she cannot be healed. Forsake her, and let us go every one to his own country! For her punishment reacheth to the heavens, And ascendeth even to the skies."

noyes@Jeremiah:51:10 @ Jehovah hath brought forth our deliverance; Come ye, and let us declare in Zion The work of Jehovah our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:12 @ Against the walls of Babylon set up a standard, Make strong the guard, appoint the watchmen, prepare the ambush! For Jehovah deviseth and doeth that which he spake Against the inhabitants of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:15 @ He made the earth by his power, He established the world by his wisdom, And by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:19 @ Not like them is he who is the portion of Jacob; He is the former of all things, And Israel is his allotted inheritance. Jehovah of hosts is his name.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:20 @ Thou hast been to me my battle–hammer, My weapon of war. And with thee I broke in pieces the nations, And with thee I destroyed the kingdoms.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:21 @ And with thee I broke in pieces the horse and his rider, And with thee I broke in pieces the chariot and its driver.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:22 @ With thee I broke in pieces man and woman, And with thee I broke in pieces the old and the young, And with thee I broke in pieces the young man and the maiden.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:23 @ With thee I broke in pieces the shepherd and his flock, And with thee I broke in pieces the husbandman and his team; And with thee I broke in pieces prefects and governors.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:24 @ But now before your eyes will I repay to Babylon, And to all the inhabitants of Chaldaea, All the evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:25 @ O thou destroying mountain, that destroyest the whole earth, Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah! And I will stretch out my hand against thee, And roll thee down from the rocks, And make thee a burnt mountain,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:27 @ Set ye up a standard in the land, Sound a trumpet among the nations; Enlist the nations against Babylon, Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; Appoint captains against her, Cause the horses to come up like the bristled locusts!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:28 @ Enlist ye against her the nations, The kings of the Medes, and their prefects, And all their governors, And all the lands under their dominion,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:29 @ So that the earth shall tremble and quake! For the purpose of Jehovah against Babylon is to be fulfilled, To make the land of Babylon a desolation, without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:31 @ Courier runs to meet courier, And messenger to meet messenger, To make known to the king of Babylon, That his city is taken from end to end;

noyes@Jeremiah:51:32 @ That the passages are taken, That the reeds are burned with fire, And that the men of war are struck with terror.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:33 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon shall be like a thrashing–floor when it is thrashed; Yet a little while, and the time of harvest for her shall come.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:35 @ "The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon!" Shall the inhabitant of Zion say; And, "My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldaeans!" shall Jerusalem say.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:36 @ Therefore, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will maintain thy cause, And take vengeance for thee; And I will dry up her sea, And make her springs dry.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:37 @ And Babylon shall become heaps, The dwelling–place of jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:39 @ In their heat I will prepare them a drink, And will make them drunk, so that they shall rejoice, And then sleep an everlasting sleep, And awake no more, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:43 @ Her cities have become a desolation, A dry land and a desert, A land in which no man dwelleth, And which no son of man passeth through.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:44 @ I will punish Bel at Babylon, And bring forth from his mouth that which he hath swallowed, And the nations shall flow to him no more; Even the wall of Babylon shall fall.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:45 @ Go ye out of her, my people, And save ye every man his life From the fierce anger of Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:46 @ And let not your heart faint, And fear ye not on account of the rumors which are heard in the land, When in one year a rumor cometh, And after it in another year another rumor, And violence is in the land, Ruler against ruler.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:47 @ Therefore, behold the days come When I will punish the graven images of Babylon, And her whole land shall be confounded; And all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:48 @ Then the heavens shall shout over Babylon, And the earth and all that is therein; For out of the North come spoilers against her, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:49 @ As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:50 @ Ye that have escaped her sword, go! Tarry not! Remember Jehovah afar off, And let Jerusalem come into your mind!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:52 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, When I will punish her graven images, And through all her land shall the wounded groan.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:53 @ Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, And make inaccessible the height of her strength, Yet from me shall spoilers come upon her, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:54 @ Hark! a cry from Babylon, Of great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:55 @ For Jehovah destroyeth Babylon, And bringeth to silence her loud tumult; Their waves roar like great waters; Their tumultuous noise resounds.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:56 @ For the spoiler is come upon her, upon Babylon; And their mighty men are taken, And all their bows are broken; For Jehovah is a God of retribution; He will surely requite.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:57 @ And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, Her prefects, and her governors, and her mighty men; And they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, And shall no more awake, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:58 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be razed to the foundations, And her high gates shall be burned with fire; So that nations shall have labored for naught, And kingdoms have wearied themselves for fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:59 @ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. This Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:60 @ And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that was to come upon Babylon in one book, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:61 @ And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:62 @ and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall remain desolate forever!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:63 @ And when thou hast made an end of reading this book, bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:64 @ and say: So shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again from the evil which I bring upon her. And they shall utterly fail. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:1 @ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:2 @ And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:3 @ For, through the anger of Jehovah, it was so with Judah and Jerusalem that at length he cast them forth from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:4 @ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it, and built forts against it round about.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:5 @ And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:6 @ And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:7 @ And the city was broken into; and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the king’s garden, (whilst the Chaldaeans were by the city round about,) and they went toward the plain.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:8 @ But the army of the Chaldaeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:9 @ And they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:10 @ And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He slew also all the princes or Judah, in Riblah.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:11 @ And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains; and the king of Babylon carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:12 @ And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, (it was the nineteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,) came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, one that stood in the presence of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:13 @ And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses at Jerusalem, all the great houses, burned he with fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:14 @ And all the army of the Chaldaeans that was with the captain of the guard brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:15 @ And some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had gone over to the king of Babylon, even the remainder of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carry away captive.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:16 @ But some of the poor of the land did Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, leave for vine–dressers and for husbandmen.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:17 @ And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldaeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:18 @ The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass which were used in ministering, did they take away.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:19 @ And the basins, and the fire–pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the censers, and the cups, and whatever was of gold or silver, did the captain of the guard take away.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:20 @ The two pillars, the sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon made in the house of Jehovah, the brass from all these was beyond weight.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:21 @ For as to the pillars, eighteen cubits in height was the one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured it round, and their thickness was four fingers, being hollow.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:22 @ And a chapiter of brass was upon them; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits; and there was network with pomegranates upon the chapiter all round, the whole of brass. The second pillar also, and the pomegranates, were like unto these.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:23 @ And the pomegranates were ninety and six toward every wind; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:24 @ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three keepers of the door;

noyes@Jeremiah:52:25 @ and out of the city he took a eunuch who had charge over the men of war, and seven men of those that were near the king’s person, who 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, who were found in the midst of the city;

noyes@Jeremiah:52:26 @ these, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took, and brought to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:27 @ And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus was Judah carried away captive out of their own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:28 @ This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty–three Jews;

noyes@Jeremiah:52:29 @ in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty–two persons;

noyes@Jeremiah:52:30 @ in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:31 @ And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty–fifth day of the month, that Evil–merodach, the 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,

noyes@Jeremiah:52:32 @ and spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

noyes@Jeremiah:52:33 @ and changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him all the days of his life.

noyes@Jeremiah:52:34 @ And a constant allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a portion every day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

noyes@Lamentations:1:1 @ 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!

noyes@Lamentations:1:3 @ Judah goeth into exile, because of affliction and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest; All her pursuers overtake her in the straits.

noyes@Lamentations:1:4 @ The ways to Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts; All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins wail, and she is in bitterness.

noyes@Lamentations:1:7 @ Jerusalem remembereth, in the days of her affliction and of her oppression, All her pleasant things, which she had in the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and she had no helper; Her adversaries saw her, and mocked at her destruction.

noyes@Lamentations:1:8 @ Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she become vile; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her shame; She sigheth, and turneth backward.

noyes@Lamentations:1:10 @ The adversary spreadeth his hands over all her pleasant things; Yea, she seeth the nations enter into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into her congregation.

noyes@Lamentations:1:11 @ All her people sigh; they seek bread; They give their precious things for bread to sustain life. "Behold, O Jehovah, and consider, how I am become vile!"

noyes@Lamentations:1:12 @ "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is brought upon me, With which Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger!

noyes@Lamentations:1:13 @ "From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them: He hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; He hath made me desolate, faint all the day long.

noyes@Lamentations:1:14 @ "The yoke of my transgressions is fastened in his hand; they are twisted together; They are laid upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fall; The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I cannot stand.

noyes@Lamentations:1:17 @ Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath given command against Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him; Jerusalem is become an abhorrence among them.

noyes@Lamentations:1:18 @ "Righteous is Jehovah, for I have disobeyed his commandment; Hear, I pray you, all ye nations, and behold my sorrow! My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

noyes@Lamentations:1:19 @ "I called upon my lovers, but they have proved false to me; My priests and my elders have expired in the city, While they sought for food to sustain their lives.

noyes@Lamentations:1:22 @ "Let all their wickedness come before thee, deal thou with them as thou hast dealt with me for all my transgressions! For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint."

noyes@Lamentations:2:1 @ How hath the Lord in his anger covered with a cloud the daughter of Zion! He hath cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

noyes@Lamentations:2:2 @ Lord hath swallowed up without pity all the habitations of Jacob; He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought down to the ground, he hath profaned the kingdom and its princes.

noyes@Lamentations:2:3 @ He hath cut off, in his fierce anger, every horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from the face of the enemy, And hath burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

noyes@Lamentations:2:4 @ He bent his bow like an enemy; He stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye; Upon the tent of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire.

noyes@Lamentations:2:5 @ The Lord is become as an enemy; he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all his palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds; And hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

noyes@Lamentations:2:6 @ He hath violently torn away his hedge, like the hedge of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of congregation; Jehovah hath caused the solemn feast and the sabbath to be forgotten in Zion; He hath despised, in his fierce anger, the king and the priest.

noyes@Lamentations:2:7 @ The Lord hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his holy place; He hath given up into the hands of the enemy the walls of Zion’s palaces; They have lifted up the voice in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn feast.

noyes@Lamentations:2:8 @ Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He hath made the rampart and the wall to lament; They languish together.

noyes@Lamentations:2:9 @ Her gates are sunk into the earth; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more; Her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.

noyes@Lamentations:2:11 @ Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels boil; My liver is poured out upon the ground on account of the destruction of the daughter of my people; For the children and sucklings faint in the streets of the city.

noyes@Lamentations:2:12 @ They say to their mothers, "Where is corn and wine?" While they faint, as one wounded, in the streets of the city; While their life is poured out into their mother’s bosom.

noyes@Lamentations:2:14 @ Thy prophets declare to thee that which is vain and false; They lay not open to thee thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity; They pronounce to thee prophecies of falsehood and seduction.

noyes@Lamentations:2:15 @ All that that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss, and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. "Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?"

noyes@Lamentations:2:16 @ All thine enemies open their mouths against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; They say: "We have swallowed her up; Yea, this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it."

noyes@Lamentations:2:17 @ Jehovah hath accomplished that which he had devised; He hath fulfilled his word, which he had commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down and hath not pitied; He hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

noyes@Lamentations:2:18 @ Their heart crieth out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let thy tears run down like a river day and night! Give thyself no rest! let not the apple of thine eye cease!

noyes@Lamentations:2:19 @ Arise, cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out thy heart like water before the face of Jehovah! Lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy young children, That faint for hunger at the head of all the streets!

noyes@Lamentations:2:20 @ "Behold, O Jehovah, and consider! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Shall women eat the fruit of the womb, children borne in the arms? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the holy place of the Lord?

noyes@Lamentations:2:21 @ "The boy and the old man 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 hast shown no mercy.

noyes@Lamentations:2:22 @ "Thou hast called, as on a festal day, my terrors around me; There was not one, in the day of Jehovah’s anger, that escaped or was left; Those whom I have borne in my arms and brought up hath my enemy consumed."

noyes@Lamentations:3:2 @ He hath led me and brought me into darkness, and not into light;

noyes@Lamentations:3:3 @ Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.

noyes@Lamentations:3:4 @ My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

noyes@Lamentations:3:5 @ He hath builded against me, and encompassed me with bitterness and woe.

noyes@Lamentations:3:8 @ Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.

noyes@Lamentations:3:11 @ He hath turned aside my ways, and torn me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

noyes@Lamentations:3:12 @ He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

noyes@Lamentations:3:18 @ And I say, "My confidence and my hope in Jehovah are gone!"

noyes@Lamentations:3:19 @ Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall!

noyes@Lamentations:3:26 @ It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.

noyes@Lamentations:3:28 @ That he sit alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;

noyes@Lamentations:3:33 @ For he doth not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men.

noyes@Lamentations:3:36 @ Doth he subvert a man in his cause, and shall not the Lord behold it?

noyes@Lamentations:3:37 @ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not commanded?

noyes@Lamentations:3:40 @ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah!

noyes@Lamentations:3:41 @ Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens!

noyes@Lamentations:3:43 @ Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;

noyes@Lamentations:3:45 @ Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the nations.

noyes@Lamentations:3:47 @ Terror and the pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction;

noyes@Lamentations:3:49 @ Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

noyes@Lamentations:3:50 @ Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.

noyes@Lamentations:3:62 @ The words of my adversaries, and their machinations against me all the day long!

noyes@Lamentations:3:63 @ Behold their sitting down and their rising up! I am their song.

noyes@Lamentations:3:64 @ Render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands!

noyes@Lamentations:3:66 @ Pursue them in thine anger, and destroy them from under Jehovah’s heaven!

noyes@Lamentations:4:2 @ The noble sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

noyes@Lamentations:4:4 @ The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; Young children ask for bread, and no man breaketh it for them.

noyes@Lamentations:4:6 @ The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, though no hands came against her.

noyes@Lamentations:4:10 @ The hands of tender–hearted women cooked their own children; They were their food, in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

noyes@Lamentations:4:12 @ The kings of the earth believed not, nor all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary would enter, and the enemy, within the gates of Jerusalem.

noyes@Lamentations:4:13 @ It was on account of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.

noyes@Lamentations:4:21 @ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz! Yet to thee also shall the cup come! thou shalt be drunken, and shalt expose thy nakedness.

noyes@Lamentations:5:1 @ Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us! Look down and behold our reproach!

noyes@Lamentations:5:5 @ With the yoke upon our necks, we are driven; We are wearied, and have no rest.

noyes@Lamentations:5:6 @ We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

noyes@Lamentations:5:7 @ Our fathers sinned; they are no more, And we bear their iniquities.

noyes@Lamentations:5:8 @ Servants rule over us; There is none that delivereth out of their hand.

noyes@Lamentations:5:11 @ Matrons in Zion have they ravished, And maidens in the cities of Judah.

noyes@Lamentations:5:12 @ Princes were hanged up by their hand; The faces of the elders were not honored.

noyes@Lamentations:5:13 @ Young men carried millstones, And boys fell under burdens of wood.

noyes@Lamentations:5:20 @ Wherefore dost thou wholly forget us, And abandon us, for so long a time?

noyes@Ezekiel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:3 @ the word of Jehovah came to Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldaeans, by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:4 @ And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came from the north, a great cloud, and a mass of fire; and a brightness was round about it, and in the midst of it the appearance of bright brass, in the midst of the fire.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:5 @ And in the midst of it were the forms of four living creatures. And this was their appearance. They had the form of a man.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:6 @ And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:7 @ And their feet were upright; and the sole of their feet was as the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like polished brass.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:8 @ And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides, and all four had faces and wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:10 @ As for the form of their faces, all four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side, and all four had the face of an ox on the left side, and all four had also the face of an eagle.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:11 @ Thus were their faces. And their wings were expanded upward; two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:12 @ And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went, and they turned not about when they went.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:13 @ And the appearance of the living creatures was as coals of fire, burning like torches; and the fire moved about among the living creatures, and shone forth brightly; and out of the fire came forth lightning.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:14 @ And the living creatures ran backward and forward like a flash of lightning.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:16 @ The appearance of the wheels, and their work, was like that of a chrysolite, and all four had one form, and their appearance and their work was as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:17 @ When they went, they went upon their four sides, and they turned not about when they went.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:18 @ As for their felloes, they were high and terrible; and their felloes were full of eyes round about upon all four of them.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:19 @ And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:20 @ Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, whithersoever the spirit was to go; and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:21 @ When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:22 @ And over the heads of the living creatures was the appearance of a firmament, like crystal, terrible, spread out over their heads above.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:23 @ And under the firmament were their wings upright, the one toward the other; and every one had two, which covered his body.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:24 @ And I heard the sound of their wings, as the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went,––a sound like the noise of a host. And when they stood still, they let down their wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:25 @ And there was a voice from the firmament, that was over their heads; and they stood still, and let down their wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:26 @ And above the firmament over their heads was an appearance like a sapphire–stone, the form of a throne; and upon the form of the throne there was a form like that of a man above.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:27 @ And I saw what had the appearance of bright brass, what had the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins and upward. And from the appearance of his loins downward I saw what had the appearance of fire, and its brightness was round about him.

noyes@Ezekiel:1:28 @ As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one who spoke.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:1 @ And he said to me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:2 @ And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spake with me.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:3 @ And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious nation, that hath rebelled against me; they and their fathers have rebelled against me to this very day.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:4 @ Brazen–faced and stiff–hearted are the sons to whom I send thee. And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:5 @ And whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, for they are a rebellious house, yet shall they know that a prophet is in the midst of them.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:6 @ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and of their words be not afraid, though they be briers and thorns toward thee, and though thou dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:8 @ But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee! Be not thou rebellious, like that rebellious house. Open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:9 @ And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and lo, a book–roll was therein.

noyes@Ezekiel:2:10 @ And he spread it before me, and it was written within and without. And therein was written lamentation and mourning and woe.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:1 @ And he said to me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak to the house of Israel!

noyes@Ezekiel:3:2 @ So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the roll to eat.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:3 @ And he said to me, Son of man, let thy stomach eat, and fill thy body with this roll which I give thee! Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:4 @ And he said to me: Son of man, go, get thee to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them!

noyes@Ezekiel:3:5 @ For not to a people of a dark speech and a hard language art thou sent, but to the house of Israel;

noyes@Ezekiel:3:6 @ not to many nations of a dark speech and a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Truly, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened to thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:7 @ But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee, for they will not hearken to me. For the whole house of Israel is brazen–faced and stiff–hearted.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:8 @ Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:10 @ Moreover, he said to me: Son of man, all my words, which I shall speak to thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears!

noyes@Ezekiel:3:11 @ And go, get thee to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:12 @ Then the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound, as of a great rushing, saying, "Praised be the majesty of Jehovah from his place!"

noyes@Ezekiel:3:13 @ I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures, that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even a noise of a great rushing.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:14 @ So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:15 @ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel–abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar; and I dwelt where they dwelt; I even dwelt astonished among them seven days.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:16 @ And at the end of seven days, the word of Jehovah came to me, and said:

noyes@Ezekiel:3:17 @ Son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me!

noyes@Ezekiel:3:18 @ When I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die! and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he may live, that wicked man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:19 @ Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:20 @ Again, when a righteous man turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and I lay a stumbling–block before him, and he shall die because thou hast not given him warning, he will die for his sin; and his righteousness which he hath done will not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:21 @ Yet if thou warn the righteous man, that he sin not, and the righteous man doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he hath received warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:22 @ And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me, and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and there will I speak with thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:23 @ Then I arose, and went forth into the plain, and lo, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:24 @ Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. And he spake with me, and said to me: Go, shut thyself within thy house.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:25 @ And behold, O son of man, bands shall be put upon thee, and thou shalt be bound therewith; and thou shalt not go out among them.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:26 @ And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

noyes@Ezekiel:3:27 @ But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that will hear, let him hear, and he that will forbear, let him forbear; for they are a rebellious house.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:1 @ And thou, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:2 @ And lay siege against it, and build a tower against it, and cast up a mound against it; set a camp also against it, and place battering–rams against it round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:3 @ Moreover, take thou an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, that it may be besieged; and lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:4 @ Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:5 @ But for the years of their iniquity I appoint thee days, three hundred and ninety days; so long shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:6 @ And when thou hast brought them to an end, then lie upon thy right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have appointed thee a day for a year.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:7 @ And set thy face against besieged Jerusalem, and uncover thine arm, and prophesy against it!

noyes@Ezekiel:4:8 @ And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:9 @ Take thou also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel, and make thereof thy bread for the number of days that thou shalt lie upon thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:10 @ And thy food which thou eatest shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:12 @ Thou shalt also eat barley–cakes; and with dung that cometh out of man shalt thou bake them in their sight.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:13 @ And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the sons of Israel eat their polluted food among the nations, whither I will drive them.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:15 @ Then he said to me: Behold, I give thee cow’s dung for man’s dung; and with that shalt thou prepare thy food.

noyes@Ezekiel:4:16 @ And he said to me: Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight and with care, and they shall drink water by measure and in amazement;

noyes@Ezekiel:4:17 @ so that they shall be in want of bread and water, and be astonished one at another, and consume away for their iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:1 @ And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp instrument, even a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thy head and thy beard; and take thee weighing–balances, and divide the hair.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:2 @ A third part shalt thou burn with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part and smite it round about with the sword; and a third part shalt thou scatter in the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:3 @ Thou shalt also take thereof a small number, and bind them in thy skirts.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:4 @ And of these again take some and cast them into the fire, and burn them in the fire. From them shall a fire come forth upon the whole house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:5 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations have I set her, and countries are round about her.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:6 @ But she hath wickedly resisted my ordinances more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries, that are round about her. For they have refused my ordinances, and have not walked in my statutes.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been rebellious more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, nor kept my ordinances, but have done according to the ordinances of the nations which are round about you,

noyes@Ezekiel:5:8 @ therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments against thee in the sight of the nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:9 @ I will do to thee that which I have not yet done, and the like of which I shall not do again, because of all thine iniquities.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:10 @ Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter the whole remnant of thee to all the winds.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:11 @ Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, because thou hast polluted my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye from thee; neither will I spare, neither will I have any pity.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:12 @ A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence, or be consumed with hunger in the midst of thee; and a third part shall die by the sword round about thee; and a third part will I scatter to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:13 @ Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will satiate my fury upon them, and receive satisfaction; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it in my zeal, when I shall have accomplished my fury upon them.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:14 @ Moreover, I will make thee a waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:15 @ And thou shalt be a reproach, and a reviling, and a warning, and an astonishment to the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes; ––I, Jehovah, have spoken it; ––

noyes@Ezekiel:5:16 @ when I shall send upon you the evil arrows of famine which bring destruction, which I send to destroy you, and increase the famine upon you, and break your staff of bread.

noyes@Ezekiel:5:17 @ And I will send upon you famine, and evil beasts, which shall make thee childless; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and the sword will I bring upon thee. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:6:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them!

noyes@Ezekiel:6:3 @ And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah! Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the plains and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring the sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places;

noyes@Ezekiel:6:4 @ and your altars shall be desolate, and your sun–images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:5 @ And I will lay the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:6 @ In all places where ye dwell shall the cities be laid waste, and the high places be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken, and cease, and your sun–images may be cut down, and your works may be destroyed.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:7 @ And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:9 @ And they of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, when I have broken their whorish heart which departed from me, and their eyes which went lusting after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:10 @ Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, and that I have not said in vain, that I would do all this evil to them.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:11 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite upon thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence shall they fall.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:12 @ He that is far off shall die by pestilence, and he that is near shall fall by the sword, and he that remaineth and is preserved shall die by famine. Thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:13 @ Then shall ye know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, upon all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, in every place where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.

noyes@Ezekiel:6:14 @ So will I stretch out my hand against them, and make the land desolate; yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:2 @ Thou son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the land of Israel:––

noyes@Ezekiel:7:3 @ The end cometh, the end cometh, Upon the four corners of the land! Now cometh the end upon thee! For I will send my anger upon thee, And will judge thee according to thy ways, And will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:4 @ And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; But I will recompense thy ways upon thee, And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; And ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:7 @ Thy fate cometh upon thee, thou that dwellest in the land! The time is come, The day of tumult is near, When no sound of joy shall be upon the mountains.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:8 @ Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, And accomplish mine anger against thee; And I will judge thee according to thy ways, And recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:9 @ And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; I will recompense thee according to thy ways, And thine abominations shall come upon thee; And ye shall know that I, Jehovah, smite you.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:13 @ For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, Though he be yet alive; For the vision against their whole multitude shall not return void, And none that liveth in his iniquity shall strengthen himself

noyes@Ezekiel:7:14 @ "Blow ye the trumpet, and let all be ready!" Yet none goeth to the battle; For mine anger is against their whole multitude.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:15 @ The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; He that is in the field shall die by the sword; And he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:16 @ And those of them that escape shall be upon the mountains like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:17 @ All hands shall be feeble, And all knees shall flow with water.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:18 @ They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, And horror shall cover them. And upon all their faces shall be shame, And upon all their heads baldness.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:19 @ Their silver shall they cast into the streets, And their gold shall be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of Jehovah; Their hunger shall not be satisfied, Nor their body filled with it; For it was the stumbling–block of their iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:20 @ For the beauty of their ornaments they turned into pride, And the images of their abominations and of their detestable things they made with it; Therefore will I make it to them as an unclean thing.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:21 @ And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the earth for a spoil, And they shall pollute it.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:22 @ And I will turn my face from them, So that my secret place shall be polluted; Robbers shall enter into it, and pollute it.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:23 @ Make a chain! For the land is full of blood–guiltiness, And the city is full of violence.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:24 @ Therefore will I bring the most cruel among the nations, And they shall possess your houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:25 @ Destruction cometh; And they shall seek peace, and not find it.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:26 @ Calamity shall come upon calamity, And rumor shall be upon rumor; And they shall seek a vision from the prophet in vain; Instruction shall perish from the priests, And counsel from the elders.

noyes@Ezekiel:7:27 @ The king shall mourn, And the prince shall be clothed with amazement; And the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled. I will do to them according to their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them, And they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:1 @ Now it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:2 @ And I looked, and lo, a form having the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins downward, of fire; and from his loins upward, of a bright light, like the splendor of shining brass.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:3 @ And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head. And the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me, in the visions of God, to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate, that looketh toward the north, where stood the idol of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:4 @ And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision which I saw in the plain.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:5 @ Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes toward the north! And I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, northward from the gate of the altar was this idol of jealousy, at the entrance.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:6 @ And he said to me: Son of man, seest thou what they do? Great are the abominations which the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary. But thou shalt yet again see great abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:7 @ And he brought me to the door of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:8 @ And he said to me, Son of man, break now through the wall. And when I had broken through the wall, behold, a door.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:9 @ And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations which they practise here.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:10 @ So I went in and saw, and behold, every form of creeping things, and of abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:11 @ And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, standing in the midst of them, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:12 @ Then said he to me: Son of man, seest thou what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each one in his image–chamber? For they say, "Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land."

noyes@Ezekiel:8:13 @ And he said to me, Thou shalt yet again see the great abominations which they practise.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:14 @ Then he brought me to the entrance of the gate of the house of Jehovah, which was toward the north, and behold, there sat women, weeping for Thammuz.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:15 @ And he said to me, Seest thou this, O son of man? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:16 @ And he brought me into the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they bowed themselves eastward toward the sun.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:17 @ And he said to me: Seest thou, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah, that they commit the abominations which they commit here, that they fill the land with violence, and continually provoke me to anger? And behold, they put the blanch to their nostrils.

noyes@Ezekiel:8:18 @ Therefore will I also deal with them in fury; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:1 @ He cried also, in my hearing, with a loud voice, saying: Bring ye near the punishments of the city, every one his weapon of destruction in his hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:2 @ And lo, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which looketh toward the north, every one with his slaughter–weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s ink–horn by his side; and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:3 @ And the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub upon which it was to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s ink–horn by his side;

noyes@Ezekiel:9:4 @ and Jehovah said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that wail for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:5 @ And to the others he said, in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite! let not your eyes spare, neither have ye pity!

noyes@Ezekiel:9:6 @ The old man, the youth, the virgin, little children and women, slay and destroy; but come not near any one upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then began they at the elders that were before the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:7 @ And he said to them, Pollute the house, and fill the courts with the slain, then go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

noyes@Ezekiel:9:8 @ And while they were smiting them, I alone was left; and I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel, while thou pourest out thy fury upon Jerusalem?

noyes@Ezekiel:9:9 @ And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, "Jehovah hath forsaken the land"; and, "Jehovah seeth not."

noyes@Ezekiel:9:11 @ And lo, the man clothed with linen, who had the ink–horn by his side, returned answer, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:1 @ Then I looked, and lo, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs there appeared over them as it were a sapphire–stone, in form like a throne;

noyes@Ezekiel:10:2 @ and He spake to the man that was clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels under the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire, which are between the cherubs, and scatter them over the city. And he went in before my eyes.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:3 @ Now the cherubs stood upon the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:4 @ And the glory of Jehovah was lifted up from the cherub to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:5 @ And the sound of the wings of the cherubs was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God, the Almighty, when he speaketh.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:6 @ And when he commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubs, he went in and stood beside the wheels.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:7 @ And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubs to the fire that was between the cherubs, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen, who took it, and went out.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:8 @ And there was seen in the cherubs the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:9 @ And when I looked, behold, four wheels were by the cherubs, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like that of a chrysolite.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:10 @ And as to their appearance, all four had one form, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:12 @ And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels which they four had.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:13 @ And as to these wheels, each one of them in my hearing was called Whirlwind.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:14 @ And every one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:15 @ And the cherubs were lifted up. They were the living creatures which I saw by the river Chebar.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:16 @ And when the cherubs went, the wheels went with them; and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels turned not away from their side.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:17 @ When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these were liked up with them. For the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:18 @ Then the glory of Jehovah departed from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubs.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:19 @ And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight, as they went out, and the wheels were beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:20 @ They were the living creatures which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubs.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:21 @ Every one had four faces, and every one four wings, and the form of a man’s hand was under their wings.

noyes@Ezekiel:10:22 @ And as for the form of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They went every one straight forward.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:1 @ Then the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that looketh toward the east; and behold, at the entrance of the gate were five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:2 @ Then said He to me: These are the men that devise mischief, and form evil designs in this city;

noyes@Ezekiel:11:3 @ who say, "The time is not near that we should build houses. This city is the caldron, and we are the flesh."

noyes@Ezekiel:11:5 @ And the spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak: Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel! For I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:6 @ Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain, whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:8 @ Ye have feared the sword, and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:9 @ And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments upon you.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:12 @ that ye may know that I am Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, and whose ordinances ye have not observed, but have done according to the manners of the nations, that are round about you.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:13 @ And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah, wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

noyes@Ezekiel:11:14 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:11:15 @ Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy near kindred, and the whole house of Israel, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, "Remove ye far from Jehovah; to us is the land given in possession!"

noyes@Ezekiel:11:16 @ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Though I have cast them far off among the nations, and scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them as a sanctuary for a short time in the countries whither they are come.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:17 @ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the nations, and assemble you from the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:18 @ And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all the detestable things thereof, and all the abominations thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:19 @ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take out of them the heart of stone, and will give them a heart of flesh,

noyes@Ezekiel:11:20 @ that they may walk in my statutes, and observe my ordinances, and keep them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:21 @ But as for them whose heart walketh according to the pleasure of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:22 @ Then did the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:23 @ And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

noyes@Ezekiel:11:24 @ Then the spirit took me up, and brought me to Chaldaea, to them of the captivity, in vision, by the spirit of God. And the vision which I had seen went up from me.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:12:2 @ Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:3 @ Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing from the land; and remove by day in their sight, and remove from thy place to another place before their eyes. It may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:4 @ And carry forth thy stuff, as stuff for removing, by day in their sight, and go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:5 @ Before their eyes break thou through the wall, and carry forth thereby.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:6 @ In their sight bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight. Cover thy face, so that thou see not the ground; for I have made thee a sign to the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:7 @ And I did as I was commanded, I carried forth my stuff, as stuff for removing from the land, by day; and in the evening I broke through the wall with my hand; I carried it forth in the twilight; I took it upon my shoulder before their eyes.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:8 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me in the morning, and said:

noyes@Ezekiel:12:10 @ Say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that is therein.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:11 @ Say, I am your sign. As I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall remove and go into captivity.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:12 @ And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth. They shall break through the wall to carry forth thereby; he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:13 @ I will also spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, into the land of the Chaldaeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:14 @ And all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands, will I scatter to every wind; and I will draw out the sword after them.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:15 @ And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them in the countries.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:16 @ But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen, whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:17 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:12:18 @ Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

noyes@Ezekiel:12:19 @ and say to the people of the land: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel; their bread shall they eat with carefulness, and their water shall they drink with astonishment; that their land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of them that dwell in it.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:20 @ And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:21 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:12:22 @ Son of man, what meaneth that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, "The days are delayed, and every vision faileth"?

noyes@Ezekiel:12:23 @ Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days are at hand, and what is declared in every vision.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:25 @ For I am Jehovah; I speak, and the word which I speak shall come to pass; it shall no more be delayed. In your own days, ye rebellious house, will I speak the word and perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:12:26 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:12:27 @ Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, "The vision which he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off."

noyes@Ezekiel:13:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:13:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say to them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of Jehovah!

noyes@Ezekiel:13:3 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

noyes@Ezekiel:13:5 @ Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor built a wall around the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:6 @ They see falsehood, and lying divination. They say, "Jehovah hath spoken," when Jehovah hath not sent them; and they cause men to hope for the fulfilment of the word.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:7 @ Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, and said, "Jehovah hath spoken," when I have not spoken?

noyes@Ezekiel:13:8 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood and have seen a lie, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:9 @ My hand shall be against the prophets that see falsehood and divine lies. They shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:10 @ Because, yea, because they seduce my people, and say, "Peace!" when there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar;

noyes@Ezekiel:13:11 @ say to them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall rend it.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:13 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury, and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:14 @ Thus I will break down the wall which ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and will bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered; it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:15 @ Thus will I accomplish my fury upon the wall, and upon them that daubed it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor they that daubed it;

noyes@Ezekiel:13:16 @ even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:17 @ Likewise, son of man, set thou thy face against the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:18 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew cushions for all elbows, and make pillows for heads of every stature, to ensnare men to destruction! Will ye hunt the lives of my people, and shall ye save your own?

noyes@Ezekiel:13:19 @ And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, slaying them that should not die, and saving them alive that should not live, by lying to my people, who hearken to your lies?

noyes@Ezekiel:13:20 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will set myself against the cushions with which ye ensnare men to destruction, so that they shall escape you; and I will tear them from your arms, and make them free whom ye would ensnare, so that they shall escape you.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:21 @ Your pillows also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no more be in your hand to be ensnared, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:13:22 @ Because with lies ye have made sad the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life;

noyes@Ezekiel:13:23 @ therefore shall ye no more see falsehood, nor divine divinations; but I will deliver my people out of your hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:1 @ Now certain men of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:2 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:14:3 @ Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and have put the stumbling–block of their iniquity before their face; shall I hear them when they inquire of me?

noyes@Ezekiel:14:4 @ Therefore speak with them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling–block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet,––I, Jehovah, will answer him according to the multitude of his idols;

noyes@Ezekiel:14:6 @ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye, even turn yourselves from your idols, and from all your abominations turn ye your faces!

noyes@Ezekiel:14:7 @ For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling–block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me through him,––I, Jehovah, will answer him by myself.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:8 @ And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:9 @ And when the prophet is deceived when he speaketh anything, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:10 @ And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that inquireth of him;

noyes@Ezekiel:14:11 @ that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:13 @ Son of man, when a land sinneth against me, and grievously transgresseth, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,

noyes@Ezekiel:14:14 @ though these three men were in it, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they should deliver only themselves by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:15 @ When I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, and it be desolate so that none passeth through it because of the beasts,

noyes@Ezekiel:14:16 @ though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:17 @ Or when I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land so that I cut off from it man and beast,

noyes@Ezekiel:14:19 @ Or when I send a pestilence upon that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

noyes@Ezekiel:14:20 @ though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should deliver only themselves by their righteousness.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:21 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more, when I send my four grievous judgments against Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

noyes@Ezekiel:14:22 @ Yet behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth to you, and ye shall see their way and their doings, and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil which I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all which I have brought upon her.

noyes@Ezekiel:14:23 @ They shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings; and ye shall know that not without cause I have done all that I have done to her, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:15:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:15:4 @ Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it then fit for any work?

noyes@Ezekiel:15:5 @ Behold, when it was whole, nothing could be made of it; how much less can anything be made of it when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned!

noyes@Ezekiel:15:7 @ And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

noyes@Ezekiel:15:8 @ And I will make the land desolate, because they have grievously trespassed, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:16:3 @ and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thine origin and thy nativity were of the land of Canaan. Thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:4 @ And as to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water so as to be cleansed. Thou wast not sprinkled with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling–clothes.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:6 @ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee in danger of being trodden under foot in thy blood, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live! yea, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live!

noyes@Ezekiel:16:7 @ I caused thee to increase like the plant of the field, and thou didst grow, and become tall, and didst attain to distinguished charms. Thy breasts swelled, and thy hair grew, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:8 @ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee, behold, it was thy time, the time of love. And I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness; and I swore to thee, and entered into covenant with thee, and thou becamest mine.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:9 @ Then I washed thee with water, yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:10 @ I clothed thee also with broidered work, and gave thee shoes of seal’s skin, and wrapped thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:11 @ And I decked thee with ornaments, and put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain upon thy neck.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:12 @ And I put a jewel in thy nostril, and ear–rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:13 @ Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work. Fine flour and honey and oil didst thou eat; and thou wast exceedingly beautiful, and didst prosper so as to become a queen.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:14 @ And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:15 @ But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and didst play the harlot because of thy renown, and didst lavish thy fornications on every one that passed by; his was it.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:16 @ And of thy garments thou didst take, and didst make thee high places, spread with divers colors, and didst play the harlot thereon, the like things to which shall not come to pass, neither shall they be.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:17 @ Thou didst take also thy fair jewels of my gold and my silver, which I gave thee, and didst make to thyself images of men, and didst commit fornication with them;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:18 @ and thou didst take thy broidered garments and cover them; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:19 @ My food also, which I gave thee, fine flour and oil and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst set it before them with a sweet savor; even thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:20 @ Moreover thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou didst bear to me, and these didst thou sacrifice to them to be devoured. Was it not enough for thee to commit fornication,

noyes@Ezekiel:16:21 @ that thou didst slay my children, and deliver them up to cause them to pass through the fire to them?

noyes@Ezekiel:16:22 @ And in all thine abominations and thy fornications, thou didst not remember the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and in danger of being trampled under foot in thy blood.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe to thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,)

noyes@Ezekiel:16:24 @ that thou didst build for thee an arched place, and make thee a high place in every street;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:25 @ at every head of the way didst thou build thy high place, and didst make thy beauty to be abhorred, and didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and didst multiply thy fornications.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:26 @ Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, having great members, and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me to anger.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:27 @ Therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against thee, and have diminished thine allowance, and delivered thee to the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:28 @ Thou hast also committed fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldst not be satisfied.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:29 @ Thou hast also multiplied thy fornication with the land of Canaan, even to Chaldaea; and yet wast thou not satisfied therewith.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:31 @ in that thou didst build thine arched place at the head of every way, and make thy high place in every street! Thou wast not like a harlot, who scoffeth at her hire,

noyes@Ezekiel:16:32 @ but as an adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:33 @ To all women that commit fornication men give a reward; but thou gavest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hiredst them to come to thee from every side to commit fornication with thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:34 @ Thou wast the reverse of other women in thy fornications. None followed after thee to commit fornication, but thou gavest the reward, and no reward was given thee,––therefore thou wast the reverse.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:36 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy treasure was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered for fornication before thy lovers, and all thine abominable idols, and because of the blood of thy children, which thou didst give to them,

noyes@Ezekiel:16:37 @ therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers, to whom thou wast pleasing, all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated, I will gather them against thee round about, and will uncover thy nakedness to them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:38 @ And I will judge thee as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and I will cause thy blood to flow in fury and jealousy.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:39 @ And I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine arched place, and break down thy high places. They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and leave thee naked and bare.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:40 @ They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:41 @ and they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt give hire no more.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:42 @ So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee; and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:45 @ Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loathed her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, that loathed their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:46 @ And thine elder sister is Samaria, with her daughters, that dwelleth at thy left hand; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom, with her daughters.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:48 @ As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom, thy sister, hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:49 @ Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, thy sister: in pride, superabundance, and careless ease did she live, she and her daughters, and the hand of the poor and needy she did not strengthen;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:50 @ and they were haughty, and committed abomination before me; therefore I took them away when I saw it.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:51 @ Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:52 @ Now, therefore, bear thou thy shame, to which thou hast condemned thy sisters, since by thy sins which thou hast committed, more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou. Yea, be thou confounded and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:53 @ Yet I will bring them back from their captivity, even Sodom and her daughters from their captivity, and Samaria and her daughters from their captivity; thee also will I bring back from thy captivity in the midst of them;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:54 @ that thou mayst bear thy shame, and mayst be confounded on account of all which thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort to them.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:55 @ And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:56 @ And yet Sodom, thy sister, was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride

noyes@Ezekiel:16:57 @ before thy wickedness was discovered, as in the time of thy reproach from the daughters of Syria, and from all that were round about her, and from the daughters of the Philistines, who despised thee round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:58 @ Thy wickedness and thine abominations must thou now bear, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:59 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will do to thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath and hast broken the covenant.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:60 @ But I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish with thee an everlasting covenant.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:61 @ Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger, and I shall give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy observance of thy covenant.

noyes@Ezekiel:16:62 @ But I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah;

noyes@Ezekiel:16:63 @ that thou mayst remember and be confounded, and not open thy mouth any more for shame, when I forgive thee all which thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:17:2 @ Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

noyes@Ezekiel:17:3 @ and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle, with great wings, with long feathers, full of plumage, which had divers colors, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of a cedar.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:4 @ He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:5 @ He took also one of the shoots of the land, and put it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow–tree.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:6 @ And it grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned towards him, and whose roots were under him. It became a vine, that brought forth branches, and shot forth boughs.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:7 @ There was also another great eagle, with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, that he might water it from the beds where it was planted.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:8 @ And yet it was planted in a good soil, by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, and be a goodly vine.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:9 @ Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall not he pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it wither? In all the leaves of its branching shall it wither; even without a mighty arm, or many people, shall he pluck it up by the roots.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:12 @ Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? Say, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes, and led them with him to Babylon,

noyes@Ezekiel:17:13 @ and took one of the king’s offspring, and made a covenant with him, and took an oath of him, and the mighty of the land he took away,

noyes@Ezekiel:17:14 @ that the kingdom might be brought low, so as not to lift itself up; that the covenant might be kept, and stand.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:15 @ But he rebelled against him, in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape that doeth such things? Shall he break the covenant and be delivered?

noyes@Ezekiel:17:16 @ As I live saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon shall he die.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:17 @ Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great multitude accomplish anything for him in war, when they shall cast up mounds, and build forts to cut off many persons,

noyes@Ezekiel:17:18 @ he hath despised the oath, and broken the covenant; behold, he hath given the hand, and yet done all these things; he shall not escape!

noyes@Ezekiel:17:19 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath, which he hath despised, and my covenant, which he hath broken, will I recompense upon his own head.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:20 @ And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will contend with him there for his trespass which he hath committed against me.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:21 @ And all his fugitives with all his hosts shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered to all the winds; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:22 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I also will take from the top of the high cedar, and will get it; and from the highest of its twigs will I crop a tender one, and plant it upon a high and lofty mountain.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:23 @ Upon a high mountain of Israel will I plant it, and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar; and under it shall dwell birds of every wing; in the shadow of its branches shall they dwell.

noyes@Ezekiel:17:24 @ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree; that I have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and will do it.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:2 @ What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge"?

noyes@Ezekiel:18:5 @ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right;

noyes@Ezekiel:18:6 @ if he eat not upon the mountains, and lift not up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and defile not his neighbor’s wife, and come not near a woman during her uncleanness;

noyes@Ezekiel:18:7 @ if he oppress not any, if he restore to the debtor his pledge, spoil none by violence, give his bread to the hungry, and cover the naked with a garment;

noyes@Ezekiel:18:8 @ if he give not forth upon usury, and take not increase; if he withdraw his hand from iniquity, and give true judgment between man and man;

noyes@Ezekiel:18:9 @ if he walk in my statutes and keep my commandments, to deal uprightly,––he is just; he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:10 @ But if he have a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to his brother any of these things,

noyes@Ezekiel:18:11 @ and doeth not all those duties, but eateth upon the mountains, and defileth his neighbor’s wife,

noyes@Ezekiel:18:12 @ oppresseth the poor and needy, spoileth by violence, restoreth not the pledge, lifteth up his eyes to idols, and committeth abomination,

noyes@Ezekiel:18:13 @ giveth forth upon usury, and taketh increase, shall he live? No! he shall not live. He hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:14 @ Yet lo, if he have a son that seeth all the sins which his father committed, that seeth them and doeth not such like,

noyes@Ezekiel:18:16 @ nor oppresseth any, nor taketh a pledge, nor spoileth by violence, but giveth his food to the hungry, and covereth the naked with a garment,

noyes@Ezekiel:18:17 @ keepeth back his hand from the poor, and taketh no usury or increase, keepeth my commandments, and walketh in my statutes, he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:18 @ As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, he shall die for his iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:19 @ Yet say ye, "Why? Doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?" When the son doeth that which is lawful and right, keepeth all my statutes and doeth them, he shall surely live.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:20 @ The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:21 @ But if the wicked will turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:23 @ Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the Lord Jehovah, and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

noyes@Ezekiel:18:24 @ But when the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations which the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; for his trespass which he hath trespassed, and for his sin which he hath sinned, for them shall he die.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:26 @ When a righteous man turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and on this account dieth, for his iniquity which he hath done doth he die.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:27 @ And when the wicked man turneth from his iniquity which he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:28 @ Because he considereth and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

noyes@Ezekiel:18:31 @ Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye have committed, and make you a new heart, and a new spirit! For why will ye die, O house of Israel?

noyes@Ezekiel:18:32 @ For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah. Wherefore turn yourselves and live!

noyes@Ezekiel:19:2 @ and say:––How lay thy mother at ease, a lioness among lions! Among young lions she nourished her whelps;

noyes@Ezekiel:19:3 @ And she brought up one of her whelps; He became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:4 @ And when the nations heard of him, he was taken in their pit, And they brought him with nose–rings to the land of Egypt.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:5 @ And when she saw that she waited in vain, and that her hope was lost, She took another of her whelps, and she made him a young lion.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:6 @ And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:7 @ He knew their widows, and laid waste their cities, And the land was desolate, and all that was therein, before the voice of his roaring.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:8 @ Then the nations set themselves against him on every side from the provinces, And spread their net over him; He was taken in their pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:9 @ And they put him with nose rings into a cage, And carried him to the king of Babylon. And they carried him to a stronghold, That his voice might be heard no more Upon the mountains of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:10 @ Thy mother was like a vine planted like thyself by the waters; She was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters;

noyes@Ezekiel:19:11 @ She had strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And her stature was high among the thick branches, So that she was conspicuous in her height, And the multitude of her branches.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:12 @ But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried up her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered; The fire consumed them.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:13 @ And now she is planted in the desert, In a dry and thirsty land.

noyes@Ezekiel:19:14 @ And a fire is gone forth out of a rod of her branches, Which hath devoured her fruit, So that she hath no strong rod for a ruler’s sceptre. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:1 @ And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:3 @ Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:4 @ Punish them, punish them, son of man, cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, and say to them,

noyes@Ezekiel:20:5 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the time when I chose Israel, I lifted up my hand to the race of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt; I lifted up my hand to them, and said, I am Jehovah, your God.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:6 @ At that time I lifted up my hand to them, that I would bring them forth out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had looked out for them, flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:7 @ And I said to them, Cast ye away from you every one the abomination of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt! I am Jehovah, your God.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:8 @ But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken to me; they did not cast away every one the abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said that I would pour out my fury upon them, that I would accomplish mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:9 @ But I acted for my name’s sake, that it might not be polluted in the sight of the nations, in the midst of whom they were; and before their eyes I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:10 @ And I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and led them into the wilderness.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:11 @ And I gave them my statutes, and made known to them my laws, through which the man that keepeth them shall live.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:12 @ Also I gave them my sabbaths, that they might be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I, Jehovah, sanctify them.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:13 @ But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the desert; they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my laws, through which the man that keepeth them shall live, and my sabbaths they greatly polluted. Then I said that I would pour out my fury upon them in the desert, to consume them.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:15 @ Yet I lifted up my hand to them in the desert, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands;

noyes@Ezekiel:20:16 @ because they despised my laws, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:18 @ And I said to their sons in the desert, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols!

noyes@Ezekiel:20:19 @ I am Jehovah, your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:20 @ And hallow my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah, your God.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:21 @ But the sons rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept they my ordinances to do them, through which the man that doeth them shall live, and they polluted my sabbaths. Then I said that I would pour out my fury upon them, and accomplish mine anger upon them in the desert.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:22 @ Nevertheless I held back my hand, and acted for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:23 @ I also lifted up my hand against them in the desert, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries,

noyes@Ezekiel:20:24 @ because they did not observe mine ordinances, but despised my statutes, and polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after the idols of their fathers.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:25 @ Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances by which they should not live.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:26 @ And I polluted them in their offerings, in that they caused every first–born child to pass through the fire, that I might destroy them, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:27 @ Therefore speak to the house of Israel, O son of man, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Yet in this your fathers dishonored me, and trespassed against me.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:28 @ For when I had brought them into the land concerning which I lifted up my hand, that I would give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick tree’s, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented their provoking oblation, and there they brought their sweet savor, and there they poured out their drink–offerings.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:29 @ Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? And it is called The High Place unto this day.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:30 @ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers, and do ye commit fornication according to their abominations,

noyes@Ezekiel:20:31 @ and by offering your gifts, and causing your sons to pass through the fire,––are ye polluted with all your idols even to this day, and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you!

noyes@Ezekiel:20:32 @ And that which cometh into your mind shall not come to pass, when ye say, "We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, worshipping wood and stone."

noyes@Ezekiel:20:33 @ As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out will I rule over you.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:34 @ And I will bring you forth from the nations, and gather you from the countries, wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:35 @ And I will bring you into the desert of the nations, and there will I contend with you face to face.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:36 @ Even as I contended with your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so also will I contend with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:37 @ And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:38 @ And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; out of the country where they sojourn will I bring them forth, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:39 @ As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve ye every one his idols in future also, if ye will not obey me! But pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and your idols!

noyes@Ezekiel:20:40 @ For upon my holy mountain, upon the lofty mountain of Israel, there shall all the house of Israel, all that are in the land, serve me; there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all things which ye consecrate to me.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:41 @ I will accept you as a sweet savor, when I bring you forth from the nations, and gather you from the countries, wherein ye have been scattered, and will through you be honored before the eyes of the nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:42 @ And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country concerning which I lifted up my hand, that I would give it to your fathers.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:43 @ And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been polluted; and ye shall loathe yourselves for all your evil deeds which ye have committed.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:44 @ And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:45 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:20:46 @ Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word against the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

noyes@Ezekiel:20:47 @ and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah! Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle in thee a fire, which shall devour every green tree and every dry tree within thee; the fierce flame shall not be quenched, and all parts from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:48 @ And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

noyes@Ezekiel:20:49 @ And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say of me, "Doth he not speak in parables?"

noyes@Ezekiel:21:2 @ Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

noyes@Ezekiel:21:3 @ and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:4 @ Seeing then that I cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:5 @ And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:6 @ Thou, therefore, O son of man, sigh! With the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness, sigh before their eyes!

noyes@Ezekiel:21:7 @ And when they shall say to thee, "Wherefore sighest thou?" thou shalt say, "For the rumor, because it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall fail, and all knees shall flow with water. Behold it cometh, it shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Jehovah."

noyes@Ezekiel:21:9 @ Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, The sword, the sword is sharpened and furbished.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:11 @ And he gave it to be furbished that it might be handled. The sword is sharpened and furbished, to be given into the hand of the slayer.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:12 @ Cry and howl, son of man! for it cometh upon my people, upon all the princes of Israel. They are given up to the sword with my people. Therefore smite upon thy thigh.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:13 @ The trial is made. And what if even the contemning staff should be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:14 @ Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together! for twice, yea thrice, cometh the sword, a sword of slaughter, a sword of great slaughter, that besetteth them on every side.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:15 @ That their hearts may faint, and their overthrown may be multiplied, I have set the terror of the sword against all their gates. Ah, how is it made to glitter, polished for slaughter!

noyes@Ezekiel:21:17 @ I also will smite my hands together, and cause mine anger to cease. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:19 @ Do thou, son of man, appoint thee two ways by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come; from one land shall both of them come; and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:20 @ Appoint a way, that the sword may come towards Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and towards Judah, to Jerusalem, the fenced city.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:21 @ For the king of Babylon shall stand at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shall shake together his arrows, he shall consult the teraphim, he shall look at the liver.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:22 @ In his right hand shall be the lot: Jerusalem, to set battering–rams, to open the mouth with the war–cry, to lift up the voice in shouting, to set battering–rams against the gates, to cast up a mound, to build a tower.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:23 @ And this shall appear a false divination in their sight, because they swore oaths to them. But he shall call to remembrance their iniquity, that they may be taken.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:24 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear,––because, I say, ye bring yourselves into remembrance, ye shall be taken with that hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:25 @ And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction!

noyes@Ezekiel:21:26 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will remove the diadem, and take away the crown! This shall no more be this. I exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:27 @ I will destroy, destroy, destroy it; and it shall be no more until he come to whom the right belongeth, and to whom I will give it.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:28 @ And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon and their scorn; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn; to slay, to consume, is it furbished, so that it glittereth;

noyes@Ezekiel:21:29 @ while they see deceit for thee, and prophesy falsehood, that it may bring thee to the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:30 @ Return the sword into its sheath! In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity, I will judge thee,

noyes@Ezekiel:21:31 @ and I will pour upon thee my indignation, I will blow upon thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hands of brutal men, skilful to destroy.

noyes@Ezekiel:21:32 @ Thou shalt be fuel for the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; men shall no more remember thee. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:22:2 @ Punish, punish, son of man, the city of blood, and show her all her abominations, and say,

noyes@Ezekiel:22:3 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O city that sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come, and makest idols to defile thyself!

noyes@Ezekiel:22:4 @ Through the blood which thou sheddest thou bringest guilt upon thyself, and through the idols which thou makest thou pollutest thyself, and thou causest thy days to draw near, and comest to thy years. Therefore do I make thee a reproach to the nations, and a derision to all countries.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:5 @ Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee as infamous, full of confusion.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:7 @ In thee they set light by father and mother; in thee are they guilty of oppression to the stranger; in thee do they oppress the fatherless and the widow.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:8 @ Thou hast despised my holy things, and profaned my sabbaths.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:11 @ And one committeth abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another, with incestuous lewdness, defileth his daughter–in–law; and in thee another lieth with his sister, his father’s daughter.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:12 @ In thee do they take a reward to shed blood. Thou takest usury and increase, and thou hast enriched thyself from thy neighbor by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:13 @ Therefore, behold, I have smitten my hands together at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at the blood which hath been shed in the midst of thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:14 @ Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the day when I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:15 @ I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thine impurity out of thee;

noyes@Ezekiel:22:16 @ and thou shalt through thyself be profaned before the eyes of the nations, and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:17 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:22:18 @ Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me; all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:20 @ As men gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will place you there and melt you.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:21 @ Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:22 @ As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my fury upon you.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:23 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:22:24 @ Son of man, say to her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:25 @ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her; like a roaring lion tearing the prey, they devour the lives of men; they take possession of treasures, and precious things, and make many widows in the midst of her.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:26 @ Her priests violate my law, and profane my holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and profane, and show not the difference between the clean and the unclean; and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:28 @ Her prophets daub for them with untempered mortar, seeing falsehood, and divining to them, saying, "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah," when Jehovah hath not spoken.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:29 @ The people of the land are guilty of oppression, and practise robbery, and distress the poor and needy; yea, they oppress the stranger, and have no justice.

noyes@Ezekiel:22:30 @ I have sought for a man among them that should make a wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I might not destroy it; but I found none.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:3 @ and they committed fornication in Egypt; in their youth they committed fornication. There they allowed their breasts to be pressed, and their virgin teats to be handled.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:4 @ Their names were Aholah, the elder, and Aholibah, her sister; and they became mine, and bore sons and daughters; as to their names, moreover, Aholah is Samaria, and Aholibah, Jerusalem.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:5 @ And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, her neighbors

noyes@Ezekiel:23:6 @ who were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen, riding on horses.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:7 @ Thus she committed fornication with them, with all the choice young men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted; with all their idols she defiled herself.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:8 @ Neither forsook she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for they lay with her in her youth, and handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:9 @ Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:10 @ These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became famous among women, when they had executed judgment upon her.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:11 @ And her sister, Aholibah, saw this, but she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:12 @ She doted upon the Assyrians, her neighbors, prefects and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:15 @ girded with girdles upon their loins, and having long mitres hanging down from their heads, in their appearance all of them princes, after the manner of the sons of Babylon, of Chaldaea, the land of their nativity;

noyes@Ezekiel:23:16 @ and as soon as she cast her eyes upon them, she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldaea.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:17 @ And the sons of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredoms, and she was polluted with them. She then became alienated from them.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:18 @ So she discovered her fornications, and discovered her nakedness. Then my mind was alienated from her, as it had been alienated from her sister.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:19 @ For she multiplied her whoredoms in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;

noyes@Ezekiel:23:20 @ for she doted on their paramours, whose members were as the members of asses, and whose issue was as the issue of horses.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:21 @ Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when thy teats were handled by the Egyptians, on account of the paps of thy youth.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:22 @ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against thee thy lovers, from whom thou art alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side,

noyes@Ezekiel:23:23 @ the Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, prefects, rich men, and nobles, and all the Assyrians with them, all of them desirable young men, prefects and rulers, captains and men of renown, all of them riding upon horses.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:24 @ And they shall come against thee with arms, chariots and wheels, and with hosts of people; with buckler and shield and helmet shall they set themselves against thee on every side. And I will commit to them judgment, and they shall punish thee according to their punishments.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:25 @ And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears, and thy posterity shall fall by the sword. They shall take away thy sons and thy daughters, and thy posterity shall be consumed with fire.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:26 @ They shall also strip thee of thy garments, and take away thy fair jewels.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:27 @ Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt, so that thou shalt not lift thine eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:28 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thou art alienated.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:29 @ And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and take away all the fruits of thy labor from thee, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and thy nakedness shall be uncovered, with which thou hast committed lewdness and fornication and foul whoredom.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:30 @ These things will I do to thee, because thou hast committed whoredom with the nations, and hast been polluted with their idols.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:31 @ Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister, therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:32 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is deep and large; it shall make thee a laughing–stock and a derision, for it containeth much.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:33 @ Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of astonishment and amazement is the cup of thy sister Samaria.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:34 @ Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and lick the sherds, and thou shalt tear thy breasts. For I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:35 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:36 @ Moreover, Jehovah said to me, Son of man, punish Aholah and Aholibah; yea, declare to them their abominations;

noyes@Ezekiel:23:37 @ that they have committed adultery, and blood is upon their hands, and that with their idols they have committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them for food.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:38 @ This also have they done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:40 @ Yea, ye sent for men to come from afar; messengers were sent to them, and behold, they came; for them didst thou wash thyself, and paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:41 @ And thou didst seat thyself upon a stately bed before which a table was prepared, and thereon didst thou set my incense and my oil.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:42 @ Also the voice of a multitude at ease was with her; and together with men from the common multitude were brought deep–drinkers from the desert, who put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:44 @ They went in to her, as men go to a harlot; so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:45 @ But righteous men shall judge them, as adulteresses are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; for they are adulteresses, and blood is upon their hands.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:46 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring a great company against them, and will give them up to be harassed and spoiled,

noyes@Ezekiel:23:47 @ and the company shall stone them with stones, and cut them in pieces with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:48 @ Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may take warning, and not follow them in their lewdness.

noyes@Ezekiel:23:49 @ And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; that ye may know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:1 @ Moreover, the word of Jehovah came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, and said:

noyes@Ezekiel:24:3 @ Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on a caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:4 @ Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:5 @ Take the choice of the flock, and make under it a pile for the bones, and make it boil well, that the bones therein may be seethed.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:6 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood, to the caldron in which is rust, and whose rust goeth not out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:8 @ To cause fury and to take vengeance, I have set the blood shed by her upon the bare rock, that it might not be covered.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:10 @ Heap on wood, kindle the fire, cook the flesh, put in spices, and let the bones be burned.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:11 @ Then set it empty upon the coals, that its brass may be hot and may burn, and that its impurity may be dissolved in it, and its rust be consumed.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:14 @ I, Jehovah, have spoken it; it shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent. According to thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:17 @ Sigh thou in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy head–dress upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet; cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of wretched men.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:18 @ So I spake to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:19 @ And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what those things which thou doest denote to us?

noyes@Ezekiel:24:20 @ Then I answered them: The word of Jehovah came to me and said:

noyes@Ezekiel:24:21 @ Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your confidence, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your souls; and your sons and daughters that are left to you shall fall by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:22 @ And ye shall do as I have done; ye shall not cover your mouths, nor eat the bread of wretched men;

noyes@Ezekiel:24:23 @ and your head–dresses shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet; ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and moan one to another.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:24 @ Thus Ezekiel shall be to you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do, when this cometh; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:24:25 @ And thou, son of man, behold, in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the longing of their souls, their sons and their daughters, in that day shall one

noyes@Ezekiel:24:27 @ In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb; and thou shalt be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

noyes@Ezekiel:25:3 @ and say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah! Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou saidst, "Aha!" against my sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, therefore,

noyes@Ezekiel:25:4 @ behold, I will deliver thee to the sons of the East for a possession, and they shall set their folds in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:5 @ And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the land of the Ammonites a couching–place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:6 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped with thy feet, and rejoiced with all thy despite from the heart, against the land of Israel,

noyes@Ezekiel:25:7 @ therefore, behold, I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; I will cut thee off from the nations, and cause thee to perish from the countries; I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:8 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab and Seir say, "Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,"

noyes@Ezekiel:25:9 @ therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from his cities, which are on his borders, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal–meon, and Kiriathaim.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:11 @ and on Moab will I execute judgments, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:12 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them,

noyes@Ezekiel:25:13 @ therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:14 @ And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall deal with Edom according to mine anger, and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:15 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt with revenge, and have taken vengeance, with a despiteful heart, even to destruction, from the old hatred;

noyes@Ezekiel:25:16 @ therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant upon the sea–coasts.

noyes@Ezekiel:25:17 @ And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah when I lay my vengeance upon them.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:1 @ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word bf Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:26:3 @ therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and I will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:4 @ And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; and I will scrape off her earth from her, and make her like a naked rock.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:5 @ She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah. And she shall be to the nations for a spoil;

noyes@Ezekiel:26:6 @ and her daughters that are upon the land shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:7 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, a king of kings from the North, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a vast multitude of people.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:8 @ Thy daughters upon the land shall he slay with the sword; and he shall set a tower against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee;

noyes@Ezekiel:26:9 @ and his battering–rams shall be set against thy walls, and thy towers shall he break down with axes.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:10 @ By reason of the great number of his horses, their dust shall cover thee; thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he entereth into thy gates, as men enter into a city that is broken through.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:11 @ With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; thy people he shall slay with the sword; and the idols of thy strength shall fall to the ground.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:12 @ And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy beautiful houses; and thy stones and thy timber and thine earth shall they lay in the midst of the waters.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:13 @ And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:14 @ And I will make thee like a naked rock; thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more; for I, Jehovah, have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:15 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Behold, the isles shall shake at the sound of thy fall, at the groaning of the wounded, and at the slaughter which is made in the midst of thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:16 @ And all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their mantles, and put off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling, and sit on the ground, and tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:17 @ And they shall utter a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, "How art thou destroyed, thou that wast peopled from the seas, the renowned city, that wast mighty upon the sea, thou and thine inhabitants, causing terror to all that dwelt near thee!"

noyes@Ezekiel:26:19 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee,

noyes@Ezekiel:26:20 @ I will bring thee down to them that have gone down to the pit, to the people of old time, and I will cause thee to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, amid the ruins of ancient times, with them that have gone down to the pit, that thou be no more inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.

noyes@Ezekiel:26:21 @ I will make thee a desolation, and thou shalt be no more; though thou be sought for, thou shalt be found no more forever, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:3 @ and say to Tyre, O thou that didst dwell at the entrance of the sea, the merchant of the nations to many coasts! thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou hast said, "I am perfect in beauty."

noyes@Ezekiel:27:7 @ Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou didst spread forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the coasts of Elisha were thy covering.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:8 @ The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:9 @ The ancients of Gebal and the skilful men thereof were in thee, thy calkers; all the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee, to traffic in thy merchandise.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:10 @ Persians, and Lydians, and Lybians were in thine army, thy men of war; they hung up the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy glory.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:11 @ The men of Arvad and thine own army were upon thy walls round about, and brave warriors were in thy towers; they hung their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:12 @ Tarshish trafficked with thee on account of the abundance of all kinds of goods; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded in thy fairs.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:13 @ Javan, Tubal, and Meshech trafficked with thee; the persons of men and vessels of brass they sold in thy market.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:14 @ They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:15 @ The men of Dedan trafficked with thee; many islands were at hand to thee for trade; they brought thee, for payment, horns of ivory, and ebony–wood.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:16 @ Syria trafficked with thee by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making; with carbuncles, purple and embroidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies, they traded in thy fairs.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:17 @ Judah and the land of Israel trafficked with thee; with wheat of Minnith, and pastry, and syrup, and oil, and balm they traded in thy market.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:18 @ Damascus trafficked with thee on account of the multitude of the wares of thy making, on account of the abundance of all kinds of goods, in the wine of Helbon, and in white wool.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:19 @ Vedan and Javan brought thread to thy market; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet reed were in thy fairs.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:21 @ Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were at hand to traffic with thee; they traded with thee in lambs and rams and goats.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:22 @ The merchants of Sheba and Raamah trafficked with thee with all kinds of precious spices, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:23 @ Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad,

noyes@Ezekiel:27:24 @ trafficked with thee in splendid apparel, in mantles of blue and embroidered work, in chests of damask bound with cords and made of cedar, in thy market.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:25 @ The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:27 @ Thy riches, and thy fairs, and thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the traders in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war within thee, and all thy multitude that is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:29 @ And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,

noyes@Ezekiel:27:30 @ and shall cause their voice to be heard for thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast dust upon their heads, and roll themselves in ashes.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:31 @ And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:32 @ And in their wailing they shall take up for thee a lamentation, and shall lament over thee, saying: "What city is like Tyre, like the Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

noyes@Ezekiel:27:33 @ When thy wares went forth from the seas, thou didst satisfy many nations; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy riches and thy merchandise.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:34 @ Now thou art broken by the seas in the depth of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy multitude in the midst of thee are fallen.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:35 @ All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings shudder; they are troubled in their countenance.

noyes@Ezekiel:27:36 @ The merchants among the nations hiss at thee. Thou art a desolation, and shalt exist no more forever."

noyes@Ezekiel:28:2 @ Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, "I am a god, I sit in the seat of a god, in the midst of the seas"; and though thou art man, not God, yet settest thy heart as the heart of a god,––

noyes@Ezekiel:28:4 @ by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver in thy treasures;

noyes@Ezekiel:28:5 @ by thy great wisdom, by thy traffic, thou hast increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy wealth,––

noyes@Ezekiel:28:7 @ behold, I will bring upon thee strangers, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:8 @ They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of the slain, in the midst of the seas.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:9 @ Wilt thou yet say, "I am a god," before him that slayeth thee? Thou shalt be man, and not God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:10 @ Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:12 @ Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:––Thou wast a finished signet, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty;

noyes@Ezekiel:28:13 @ In Eden, the garden of God, thou didst dwell; Every precious stone was thy covering, The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond, The chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, The sapphire, the carbuncle, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of thy jewel–holes was within thee; On the day when thou wast born were they prepared.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:16 @ Through the abundance of thy merchandise thou art full of injustice; And thou hast sinned; Therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God, And I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:18 @ By the multitude of thine iniquities, by the unrighteousness of thy traffic, Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries. Therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, which shall devour thee, And I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth, In the sight of all them that behold thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:19 @ All they that know thee among the nations shall be astonished at thee; Thou art become a desolation, and shalt exist no more forever.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:21 @ Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against her,

noyes@Ezekiel:28:22 @ and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Sidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee, and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I execute judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:23 @ I will send upon her pestilence, and blood into her streets, and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword which is against her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:24 @ And there shall be no more to the house of Israel a pricking brier, or a grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:25 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall gather the house of Israel from the nations among which they are scattered, then shall I be sanctified through them in the sight of the nations, and they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob.

noyes@Ezekiel:28:26 @ They shall dwell therein securely, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards, yea, they shall dwell securely when I have executed judgments on all that despised them round about; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, their God.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

noyes@Ezekiel:29:3 @ Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, thou great dragon, that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest, "My river is my own, and I have made it for myself."

noyes@Ezekiel:29:4 @ And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to cleave to thy scales, and I will draw thee forth from the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers which cleave to thy scales.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:5 @ And I will cast thee into the desert, thee and all the fish of thy rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; to the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven I have given thee for food.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:6 @ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah; because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:7 @ When they took hold of thee by thy handle, thou didst break and pierce their whole shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst go to pieces, and madest all their loins to shake.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:8 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee;

noyes@Ezekiel:29:9 @ and the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he hath said, "The river is mine, and I have made it."

noyes@Ezekiel:29:10 @ Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers; and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol even to Syene, and to the borders of Ethiopia.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:11 @ There shall not pass through it the foot of man, and the foot of beast shall not pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:12 @ I will make the land of Egypt desolate amidst the lands that are desolate, and her cities, among the cities that are laid waste, shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:14 @ and I will bring back the captives of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their origin; and they shall be there a mean kingdom;

noyes@Ezekiel:29:16 @ And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to my remembrance their iniquity in looking to them for help; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:17 @ And it came to pass in the twenty–seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:29:18 @ Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled; yet neither he nor his army had wages from Tyre for the service which he served against it.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:19 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her plunder; and it shall be wages for his army.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:20 @ For his wages for his service I will give him the land of Egypt; for they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:29:21 @ In that day will I cause a horn to grow forth to the house of Israel, and I will give thee to open the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:2 @ Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas! alas for the day!

noyes@Ezekiel:30:4 @ The sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be destroyed.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:5 @ Ethiopia, and Lybia, and Lydia, and all her auxiliaries, and Chub, and the men of every country that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:6 @ Thus saith Jehovah: They that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in her by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:7 @ And they shall be laid waste in the midst of the lands that are laid waste, and her cities shall be amongst the cities that are desolate.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:8 @ And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have brought a fire into Egypt, and all her helpers shall be destroyed.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:9 @ In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and anguish shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for behold, it cometh!

noyes@Ezekiel:30:10 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:11 @ He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to make the land desolate; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:12 @ And I will make the rivers dry, and I will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will lay waste the land and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:13 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will destroy the idols, and cause the images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt; and I will bring fear upon the land of Egypt:

noyes@Ezekiel:30:14 @ And I will lay waste Pathros, and bring a fire upon Zoan, and execute judgments upon No.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:15 @ And I will pour out my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt, and I will cut off the multitude of No.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:16 @ And I will bring a fire upon Egypt; Sin shall tremble, and No shall be broken through, and Noph shall be plundered by day.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:17 @ The young men of On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:18 @ At Tahpanhes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yoke of Egypt, and the pride of her strength shall cease within her. A cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:19 @ Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:21 @ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and lo, it is not bound up, so as to have medicines applied to it; a bandage is not applied to it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:22 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; and I will break his arms, both the strong one, and that which was broken, and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:23 @ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:24 @ But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword into his hand, and break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:25 @ Yea, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

noyes@Ezekiel:30:26 @ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:2 @ Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?

noyes@Ezekiel:31:3 @ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar upon Lebanon, with fair branches; An overshadowing thicket, high of stature; And his top was among thick boughs.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:4 @ The waters made him great; the deep waters made him high; Their streams went around their plantation, And sent forth their channels to all the trees of the field.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:5 @ Therefore his height was exalted Above all the trees of the field. And his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long, Because of the abundance of water when he shot forth.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:6 @ In his boughs all the birds of heaven made their nests, And under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:8 @ The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; The cypress–trees were not like his boughs, And the plane–trees were not like his branches. Not any tree in the garden of God Was like to him in his beauty.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:10 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because he lifted himself up in stature, And shot up his top among the thick boughs, And his heart was lifted up on account of his height,

noyes@Ezekiel:31:11 @ Therefore I delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, To deal hardly with him; I drave him out for his wickedness;

noyes@Ezekiel:31:12 @ And strangers, the terrible of the nations, cut him off and cast him away. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches fell; And his boughs were broken in all the valleys of the land. And all the nations of the earth withdrew from his shadow and left him;

noyes@Ezekiel:31:13 @ Upon his ruin dwelt all the birds of the heavens, And upon his branches were all the beasts of the forest.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:14 @ To the end that none of all the trees by the waters Might exalt themselves for their stature, Nor shoot up their top among the thick boughs, And that none of the trees that drink water should cleave to them on account of their height; For all of them are delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, In the midst of the sons of men, To them that have gone down to the pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:15 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to the grave, I caused the deep to mourn, I covered it for him; I restrained on account of him the streams, and the great waters were kept back; And I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, And all the trees of the field fainted for him.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:16 @ At the sound of his fall I made the nations to shake, When I cast him down to the grave, To them that have gone down to the pit; And all the trees of Eden, The choice and best of Lebanon, Even all that drink water, Were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.

noyes@Ezekiel:31:18 @ To whom art thou thus like in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Thou shalt be brought down with the trees of Eden To the lower parts of the earth; Thou shalt lie down in the midst of the uncircumcised, With them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall it be with Pharaoh and all his multitude, Saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:1 @ And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:32:2 @ Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him:––Thou art like a young lion among the nations; Thou art like a dragon in the seas; And thou camest forth into thy rivers, And troubledst the waters with thy feet, And didst disturb their rivers.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:3 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will therefore spread my net over thee, Amidst an assembly of many nations; And they shall draw thee up in my net.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:4 @ And I will throw thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, And I will cause all the birds of heaven to remain upon thee. And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee;

noyes@Ezekiel:32:5 @ And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, And fill the valleys with thy heaps.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:6 @ And I will water the land in which thou swimmest with thy blood, even to the mountains, And the streams shall be full of thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:7 @ And I will cover the heavens, when I quench thee, And make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:8 @ All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, And bring darkness upon thy land, Saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:9 @ And I will grieve the hearts of many nations, When I bring thy destruction among the nations, In lands which thou knowest not.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:10 @ Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, And their kings shall shudder on account of thee, When I brandish my sword before them; And they shall tremble every moment, every one for his life, in the day of thy fall.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:12 @ By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, All of them the terrible of the nations. And they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, And all her multitude shall be destroyed.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:14 @ Then will I make their waters clear, And cause their rivers to run like oil, Saith the Lord Jehovah,

noyes@Ezekiel:32:15 @ When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country shall be destitute of all that was therein, When I shall smite all that dwell therein, That they may know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:16 @ This is the lamentation which they shall utter; the daughters of the nations shall utter it. For Egypt and for all her multitude shall they utter it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:18 @ Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast her down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, to them that have gone down to the pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:19 @ Art thou more beautiful than another? Come down and be laid with the uncircumcised!

noyes@Ezekiel:32:20 @ They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword is given; drag her away and all her multitudes!

noyes@Ezekiel:32:21 @ The mightiest heroes from the midst of the pit shall speak to him and his helpers; For they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:22 @ There is Assyria and all her company; Her graves are round about her; All of them are slain, fallen by the sword;

noyes@Ezekiel:32:23 @ Her grave is made in the depths of the pit, And her company is round about her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, They who caused terror in the land of the living.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:24 @ There is Elam and all her company round about her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword; They are gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused terror in the land of the living; They bear their shame with them that have gone down to the pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:25 @ Among the slain have they set her a bed with all her multitude; Her graves are round about her, All of them slain, uncircumcised, by the sword. Though they caused terror in the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame with them that have gone down to the pit; They are laid in the midst of the slain.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:26 @ There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; Their graves are around them; All of them slain, uncircumcised, by the sword, Though they caused terror in the land of the living.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:27 @ Shall they not lie with the mighty of the uncircumcised that are fallen, Who have gone down to the pit with their weapons of war, Having their swords laid under their heads, And their iniquity resting upon their bones, Though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living?

noyes@Ezekiel:32:28 @ And thou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And shalt lie down with them that are slain by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:29 @ There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, Who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword; They lie down with the uncircumcised, With them that have gone down to the pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:30 @ There are the princes of the North, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down to the slain; In the midst of the terror of their might they are put to shame; They lie down uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, And bear their shame with them that have gone down to the pit.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:31 @ Pharaoh shall see them, And shall comfort himself over all his multitude; Even Pharaoh and all his army are slain by the sword, Saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:32:32 @ Though I suffered him to spread terror in the land of the living, Yet is he laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, With them that are slain by the sword, Even Pharaoh and all his multitude, Saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:2 @ Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man out of their whole number, and set him for their watchman,

noyes@Ezekiel:33:3 @ and he seeth the sword coming on the land, and bloweth the trumpet, and warneth the people,

noyes@Ezekiel:33:4 @ then whoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, and the sword cometh and taketh him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:5 @ He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning. His blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall save his life.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:6 @ But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come and take away any person from among them, he is taken away for his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:7 @ So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel, that thou shouldst hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:8 @ When I say to the wicked, "O wicked man, thou shalt surely die!" and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die for his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:9 @ Yet if thou warn the wicked of his way, to turn from it, and he turneth not from his way, he shall die for his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thyself.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:10 @ Thou, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Rightly do ye say, "Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and through them we pine away. How then can we live?"

noyes@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say to them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways! for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

noyes@Ezekiel:33:12 @ Thou also, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and through his wickedness shall not the wicked man fall in the day when he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live in the day when he sinneth.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:13 @ When I say concerning the righteous, "He shall surely live," and he trusteth in his righteousness, and doeth iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered, but for his iniquity which he hath committed shall he die.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:14 @ Again, when I say concerning the wicked, "He shall surely die," and he turneth from his sin, and doeth that which is just and right,

noyes@Ezekiel:33:15 @ and the wicked restoreth the pledge, giveth back that which he hath taken by violence, and walketh in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:16 @ None of his sins which he hath committed shall be mentioned to him; he hath done that which is just and right; he shall surely live.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:17 @ And yet the sons of thy people say, "The way of the Lord is not right!" But it is their way which is not right.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:18 @ When the righteous man turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he dieth because of it.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:19 @ And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is just and right, he shall live thereby.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:20 @ And yet ye say, "The way of the Lord is not right!" O house of Israel, I will judge you every one according to his ways!

noyes@Ezekiel:33:21 @ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city is smitten!"

noyes@Ezekiel:33:22 @ Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening before he that had escaped came; and he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; he opened my mouth, so that I was no longer dumb.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:23 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:33:24 @ Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes in the land of Israel say, "Abraham was but one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; to us is the land given for an inheritance."

noyes@Ezekiel:33:25 @ Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and life up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

noyes@Ezekiel:33:26 @ Ye trust to your swords, ye commit abomination, and ye defile, every one, his neighbor’s wife; and shall ye possess the land?

noyes@Ezekiel:33:27 @ Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open country will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the forts and caves shall fall by the pestilence.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:28 @ And I will make the land an utter desolation; and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:29 @ Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land an utter desolation, on account of all the abominations which they practise.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:30 @ As for thee, O son of man, the sons of thy people speak concerning thee by the walls, and in the doors of houses; and speak one to another, every man to his neighbor, saying, "Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that goeth forth from Jehovah."

noyes@Ezekiel:33:31 @ And they come to thee, as the people assembleth, and they sit before thee, as my people, and they hear thy words: but will not do them; for with their mouth they do what is lovely, but their heart goeth after gain.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:32 @ And behold, thou art to them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but do them not.

noyes@Ezekiel:33:33 @ But when this cometh to pass, (and behold, it shall come to pass,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:34:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

noyes@Ezekiel:34:3 @ Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill that which is fatted; but ye feed not the flock.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:4 @ The weak do ye not strengthen, and the sick do ye not heal, and the wounded do ye not bind up; ye bring not back that which hath been driven away, neither seek ye that which hath been lost; but with force and with cruelty do ye rule them.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:5 @ Therefore are they scattered abroad, because there is no shepherd, and they are food to all the beasts of the field, or are scattered abroad.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:6 @ My sheep wander through all the mountains, and upon every high hill; yea, over the whole face of the land is my flock scattered, and none careth for them, or seeketh them.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:8 @ As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because my flock is become a prey, and my flock is become meat to all the beasts of the field because there is no shepherd, and because my shepherds search not for my flock, and feed themselves, and feed not my flock,––

noyes@Ezekiel:34:10 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and they shall not be meat for them.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:11 @ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, even I, will seek my flock, and look after them;

noyes@Ezekiel:34:12 @ as a shepherd looketh after his flock in the day when he is among his sheep that are scattered, so will I look after my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and darkness.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:13 @ And I will bring them out from the nations, and gather them from the countries; and I will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, in the valleys, and in all the dwelling–places of the land.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:14 @ I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:15 @ I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:16 @ I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong will I destroy; I will feed them as they deserve.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:17 @ And as for you, O my sheep, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will judge between the weak of the flock and the strong ones, even the rams and the he–goats.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:18 @ Seemeth it a small thing to you to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to drink of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

noyes@Ezekiel:34:19 @ and that my sheep eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and drink that which ye have fouled with your feet?

noyes@Ezekiel:34:20 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah to them: Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat and the lean of the flock.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:21 @ Because ye thrust with your side and with your shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye scatter them abroad,

noyes@Ezekiel:34:22 @ therefore will I save my sheep, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:23 @ And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:24 @ And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:25 @ And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, so that they shall dwell safely in the desert, and sleep in the woods.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:26 @ And I will make them, and the places round about my hill, a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; showers rich in blessings shall there be.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:27 @ And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase; and they shall be secure in their land, and shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall break the bands of their yoke and deliver them out of the hand of them that made them servants.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:28 @ And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell in security, and none shall make them afraid.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:29 @ And I will raise up for them a plantation for my glory; and they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, neither shall they bear the reproach of the nations any more.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:30 @ Then shall they know, that I, Jehovah, their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:34:31 @ For ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

noyes@Ezekiel:35:3 @ and say to it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee an utter desolation;

noyes@Ezekiel:35:4 @ I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:5 @ Because thou bearest a perpetual hatred, and deliverest up the sons of Israel to the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction:

noyes@Ezekiel:35:6 @ therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, to blood will I bring thee, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:7 @ Thus will I make Mount Seir an utter desolation, and cut off from it him that passeth out, and him that returneth.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:8 @ And I will fill his valleys with the slain. Upon thy hills and in thy plains and in thy valleys shall fall they that are slain with the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:9 @ I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:10 @ Because thou hast said, "These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we shall possess them," whereas Jehovah was there;

noyes@Ezekiel:35:11 @ therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger and according to thine envy which in thy hatred against them thou hast practised, and I will make myself known to them when I judge thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:12 @ And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: "They are laid desolate; to us are they given to be devoured."

noyes@Ezekiel:35:13 @ Thus with your mouth have ye magnified yourselves against me, and multiplied your words against me; I have heard them.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:14 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole land rejoiceth, I will prepare desolation for thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:35:15 @ As thou didst rejoice over my inheritance, the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to thee! Mount Seir shall be desolate, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:1 @ Also, thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:3 @ therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, so that ye have become a possession to the residue of the nations, and a subject for the lips of talkers, and a derision to the people;

noyes@Ezekiel:36:4 @ therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, to the mountains and the hills, the valleys and the plain, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities, which are become a prey and a derision to the residue of the nations which are round about,––

noyes@Ezekiel:36:5 @ therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, who have allotted my land to themselves for a possession, with joy of their whole heart, and with a despiteful mind, to cast it out for a prey.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:6 @ Prophesy, therefore, concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the valleys and the plains, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the reproach of the nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have lifted up my hand, that the nations that are round about you, that they shall bear their reproach.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:8 @ But ye, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they are near coming.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:9 @ For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;

noyes@Ezekiel:36:10 @ and I will multiply men upon you, even all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:11 @ I will multiply men upon you, and beasts; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as of old, and will do better to you than in the ancient time; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:12 @ Yea, I will cause men, even my people Israel, to walk upon you, and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:13 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say of you, "Thou hast devoured men, and made thy people childless!"

noyes@Ezekiel:36:14 @ therefore thou shalt devour men no more, and no more make thy people childless, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:17 @ Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before me was as the impurity of an unclean woman.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:18 @ Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land, and because they had polluted it with their idols.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:19 @ And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:20 @ And when they came to the nations whither they went, they polluted my holy name, in that it was said of them, "These are the people of Jehovah, and they are gone forth out of his land."

noyes@Ezekiel:36:23 @ And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been polluted among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in regard to you, before their eyes, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:24 @ For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:25 @ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. From all your uncleanness and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:26 @ A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take out of your body the heart of stone, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:27 @ And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my commandments and do them.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:28 @ And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:29 @ And I will save you from all your uncleanness. And I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and bring no famine upon you.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:30 @ And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:31 @ Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings which were not good, and ye shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities, and for your abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:32 @ Not for your own sakes do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known to you. Be ye ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!

noyes@Ezekiel:36:33 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, then will I cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places to be rebuilt;

noyes@Ezekiel:36:34 @ and the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:35 @ Then shall it be said, "This land, that was desolate, is become as the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited."

noyes@Ezekiel:36:36 @ Then the nations that are left around you shall know that I, Jehovah, have built that which was ruined, and planted that which was desolate. I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.

noyes@Ezekiel:36:37 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Yet will I listen to the house of Israel, and do this for them. I will increase

noyes@Ezekiel:36:38 @ them with men like a flock; as the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:1 @ The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of Jehovah, and set me in the midst of a valley, which was full of bones,

noyes@Ezekiel:37:2 @ and caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many upon the surface of the valley, and lo, they were very dry.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:3 @ And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest!

noyes@Ezekiel:37:4 @ Then he said to me, Prophesy to these dry bones, and say to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah!

noyes@Ezekiel:37:5 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live;

noyes@Ezekiel:37:6 @ and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath into you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:7 @ So I prophesied, as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, a voice was heard, and behold, a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:8 @ And when I looked, behold, there were sinews upon them, and the flesh grew, and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:9 @ Then said he to me, Prophesy to breath, prophesy, O son of man, and say to breath, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live!

noyes@Ezekiel:37:10 @ So I prophesied, as he commanded me; and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great host.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:11 @ And he said to me, Son of man, these bones denote the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, "Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off."

noyes@Ezekiel:37:12 @ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and bring you into the land of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:13 @ And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people,

noyes@Ezekiel:37:14 @ and put my breath within you, and ye live, and I place you in your own land; then shall ye know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and done it, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:15 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:37:16 @ Son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, "For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions"; and take another stick, and write upon it, "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and the whole house of Israel, his companions."

noyes@Ezekiel:37:17 @ Then join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:18 @ And when the sons of thy people say to thee. "Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?"

noyes@Ezekiel:37:19 @ say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and of the tribes of Israel, his companions, and will unite them and him with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:20 @ And let the sticks whereon thou writest be in thy hand before their eyes;

noyes@Ezekiel:37:21 @ and say thou to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations whither they are gone, and will gather them from every side, and bring them into their own land.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:22 @ And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; and they shall no more be two nations, and no more shall they be divided into two kingdoms.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:23 @ Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their dwelling–places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:24 @ And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd; and they shall walk in my commandments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:25 @ And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt; they shall dwell therein, and their sons and their son’s sons forever; and David, my servant, shall be their prince forever.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:26 @ And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them, and multiply them, and set my sanctuary in the midst of them forever.

noyes@Ezekiel:37:27 @ And my dwelling–place shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people;

noyes@Ezekiel:37:28 @ and the nations shall know that I, Jehovah, do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:1 @ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

noyes@Ezekiel:38:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against Gog, of the land of Magog, prince of Resh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:3 @ and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Resh, Meshech, and Tubal!

noyes@Ezekiel:38:4 @ And I will turn thee about, and put rings into thy jaws; and I will bring thee forth, thee and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in gorgeous apparel, even a great multitude with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:5 @ Persians, Ethiopians, and Lybians are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:6 @ Gomer and all his bands, the house of Togarmah from the north quarters, and all their hosts, many nations are with thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:7 @ Be prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou and all thy host that are assembled unto thee, and be thou their leader!

noyes@Ezekiel:38:8 @ After many days shalt thou be appointed over them. In the latter years shalt thou come into a land that is brought back from the sword, gathered out of many nations upon the mountains of Israel, which had been long desolate; but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:9 @ Thou shalt go up like a storm, thou shalt come like a cloud, to cover the land, thou and all thy bands, and many nations with thee.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:10 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the same time shall thoughts come into thy mind, and thou shalt meditate an evil design,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:11 @ and shalt say, "I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:12 @ to take a spoil and to divide a prey, to turn my hand against the desolated places that have become inhabited, and against a people gathered out of the nations, possessing cattle and goods, dwelling in the heights of the earth."

noyes@Ezekiel:38:13 @ Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all the chiefs thereof, shall say to thee, "Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to divide a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, and to divide great spoil?"

noyes@Ezekiel:38:14 @ Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth securely, thou shalt observe it,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:15 @ and thou shalt come up from the regions of the North, thou and many nations with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty host;

noyes@Ezekiel:38:16 @ thou shalt come up against my people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land; in the latter days it shall come to pass, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in regard to thee, before their eyes, O Gog!

noyes@Ezekiel:38:17 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou not he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days and years, that I would bring thee against them?

noyes@Ezekiel:38:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my anger shall ascend in fury.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:19 @ For in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath, have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:20 @ so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field; and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence; and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:21 @ And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall all turn their swords against each other,

noyes@Ezekiel:38:22 @ And I will contend against him with pestilence, and with blood; and overflowing showers, and great hailstones, fire and brimstone, will I rain upon him and his hosts, and the many nations that are with him.

noyes@Ezekiel:38:23 @ Thus will I show myself in my greatness and glory, and make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:1 @ And do thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Resh, Meshech, and Tubal!

noyes@Ezekiel:39:2 @ I will turn thee, and lead thee about, and cause thee to come up from the regions of the North. and bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:3 @ And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:4 @ Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou and all thy hosts, and the nations that are with thee. To the ravenous birds of every wing, and to the beasts of the forest, give I thee to be devoured.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:6 @ And I will send a fire upon Magog, and upon them that dwell in security in the sea–coasts; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:7 @ So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not suffer my holy name to be polluted any more; and the nations shall

noyes@Ezekiel:39:8 @ know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel. Behold it cometh, and shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah. This is the day of which I spake.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:9 @ Then shall the inhabitants of the cities of Israel go forth, and set on fire and burn the weapons, the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the hand–staves and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:10 @ They shall take no wood from the field, neither shall they cut down any from the forests; for they shall make their fires of the weapons. And they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and plunder those that plundered them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:11 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give to Gog a place there, a grave in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea; and it shall stop the way of passengers. There shall they bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall call it "The valley of the multitude of Gog."

noyes@Ezekiel:39:12 @ And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:13 @ Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be renown to them, in the day when I shall be glorified, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:14 @ And they shall set apart men to be constantly employed, who, passing through the land, with the aid of those that pass by, shall bury those that remain upon the face of the land to cleanse it; at the end of the seven months shall they search.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:15 @ And when any of the travellers that pass through the land shall see a man’s bone, they shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of the multitude of Gog.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:16 @ Also the name of a city shall be Multitude. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:17 @ And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Say to the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves and come, gather yourselves from every side to my sacrifice which I make for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel; and ye shall eat flesh and drink blood;

noyes@Ezekiel:39:18 @ the flesh of the mighty shall ye eat, and the blood of the princes of the earth shall ye drink, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatted in Bashan.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:19 @ And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I make for you.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:20 @ Thus shall ye be filled at my table with horses and riders, and mighty men and warriors of all kinds, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:21 @ And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand which I have laid upon them.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:22 @ And the house of Israel shall know that I am Jehovah, their God, from that day and forward.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:23 @ And the nations shall know that the house of Israel were carried into captivity for their iniquity. Because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:24 @ According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I dealt with them, and hid my face from them.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:25 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have compassion upon the whole house of Israel, and be jealous for my holy name.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:26 @ Then shall they forget their shame and all their trespasses with which they trespassed against me, when they dwell in security in their own land, and none maketh them afraid.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:27 @ When I bring them back from the nations, and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then will I be glorified in regard to them before the eyes of many nations.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:28 @ And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, in that I caused them to be carried into captivity among the nations, and gathered them into their own land, and left none of them there.

noyes@Ezekiel:39:29 @ And I will hide my face from them no more; for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:1 @ In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, on the selfsame day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:2 @ In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, upon which was, as it were, the frame of a city toward the south.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:3 @ And when he had brought me thither, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was as the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring–reed, and he stood in the gate.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:4 @ And the man said to me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears, and give heed to all which I shall show thee; for to the intent that I might show them to thee art thou brought hither; declare all which thou seest to the house of Israel!

noyes@Ezekiel:40:5 @ And behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed, in length six cubits of a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the breadth of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:6 @ Then came he to the gate, which looked toward the east, and went up the steps thereof, and measured the upper threshold of the gate, one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gate one reed broad.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:7 @ And every chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:9 @ Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the border thereof, two cubits; now the porch of the gate was inward.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:10 @ And the chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure, and the projecting wall–pillars were of one measure on this side, and on that side.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:11 @ And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the entry of the gate, thirteen cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:12 @ There was also a space before the chambers one cubit on this side, and a space one cubit on that side; and every chamber was six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:13 @ Then he measured the gate from the roof of one chamber to the roof of another; the breadth was five and twenty cubits, and door was over against door.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:14 @ He made also wall–pillars sixty cubits, and toward the pillars, was the court of the gate round about on every side.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:15 @ And from the front of the gate of the entrance to the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:16 @ And there were closed windows to the chambers and to their wall–pillars inward toward the gate round about, and likewise to the cornices; there were windows round about within, and upon the wall–pillars were palm–trees.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:17 @ Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were rooms, and a pavement made for the court round about; thirty rooms were upon the pavement.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:18 @ And the pavement at the sides of the gates, by the length of the gates, was the lower pavement.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:19 @ Then he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner court without, a hundred cubits toward the east and toward the north.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:20 @ And as for the gate that looked toward the north in the outer court, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:21 @ And the chambers thereof were three on this side, and three on that side. And the border thereof, and the cornices thereof, were of the same measure as the former gate; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:22 @ And the windows thereof, and the cornices thereof, and the palm–trees thereof were of the same measure as the gate which looked toward the east, and they went up to it by seven steps, and the cornices thereof were before them.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:23 @ And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north and east. And he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:24 @ Then he led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured the border thereof and the cornices thereof according to those measures.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:25 @ And there were windows in it, and within the cornices thereof round about, like those windows; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:26 @ And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the cornices thereof were before them; and it had palm–trees, one on this side and another on that side, upon the wall–pillars thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:27 @ And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:28 @ And he brought me to the inner court through the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to the same measures.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:29 @ And the chambers thereof, and the border thereof, and the cornices thereof were according to those measures. And there were windows in it, and within the cornices thereof, round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:30 @ And the cornices round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:31 @ And the cornices thereof were toward the outer court; and palm–trees were upon the wall–pillars thereof; and in going up to it there were eight steps.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:32 @ And he brought me to the inner court toward the east; and he measured the gate according to those measures.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:33 @ And the chambers thereof, and the border thereof, and the cornices thereof, were according to those measures; and there were windows in it, and in the cornices thereof, round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:34 @ And the cornices thereof were toward the outer court; and palm–trees were upon the wall–pillars thereof, on this side and on that side; and in going up to it there were eight steps.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:35 @ And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to those measures;

noyes@Ezekiel:40:36 @ the chambers thereof, and the border thereof, and the cornices thereof; and there were windows to it, round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:37 @ And the cornices thereof were toward the outer court; and palm–trees were upon the wall–pillars thereof, on this side and on that side; and in going up to it there were eight steps.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:38 @ And a room with its doors was by the borders of the gates, where they washed the burnt–offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:39 @ And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt–offering, and the sin–offering, and the trespass–offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:40 @ And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables;

noyes@Ezekiel:40:41 @ four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side; on the other side of the gate eight tables, whereon they slew their sacrifices.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:42 @ And the four tables for the burnt–offering were of hewn stone; their length was a cubit and a half, and their breadth a cubit and a half, and their height a cubit. Thereon they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt–offering and the sacrifice.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:43 @ And there were edging–boards of a handbreadth, prepared within round about; and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:44 @ And without the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court; they were at the side of the north gate, and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:45 @ And he said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:46 @ And the room whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who, among the sons of Levi, come near to Jehovah to minister to him.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:47 @ Then he measured the court; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth a hundred cubits, being square. And the altar stood before the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:48 @ Then he brought me to the porch of the temple, and he measured the door–border of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side. And the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

noyes@Ezekiel:40:49 @ The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and they went up to it by steps. And there were columns by the door–border, one on this side, and another on that side.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:1 @ Afterwards he brought me to the temple; and he measured the projecting wall–pillars, six cubits broad on this side, and six cubits broad on that side, according to the breadth of the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:2 @ And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on this side; and five cubits on that side. Then he measured the length, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:3 @ And he went inward, and measured the border of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:4 @ Then he measured twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth in the temple, and said to me, This is the most holy place.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:5 @ And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side–chamber, four cubits round about, round about the house:

noyes@Ezekiel:41:6 @ And the side–chambers were chamber to chamber, three and thirty times; and they entered into the wall of the house of the side–chambers round about, and were connected with it; but they were not connected with the wall of the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:7 @ And, the side–chambers became wider upward, having a winding ascent. For the circuit of the house went still upward, round about the house; therefore the greater breadth of the house was upward; and so they ascended from the lowest story to the highest through the middle story.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:9 @ The thickness of the wall of the side–chambers outward was five cubits, and the space which was left was the place of the side–chambers of the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:10 @ And between the rooms was the breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:11 @ And the doors of the side–chambers were toward the space that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the space that was left was five cubits round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:12 @ And the building which was before the separate place, at the side toward the west, was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof was ninety cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:13 @ Then he measured the length of the house, a hundred cubits; and the length of the separate place and the building and the walls thereof, a hundred cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:14 @ Also the breadth towards the front of the house and of the separate place toward the east was a hundred cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:15 @ And he measured the length of the building before the separate place, and that which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on this side and on that side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court,

noyes@Ezekiel:41:16 @ the thresholds, and the windows that were closed, and the galleries round about the three sides. Over against the threshold was a table of wood round about, from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered with it;

noyes@Ezekiel:41:17 @ upon the space above every door, and upon the inner house, and without, and upon all the wall round about within and without, according to measure.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:18 @ And cherubs and palm–trees were made, one palm–tree between two cherubs, and every cherub had two faces;

noyes@Ezekiel:41:19 @ and the face of a man was toward a palm–tree on one side, and the face of a lion toward a palm–tree on the other side. So was it made upon all the house round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:20 @ From the ground to above the door were cherubs and palm–trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:21 @ The posts of the temple were four–square; and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:22 @ The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and two cubits long; and the corners thereof and the base thereof and the walls thereof were of wood. And he said to me, This is the table that standeth before Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:23 @ And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:24 @ And the two doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for one door, and two leaves for the other door.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:25 @ And there were made on them, even on the doors of the temple, cherubs and palm–trees, such as were made upon the walls, and a wooden threshold was before the porch without.

noyes@Ezekiel:41:26 @ And at the closed windows were palm–trees on this side, and on that side, on the sides of the porch, and on the side–chambers of the house, and on the thresholds.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:1 @ Then he led me forth to the outer court, in the direction toward the north, and he brought me to the rooms which were before the separate place, and before the building toward the north.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:2 @ The length was a hundred cubits before the gate toward the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits;

noyes@Ezekiel:42:3 @ over against the twenty cubits in the inner court, and over against the pavement in the outer court, was gallery before gallery, in three rows.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:4 @ And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:5 @ And the upper rooms were narrower (for the galleries took away room from them) than the lower and middle chambers of the building.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:6 @ For they were in three stories; but had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts; therefore they were narrower than the lowest, and than the middlemost from the ground.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:7 @ And as to the wall that was without, over against the chambers, toward the outer court, before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:9 @ And under these rooms was an entry from the east, as one came to them from the outer court.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:10 @ In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place and before the building, were rooms.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:11 @ And there was a way before them similar to that before the rooms toward the north. Both their length and their breadth were the same, and all their goings out and their fashions and their doors were the same.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:12 @ And so also were the doors of the rooms toward the south; there was a door at the head of the way, before the well–built wall in the way toward the east, as one entered into them.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:13 @ Then he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms, which are before the separate place, are holy rooms, where the priests, when they come near to Jehovah, eat the most holy things. There shall they lay the most holy things, both the flour–offering and the sin–offering and the trespass–offering; for the place is holy.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:14 @ When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but shall leave there the garments in which they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and approach to the place which belongeth to the people.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:15 @ Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth to the gate, whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:19 @ He turned himself also to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring–reed.

noyes@Ezekiel:42:20 @ On all the four sides measured he the wall round about five hundred reeds in length, and five hundred in breadth, to make a separation between the holy and the unholy place.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:2 @ And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound thereof was as the sound of great waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:3 @ And the appearance was like the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city; it was a vision like the vision which I saw at the river Chebar. And I fell upon my face.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:4 @ And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by way of the gate, whose prospect was toward the east.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:5 @ Then the spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:6 @ And I heard one speaking to me out of the house, and a man was standing by me.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:7 @ And he said to me: Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel forever; and the house of Israel shall no more pollute my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their fornication, and by the dead bodies of their kings in their sepulchres;

noyes@Ezekiel:43:8 @ in that they set their threshold by my threshold, and their post near my post, so that there was only a wall between me and them, and defiled my holy name by the abominations which they committed; wherefore I have consumed them in my anger.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:9 @ Now let them remove far away from me their fornication, and the carcasses of their kings; and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:10 @ And thou, son of man, show this house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities, and that they may measure the pattern.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:11 @ And if they be ashamed of all which they have done, let them know the form of the house and the fashion thereof, and the passages for going out and coming in, and all the forms thereof, and all the statutes thereof, and all the laws thereof, and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the statutes thereof, and do them.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:13 @ And these are the measures of the altar by cubits; each cubit being a cubit and a hand–breadth. The bottom shall be a cubit high and a cubit broad; and the border thereof, by the edge thereof round about, shall be a span; and this shall be the outer part of the altar.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:14 @ And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:15 @ And the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar upward shall be four horns.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:16 @ And the altar shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad; square on the four sides thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:17 @ And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad on the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall look toward the east.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:18 @ And he said to me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the statutes of the altar, in the day when it is made, to offer burnt–offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:20 @ And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border round about, and thus cleanse and purge it.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:21 @ And thou shalt take the bullock of the sin–offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:22 @ And on the second day thou shalt offer a he–goat without blemish for a sin–offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bullock.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:23 @ And when thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:24 @ And thou shalt offer them before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and offer them up for a burnt–offering to Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:25 @ Seven days shalt thou sacrifice daily a goat for a sin–offering; they shall also sacrifice a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:26 @ Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it, and consecrate themselves.

noyes@Ezekiel:43:27 @ And when they have finished these days, it shall be that on the eighth day and forward the priests shall present your burnt–offerings and your thank–offerings upon the altar, and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:1 @ Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:2 @ Then said Jehovah to me: This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because Jehovah, the God of Israel, entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:3 @ The prince, because he is prince, shall sit in it, to eat food before Jehovah; he shall enter through the porch of that gate, and by the same way shall he go out.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:4 @ Then he brought me to the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. And I fell upon my face.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:5 @ And Jehovah said to me: Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say to thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well all the entrances of the house, and all the outward passages of the sanctuary.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:6 @ And say to the rebellious house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you of all your abominations, O house of Israel,

noyes@Ezekiel:44:7 @ in that ye brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, so that ye polluted my house when ye offered my food, the fat and the blood, and broke my covenant by all your abominations.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:8 @ And ye kept not the charge of my holy place, but appointed for yourselves such keepers of my charge in my sanctuary.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:9 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the strangers that are among the sons of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:11 @ Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering at the house; they shall slay the burnt–offering and sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:12 @ Because they ministered to them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:13 @ And they shall not come near to me to do the office of a priest to me, and to come near to any of my holy things in the most holy place, but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:14 @ But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all which is to be done therein.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:15 @ But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:16 @ They shall come into my sanctuary, and they shall draw near to my table to minister to me, and shall keep my charge.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:17 @ And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:18 @ They shall have linen coverings upon their heads, and linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:19 @ And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they ministered, and lay them in the holy rooms, and shall clothe themselves with other garments, that they may not sanctify the people with their garments.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:21 @ And no priest shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:23 @ And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:24 @ And in controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my statutes shall they judge. And they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my festivals, and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:25 @ And they shall come to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:26 @ And after his cleansing they shall reckon to him seven days.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:27 @ And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin–offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:28 @ And it shall be to them for an inheritance, that I am their inheritance. And ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:29 @ They shall eat the flour–offering, and the sin–offering, and the trespass–offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

noyes@Ezekiel:44:30 @ And the first of all the first–fruits, and every oblation of all your oblations, shall belong to the priests. Ye shall also give to the priest the first of your meal, that he may cause a blessing to rest on thine house.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:1 @ Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation to Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth ten thousand. This shall be holy in all its borders round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:2 @ And of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length and five hundred in breadth square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:3 @ And of this measure shalt thou measure in length five and twenty thousand, and in breadth ten thousand; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:4 @ This is the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:5 @ Five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves for a possession, and twenty rooms.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:6 @ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and five and twenty thousand in length, over against the oblation of the holy portion; it shall be for all the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:7 @ And a portion shall be for the prince on this side and on that side of the oblation of the holy portion and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward; and the length shall be over against every one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:8 @ As for the land, it shall be to him a possession in Israel, that my princes may no more oppress my people, but give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:9 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, and cease from your expulsions of my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:10 @ Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:11 @ The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure; that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer; the measure thereof shall be according to the homer.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:12 @ And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be to you one maneh.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:13 @ This is the heave–offering which ye shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of barley.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:14 @ And as for the statute concerning oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of a cor; a cor being ten baths; for a homer is ten baths.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:15 @ And ye shall offer one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, from the watered pastures of Israel, for the flour–offering and for the burnt–offering, and for the thank–offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:16 @ All the people of the land shall give this heave–offering for the prince in Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:17 @ And it shall be the duty of the prince to give burnt–offerings, and flour–offerings, and drink–offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, and in all the solemn assemblies of the house of Israel; he shall present the sin–offering, and the flour–offering, and the burnt–offering, and the peace–offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:18 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, on the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and shalt cleanse the sanctuary.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:19 @ And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin–offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:20 @ And so shalt thou do on the seventh day for him that hath transgressed through error or simplicity; so shall ye make reconciliation for the house.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:22 @ And upon that day shall the prince sacrifice for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin–offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:23 @ And the seven days of the feast he shall sacrifice a burnt–offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a he–goat daily for a sin–offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:24 @ And he shall present a flour–offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil for an ephah.

noyes@Ezekiel:45:25 @ In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like, in the feast, seven days, according to the sin–offering, and the burnt–offering, and the flour–offering, and the oil.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:1 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court, that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six working–days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:2 @ And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the outer gate, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall present his burnt–offerings, and his peace–offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:3 @ Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:4 @ And the burnt–offering, which the prince shall offer to Jehovah on the sabbath–day, shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:5 @ And the flour–offering shall be an ephah for a ram; and the flour–offering for the lambs as much as he is disposed to give; and a hin of oil to an ephah.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:6 @ And in the day of the new moon there shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:7 @ And he shall present, as a flour–offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as much as he is able to give; and a hin of oil to an ephah.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:8 @ And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:9 @ But when the people of the land come before Jehovah in the solemn feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate; he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he entered, but shall go forth over against it.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:10 @ And the prince shall go in in the midst of them when they go in, and when they go forth shall he go forth.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:11 @ And in the feasts and in the solemn assemblies the flour–offering shall be an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs what he is disposed to give; and a hin of oil to an ephah.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:12 @ And when the prince shall present a free–will burnt–offering or a free–will thank–offering to Jehovah, the gate that looketh toward the east shall be opened for him, and he shall present his burnt–offering, or his thank–offering, as he was wont to do on the sabbath–day; then he shall go forth, and the gate shall be shut after he hath gone forth.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:13 @ And thou shalt present for a burnt–offering daily to Jehovah a lamb that is a year old without blemish; every morning shalt thou present it.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:14 @ And thou shalt present with it every morning a flour–offering, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, for a flour–offering to Jehovah, by a perpetual statute continually.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:15 @ Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the flour–offering, and the oil, every morning, for a continual burnt–offering.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:18 @ And the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give an inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that no one of my people may be driven from his possession.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:19 @ Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy rooms for the priests, which looked toward the north; and behold, there was a place behind toward the west.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:20 @ And he said to me: This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass–offering, and the sin–offering, and bake the flour–offering; that they may not bear them into the outer court, and so sanctify the people.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:21 @ Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, there was a court in every corner of the court.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:22 @ In the four corners of the court were covered courts forty cubits long, and thirty broad; these four corners were of one measure.

noyes@Ezekiel:46:23 @ And there was in them a wall round about, even round about the four; and boiling–places were made under the walls round about.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:1 @ Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued forth from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the fore–front of the house stood toward the east. And the waters flowed down from the side of the house, south of the altar.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:2 @ Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward; and he brought me round by the way without to the outer gate, that looked toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters from the right side.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:3 @ And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the waters, and the waters were to the soles of the feet.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:4 @ Again he measured a thousand cubits, and led me through the waters, and the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand cubits, and led me through, and the waters were to the loins.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:5 @ Again he measured a thousand cubits, and it was a river, which I could not pass through; for the waters were high, waters to swim in, a river which could not be passed through.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:6 @ And he said to me, Hast thou seen this, son of man? Then he brought me back to the brink of the river.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:7 @ Now when I had returned, behold, at the brink of the river were very many trees, on the one side and on the other.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:8 @ Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward the east region, and run down into the desert, and go into the sea; they go forth into the sea, and the waters shall be healed.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:9 @ And it shall come to pass, that every living thing that moveth, whithersoever the river shall come, shall live, and there shall be very many fish there; for when these waters shall come thither, shall be healed, and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:10 @ And it shall come to pass that fishers shall stand upon it; from En–gedi to En–eglaim shall be places to spread nets; and therein shall be fish according to their kinds, like the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:11 @ But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be appointed for salt.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:12 @ And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, and whose fruit shall not fail; every month shall they bring forth new fruit; because their waters issue forth from the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for medicine.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:13 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is the border, according to which ye shall distribute the land among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:14 @ And ye shall inherit it, one like another. For I have lifted up my hand, that I would give it to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:15 @ And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side: from the great sea toward the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad,

noyes@Ezekiel:47:16 @ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, and Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:17 @ And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–Enon, the border of Damascus and farther northward, and the border of Hamath.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:18 @ This is the north side. And the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border to the east sea. This is the east side.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:19 @ And the south side southward shall be from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, as far as the river by the great sea.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:20 @ This is the south side southward. And the west side shall be the great sea, from the border till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:21 @ So shall ye divide this land among you, according to the tribes of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:22 @ And ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who have begotten children among you; and they shall be to you as born in the country among the sons of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:47:23 @ And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth there shall ye appoint him his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:1 @ And these are the names of the tribes. From the north end by the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar–Enan, the border of Damascus northward toward Hamath; and to him belongeth from the east side to the west side: Dan, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:2 @ And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:3 @ And by the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:4 @ And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:5 @ And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:6 @ And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:7 @ And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:8 @ And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the oblation which ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:9 @ The oblation which ye shall offer to Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:10 @ And the holy oblation shall be for these: for the priests toward the north five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length. And the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:12 @ And it shall belong to them as an oblation out of the oblation of the land, as most holy, by the border of the Levites.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:13 @ And over against the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand reeds in length and ten thousand in breadth; the whole length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:14 @ And they shall not sell of it; neither shall they exchange or transfer the first fruits of the land; for it is holy to Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:15 @ And the five thousand which are left in breadth, over against the five and twenty thousand in length, shall be common land for the city, for habitation and for suburbs. And the city shall be in the midst of it.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:16 @ And this shall be the measure thereof: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:17 @ And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:18 @ And as to the residue in length, over against the holy portion, ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward, over against the holy portion, its increase shall be for food to them that serve the city.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:19 @ And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:20 @ All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand reeds by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy oblation, four–square, together with the possession of the city.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:21 @ And the residue on both sides of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand to the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand to the west border, by the portions of the tribes, shall be for the prince; and the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:22 @ What is left from the possession of the Levites and of the city, which are between what belongs to the prince, between the borders of Judah and Benjamin, shall belong to the prince.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:23 @ And as for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:24 @ And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:25 @ And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side: Issachar, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:26 @ And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulon, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:27 @ And by the border of Zebulon, from the east side to the west side: Gad, one tribe.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:28 @ And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, shall the border be from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, even to the river by the great sea.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:29 @ This is the land which ye shall divide by lot of the possession among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:30 @ And these are the gates of the city. On the north side shall the measure be four thousand five hundred reeds.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:31 @ And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward,––one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:32 @ And on the east side shall be four thousand and five hundred; and three gates,––one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Daniel.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:33 @ And on the south side its measure shall be four thousand five hundred; and three gates,––one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulon.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:34 @ On the west side, four thousand and five hundred; and three gates,––one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

noyes@Ezekiel:48:35 @ Its measure round about was eighteen thousand reeds. And the name of the city from that day shall be Jehovah–is–there.

noyes@Daniel:1:1 @ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, against Jerusalem, and besieged it.

noyes@Daniel:1:2 @ And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure–house of his god.

noyes@Daniel:1:3 @ And the king commanded Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the sons of Israel of the king’s race, and of the princes,

noyes@Daniel:1:4 @ youths in whom was no blemish, and well favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and having knowledge and intelligence and strength, to stand as servants in the king’s palace, and be taught the writing and the language of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Daniel:1:5 @ And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s food, and of the wine which he drank; so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand as servants before the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:6 @ Now among these were, of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

noyes@Daniel:1:7 @ And the prince of the eunuchs gave them other names. To Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

noyes@Daniel:1:9 @ And God gave Daniel favor and kindness from the prince of the eunuchs.

noyes@Daniel:1:10 @ And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink; for he might see your faces in worse condition than the youths of your age; then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:11 @ Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

noyes@Daniel:1:12 @ Try thy servants ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

noyes@Daniel:1:13 @ Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenances of the youths that eat of the portion of the king’s meat; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

noyes@Daniel:1:14 @ And he consented to them in this matter, and tried them ten days.

noyes@Daniel:1:15 @ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the portion of the king’s meat.

noyes@Daniel:1:16 @ So the steward took away the portion of their meat, and the wine which they should drink, and gave them pulse.

noyes@Daniel:1:17 @ And God gave these four youths knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

noyes@Daniel:1:18 @ And at the end of the days, when the king had commanded him to bring them before him, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

noyes@Daniel:1:19 @ And the king conversed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood as servants before the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:20 @ And in all matters of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the scribes and magicians that were in all his realm.

noyes@Daniel:1:21 @ And Daniel lived even to the first year of Cyrus the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:1 @ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, on account of which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

noyes@Daniel:2:2 @ Then the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldaeans, that they might show the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:3 @ And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

noyes@Daniel:2:4 @ And the Chaldaeans said to the king in Aramaean, O king, live forever! Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldaeans: The word has gone from me. If ye will not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

noyes@Daniel:2:6 @ But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive from me gifts, and rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream, and its interpretation!

noyes@Daniel:2:7 @ They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.

noyes@Daniel:2:8 @ The king answered and said, I know of a certain, that ye seek to gain time, because ye see that the word hath gone forth from me.

noyes@Daniel:2:9 @ For if ye do not make known to me the dream, this alone is your purpose, and ye have prepared lying and deceitful words to speak before me till the time be changed. Tell me therefore the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

noyes@Daniel:2:10 @ The Chaldaeans answered before the king, and said: There is not a man upon the earth who can show what the king requireth; on which account no king, however great and powerful, hath asked such things of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldaean.

noyes@Daniel:2:11 @ It is a hard thing which the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with men.

noyes@Daniel:2:12 @ For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:13 @ And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows, to slay them.

noyes@Daniel:2:14 @ Then Daniel answered with understanding and wisdom to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:15 @ He answered and said to Arioch, the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

noyes@Daniel:2:16 @ Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:17 @ Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

noyes@Daniel:2:18 @ that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven, concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:20 @ Daniel spake and said: Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever! for wisdom and might are his.

noyes@Daniel:2:21 @ And he changeth times and seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding.

noyes@Daniel:2:22 @ He revealeth deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in darkness, and light dwelleth with him.

noyes@Daniel:2:23 @ I thank thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known to me now what we desired of thee; for thou hast now made known to us the king’s matter.

noyes@Daniel:2:24 @ Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:25 @ Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him: I have found a man of the captives of Judah that will make known to the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:26 @ The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

noyes@Daniel:2:27 @ Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded, the wise men, the scribes, the magicians, the astrologers cannot show to the king;

noyes@Daniel:2:28 @ but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the days to come. Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed were these.

noyes@Daniel:2:29 @ Thy thoughts, O king, came into thy mind, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

noyes@Daniel:2:30 @ But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me through any wisdom which I have more than all the living, but to the end that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

noyes@Daniel:2:31 @ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image, which was high and of surpassing brightness, stood before thee; and its form was terrible.

noyes@Daniel:2:32 @ The head of this image was of fine gold; his breast and his arms of silver; his belly and his thighs of brass;

noyes@Daniel:2:33 @ his legs of iron; his feet, part of iron and part of clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:34 @ Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

noyes@Daniel:2:35 @ Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing–floors, and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

noyes@Daniel:2:36 @ This is the dream, and now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:37 @ Thou, O king, art a king of kings; for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power and strength and glory.

noyes@Daniel:2:38 @ And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art the head of gold.

noyes@Daniel:2:39 @ And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

noyes@Daniel:2:40 @ And a fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; even as iron, that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

noyes@Daniel:2:41 @ And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes part of potter’s clay and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:42 @ And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.

noyes@Daniel:2:43 @ And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by marriage, but they shall not cleave to each other, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:44 @ But in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall be left to no other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever;

noyes@Daniel:2:45 @ even as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

noyes@Daniel:2:46 @ Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors to him.

noyes@Daniel:2:47 @ The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the revealer of secrets, since thou couldst reveal this secret.

noyes@Daniel:2:48 @ Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:49 @ Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

noyes@Daniel:3:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and whose breadth was six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:3:2 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the deputy governors, the chief judges, the treasurers, the judges, the counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:3 @ Then the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, the chief judges, treasurers, judges, counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:4 @ Then a herald cried aloud: To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

noyes@Daniel:3:5 @ that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:6 @ And whoso doth not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:7 @ Therefore at the time when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:8 @ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldaeans came near, and accused the Jews.

noyes@Daniel:3:9 @ They spake and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!

noyes@Daniel:3:10 @ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

noyes@Daniel:3:11 @ and that whoso doth not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:12 @ Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, these men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:13 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

noyes@Daniel:3:14 @ Nebuchadnezzar spake and said to them, Was it by design, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Do ye not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

noyes@Daniel:3:15 @ Now if ye be ready that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have set up, well! but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

noyes@Daniel:3:16 @ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

noyes@Daniel:3:17 @ Behold, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king!

noyes@Daniel:3:19 @ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And he spake and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

noyes@Daniel:3:20 @ And he commanded the mightiest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:21 @ Then these men were bound in their trousers, their under–garments, their mantles, and their other clothing, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:22 @ And because the command of the king was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

noyes@Daniel:3:23 @ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:24 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said to his counsellors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king!

noyes@Daniel:3:25 @ He answered and said, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

noyes@Daniel:3:26 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth! Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire.

noyes@Daniel:3:27 @ And the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, and the counsellors of the king, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

noyes@Daniel:3:28 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants, that trusted in him, and disobeyed the command of the king, and gave up their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

noyes@Daniel:3:29 @ Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language which speaks anything reproachful against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and its houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver in this manner.

noyes@Daniel:3:30 @ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:4:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king to all people, nations, and languages that dwell upon the whole earth. Peace be multiplied to you!

noyes@Daniel:4:2 @ I have thought it good to show the signs and wonders which the Most High God hath wrought toward me.

noyes@Daniel:4:3 @ How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endureth from generation to generation.

noyes@Daniel:4:4 @ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

noyes@Daniel:4:5 @ There I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

noyes@Daniel:4:7 @ Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldaeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:4:8 @ But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and I told him the dream.

noyes@Daniel:4:9 @ O Belteshazzar, chief of the scribes, since I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret is too hard for thee, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

noyes@Daniel:4:10 @ The visions of my head were these. I saw, and behold a tree in the midst, whose height was very great.

noyes@Daniel:4:11 @ The tree was large and strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it might be seen to the end of the whole earth.

noyes@Daniel:4:12 @ The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

noyes@Daniel:4:13 @ I saw, in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher, even a holy one, came down from heaven;

noyes@Daniel:4:14 @ he cried aloud, and spake thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts go away from under it, and the birds from its branches.

noyes@Daniel:4:15 @ Yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, in bands of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and he shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his portion shall be with the beasts in the grass of the field.

noyes@Daniel:4:16 @ His heart shall be changed, and be no more that of a man, and a beast’s heart shall be given him, and seven times shall pass over him.

noyes@Daniel:4:17 @ By a decision of the watchers is the decree, and by a command of the holy ones is the sentence; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over them the lowest of men.

noyes@Daniel:4:18 @ This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw, and do thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

noyes@Daniel:4:19 @ Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was amazed for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the signification of it to thine enemies!

noyes@Daniel:4:20 @ The tree which thou sawest, which was large and strong, whose height reached to heaven, and which might be seen by all the earth,

noyes@Daniel:4:21 @ whose leaves were fair, and whose fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which all the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whoso branches the birds of heaven had their lodging,––

noyes@Daniel:4:22 @ it is thou, O king, who art become great and strong; for thy greatness is immense, and reacheth to heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

noyes@Daniel:4:23 @ And whereas the king saw a watcher, even a holy one, coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down and destroy it, yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, in bands of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and he shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his portion shall be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

noyes@Daniel:4:24 @ this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord, the king;

noyes@Daniel:4:25 @ they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall let thee eat grass as oxen, and be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will.

noyes@Daniel:4:26 @ And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure to thee after thou shalt have acknowledged that Heaven ruleth.

noyes@Daniel:4:27 @ Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening out of thy tranquility.

noyes@Daniel:4:30 @ and the king spake and said, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the seat of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

noyes@Daniel:4:32 @ And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will."

noyes@Daniel:4:33 @ The same hour was the word fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

noyes@Daniel:4:34 @ But at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endureth from generation to generation.

noyes@Daniel:4:35 @ And all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?

noyes@Daniel:4:36 @ At the same time my reason returned to me, and also the glory of my kingdom, my honor, and my splendor returned to me; and my counsellors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and I received yet greater majesty.

noyes@Daniel:4:37 @ Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; all whose works are truth and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

noyes@Daniel:5:1 @ Belshazzar, the king gave a great feast to his thousands lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

noyes@Daniel:5:2 @ Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein.

noyes@Daniel:5:3 @ Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

noyes@Daniel:5:4 @ They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

noyes@Daniel:5:5 @ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the chandelier upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the hand that wrote.

noyes@Daniel:5:6 @ Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees smote one against the other.

noyes@Daniel:5:7 @ The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldaeans, and the astrologers. And the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as the third in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:9 @ Then was King Belshazzar in great consternation, and his countenance was changed, and his lords were amazed.

noyes@Daniel:5:10 @ Then the queen, on account of this affair of the king and his lords, came into the banquet–house; and the queen spake and said, O king, live forever! Let not thy thoughts terrify thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

noyes@Daniel:5:11 @ There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, made him chief of the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, thy father, O king!

noyes@Daniel:5:12 @ forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding to interpret dreams, and to explain hard sentences, and solve difficult questions were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar; now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:5:13 @ Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said to Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, of the captives of Judah, whom the king, my father, brought out of Judaea?

noyes@Daniel:5:14 @ I have heard concerning thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee.

noyes@Daniel:5:15 @ And now the wise men and the magicians have been brought in before me, that they might read this writing, and make known to me its signification; but they could not show the signification of the thing.

noyes@Daniel:5:16 @ But I have heard of thee that thou canst give interpretations, and solve difficult questions. Now if thou canst read the writing and make known to me its signification, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as the third in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:17 @ Then answered Daniel and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another: yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the signification.

noyes@Daniel:5:18 @ O king, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

noyes@Daniel:5:19 @ And by reason of the majesty which he gave him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.

noyes@Daniel:5:20 @ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened in pride, he was thrust down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

noyes@Daniel:5:21 @ And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart became like the beasts, and his dwelling was with wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdoms of men, and set up over them whomsoever he would.

noyes@Daniel:5:22 @ And thou, his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

noyes@Daniel:5:23 @ but hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not honored.

noyes@Daniel:5:24 @ Then was sent from him the hand, and this writing was written.

noyes@Daniel:5:25 @ And this is the writing which was written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and To be Divided.

noyes@Daniel:5:26 @ And this is the interpretation of it. Numbered: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and made an end of it.

noyes@Daniel:5:27 @ Weighed: Thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting.

noyes@Daniel:5:28 @ Divided: Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

noyes@Daniel:5:29 @ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be third ruler in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:31 @ and Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about sixty–two years old.

noyes@Daniel:6:1 @ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, which should be over the whole kingdom,

noyes@Daniel:6:2 @ and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give accounts to them, and the king might have no damage.

noyes@Daniel:6:3 @ Then this Daniel was eminent above the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

noyes@Daniel:6:4 @ Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel in relation to the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; because he was faithful, and no error nor fault was found in him.

noyes@Daniel:6:6 @ Then these presidents and satraps rushed together to the king, and spake thus to him: King Darius, live forever!

noyes@Daniel:6:7 @ All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors and the satraps, the counsellors and the prefects, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:8 @ Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians which altereth not.

noyes@Daniel:6:9 @ Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.

noyes@Daniel:6:10 @ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he kneeled upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done before.

noyes@Daniel:6:11 @ Then these men rushed together, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

noyes@Daniel:6:12 @ Then they came near and spake before the king concerning the royal decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

noyes@Daniel:6:13 @ Then answered they and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the sons of the captives of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree which thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

noyes@Daniel:6:14 @ Then the king, when he heard these words, was much troubled, and set his heart to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

noyes@Daniel:6:15 @ Then these men assembled before the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree or statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

noyes@Daniel:6:16 @ Then the king commanded that they should bring Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. And the king spake and said to Daniel, May thy God, whom thou servest continually, deliver thee!

noyes@Daniel:6:17 @ And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing concerning Daniel might be changed.

noyes@Daniel:6:18 @ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, and suffered not the concubines to be brought to him; and his sleep went from him.

noyes@Daniel:6:19 @ Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:20 @ And when he came to the den, he cried with a troubled voice to Daniel; and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, has thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lions?

noyes@Daniel:6:22 @ My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no wrong.

noyes@Daniel:6:23 @ Then was the king exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he trusted in his God.

noyes@Daniel:6:24 @ And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones before they came to the bottom of the den.

noyes@Daniel:6:25 @ Then King Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!

noyes@Daniel:6:26 @ I make a decree, that in every government of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God that endureth forever, and whose kingdom shall not be destroyed, and whose dominion shall endure to the end.

noyes@Daniel:6:27 @ It is he that delivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:28 @ This Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

noyes@Daniel:7:1 @ In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream, and related the sum of the matters.

noyes@Daniel:7:2 @ Daniel spake and said:––I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven burst forth upon the great sea.

noyes@Daniel:7:3 @ And four great beasts came up out of the sea, diverse one from another.

noyes@Daniel:7:4 @ The first was like a lion, and had the wings of an eagle; I beheld till its wings were plucked from it, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon its feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.

noyes@Daniel:7:5 @ And behold, another beast, the second, like to a bear; and it stood up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they spake thus to it: Arise, devour much flesh!

noyes@Daniel:7:6 @ After this I beheld, and lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

noyes@Daniel:7:7 @ After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured, and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet, and it differed from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

noyes@Daniel:7:8 @ I gave heed to the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

noyes@Daniel:7:9 @ I beheld, till thrones were placed, and an aged one seated himself, his garment white like snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne like a fiery flame, and its wheels like burning fire.

noyes@Daniel:7:10 @ A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the tribunal sat, and the books were opened.

noyes@Daniel:7:11 @ I beheld; and because of the great words which the horn spake, I beheld till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.

noyes@Daniel:7:12 @ As to the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, for the duration of their lives had been appointed for a season and a time.

noyes@Daniel:7:13 @ I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man, and came to the aged one, and they brought him near before him.

noyes@Daniel:7:14 @ And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.

noyes@Daniel:7:15 @ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit within me, and the visions of my head troubled me.

noyes@Daniel:7:16 @ I came near to one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things.

noyes@Daniel:7:18 @ Then shall the saints of the Most High receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even for ever and ever.

noyes@Daniel:7:19 @ Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which differed from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass, which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

noyes@Daniel:7:20 @ and concerning the ten horns which were in his head, and the other which came up, and before which three fell,––even that horn which had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, and whose appearance was larger than that of his fellows.

noyes@Daniel:7:21 @ I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them,

noyes@Daniel:7:22 @ until the aged one came, and judgment was rendered to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints should possess the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:7:23 @ He spake thus: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall differ from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

noyes@Daniel:7:24 @ And the ten horns are ten kings, which shall arise out of this kingdom; and another shall arise after them; and he shall differ from the former, and shall subdue three kings.

noyes@Daniel:7:25 @ And he will speak great words against the Most High, and will harass the saints of the Most High, and will resolve to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hand a time, and times, and half a time.

noyes@Daniel:7:26 @ But the tribunal shall sit, and his dominion shall be taken away, and consumed and destroyed forever.

noyes@Daniel:7:27 @ And the sovereignty and dominion and power over all kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

noyes@Daniel:7:28 @ Here ended his words. As for me Daniel, my thoughts terrified me much, and my countenance changed; but I kept the matter in my heart.

noyes@Daniel:8:2 @ And I saw in a vision, and when I saw, I was in Shushan, in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and was by the river Ulai.

noyes@Daniel:8:3 @ And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram, which had two horns; and the two horns were high, and one was higher than the other; and the higher came up last.

noyes@Daniel:8:4 @ I saw the ram pushing westward and northward and southward, and no beast could stand before him, and none could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will and became great.

noyes@Daniel:8:5 @ And I gave heed, and behold, a he–goat came from the west, over the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.

noyes@Daniel:8:6 @ And he came to the ram which had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran against him in the fury of his power.

noyes@Daniel:8:7 @ And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged against him, and smote the ram, and broke in pieces his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; and he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him; and none could deliver the ram out of his hand.

noyes@Daniel:8:8 @ And the he–goat became exceedingly great; but when he became strong the great horn was broken, and instead of it grew up four conspicuous ones toward the four winds of heaven.

noyes@Daniel:8:9 @ And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceedingly great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.

noyes@Daniel:8:10 @ And it exalted itself even to the host of heaven, and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and stamped upon them.

noyes@Daniel:8:11 @ Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of the host, and the daily sacrifice did he take away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

noyes@Daniel:8:12 @ And a host was placed over the daily sacrifice with impiety, and it cast down truth to the ground, and it accomplished its purpose and prospered.

noyes@Daniel:8:13 @ And I heard a holy one speak; and another holy one said to the one that had spoken, To how long a time extendeth the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the impiety of the destroyer, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

noyes@Daniel:8:14 @ And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

noyes@Daniel:8:15 @ And it came to pass, that when I Daniel saw the vision, I sought for the meaning; and behold, there stood one before me having the appearance of a man.

noyes@Daniel:8:16 @ And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

noyes@Daniel:8:17 @ And he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face, and he said to me, Understand, O son of man! for this vision relateth to the time of the end.

noyes@Daniel:8:18 @ But when he spake to me, I sank senseless upon my face to the ground; but he touched me, and lifted me up where I had stood.

noyes@Daniel:8:19 @ And he said, Behold, I make known to thee what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for to the time of the end.

noyes@Daniel:8:20 @ The ram which thou sawest, having two horns, denoteth the kings of Media and Persia.

noyes@Daniel:8:21 @ And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.

noyes@Daniel:8:22 @ And as that was broken, and four arose in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of the nation, but not with his power.

noyes@Daniel:8:23 @ And toward the end of their reign, when the transgressors have filled up the measure of their iniquities, a king shall arise of a fierce countenance, and cunning in artifices.

noyes@Daniel:8:24 @ And his power shall become mighty, but not by his own strength; and wonderfully will he destroy, and prosper, and accomplish his purposes, and he will destroy many, even the people of the holy ones.

noyes@Daniel:8:25 @ And through his cunning will he cause fraud to prosper in his hand, and he will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in the midst of security, and against the Prince of princes will he stand up; but he shall be broken without hand.

noyes@Daniel:8:26 @ And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told thee, is true; but do thou seal up the vision, for it relates to many days.

noyes@Daniel:8:27 @ And I Daniel fainted, and was sick some days; then I rose up and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but no one explained it.

noyes@Daniel:9:3 @ And I set my face toward God, the Lord, and made prayers and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

noyes@Daniel:9:4 @ And I prayed to Jehovah, my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keepeth the covenant and mercy to them that love him and keep his commandments!

noyes@Daniel:9:5 @ We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and thy statutes.

noyes@Daniel:9:6 @ Neither have we hearkened to thy servants, the prophets, who spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

noyes@Daniel:9:7 @ To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to those that are near and to those that are far off through all the countries whither thou hast driven them because of their trespass which they have trespassed against thee.

noyes@Daniel:9:8 @ O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

noyes@Daniel:9:9 @ Yet with the Lord our God is mercy and forgiveness. For we have rebelled against him,

noyes@Daniel:9:10 @ and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants, the prophets.

noyes@Daniel:9:11 @ Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, and turned away, so as not to obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

noyes@Daniel:9:12 @ And he hath fulfilled his word which he spake against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing great calamity upon us; for under the whole heaven hath it not been done as hath been done to Jerusalem.

noyes@Daniel:9:13 @ As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil came upon us. For we made not our prayer to Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and give heed to thy truth.

noyes@Daniel:9:14 @ Therefore hath Jehovah our God kept his mind upon the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth; for we obeyed not his voice.

noyes@Daniel:9:15 @ And now, O Lord our God, that broughtest thy people forth from the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and madest thee a name such as it is at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

noyes@Daniel:9:16 @ O Lord, according to all thy goodness, let thine anger and thy fury, I beseech thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain! for because of our iniquities, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

noyes@Daniel:9:17 @ Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake!

noyes@Daniel:9:18 @ O my God, incline thine ear, and hear! open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name! for we do not present our supplications before thee on account of our righteousness, but on account of thy great mercy.

noyes@Daniel:9:19 @ O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hearken and do! Defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! For thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

noyes@Daniel:9:20 @ And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God, for the holy mountain of my God,

noyes@Daniel:9:21 @ yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, came, weary with running, and reached me about the time of the evening oblation.

noyes@Daniel:9:22 @ And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said: Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee understanding.

noyes@Daniel:9:23 @ At the beginning of thy supplication a word went forth, and I am come to show it thee; for thou art greatly beloved; therefore give heed to the word, and consider the vision.

noyes@Daniel:9:24 @ Seventy weeks are appointed for thy people, and for thy holy city, to complete the iniquity, and to fill up the measure of the sins, and to expiate the guilt, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint a holy of holies.

noyes@Daniel:9:25 @ Know, therefore, and understand! From the going forth of the word that Jerusalem should be restored and built till an anointed one, a prince, are seven weeks; and during sixty–two weeks it shall be restored and built with streets and moats, yet in troublous times.

noyes@Daniel:9:26 @ And after the sixty–two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and there shall not be to him; and the city and the sanctuary shall be destroyed by the people of a prince that shall come, whose end will be as in a flood; and to the end shall be war, decreed desolations.

noyes@Daniel:9:27 @ And he will establish a covenant with many for one week, and during half a week he will cause sacrifice and oblation to cease, and upon the wing of abominations shall come the destroyer, until decreed destruction be poured out on the destroyer.

noyes@Daniel:10:1 @ In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, was a revelation made to Daniel, who was also called Belteshazzar; and the revelation is true, and relateth to long warfare. And he gave heed to the revelation, and had understanding of the vision.

noyes@Daniel:10:4 @ And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river Hiddekel,

noyes@Daniel:10:5 @ I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man, clothed in linen garments, and his loins girded with gold of Uphaz.

noyes@Daniel:10:6 @ His body was like chrysolite, and his face had the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like the appearance of polished brass, and the sound of his words was as the shout of a multitude.

noyes@Daniel:10:7 @ And I Daniel alone saw the vision and the men who were with me saw not the vision; but a great terror fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

noyes@Daniel:10:8 @ Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision; and there remained no strength in me, and my color was changed upon me into a deadly paleness, and I retained no strength.

noyes@Daniel:10:9 @ And I heard the sound of his words; and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell senseless upon my face, and my face toward the ground.

noyes@Daniel:10:10 @ And behold, a hand touched me, and lifted me upon my knees and the palms of my hands.

noyes@Daniel:10:11 @ And he said to me, Daniel, much–beloved man, give heed to the words which I speak to thee, and stand upright! for to thee am I now sent. And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

noyes@Daniel:10:12 @ Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel! for from the first day that thou didst set thy mind to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come on account of thy words.

noyes@Daniel:10:13 @ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood up against me one and twenty days; but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left there victorious with the kings of Persia.

noyes@Daniel:10:15 @ And when he had spoken these words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

noyes@Daniel:10:16 @ And behold, one having the appearance of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spake, and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my pain came upon me, and I have no strength left.

noyes@Daniel:10:17 @ And how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? And now there remaineth no strength in me, neither is breath left in me.

noyes@Daniel:10:18 @ Then one having the appearance of a man again touched me and strengthened me,

noyes@Daniel:10:19 @ and said, Fear not, much–beloved man! peace be to thee! be strong, yea, be strong! And while he was speaking with me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

noyes@Daniel:10:20 @ Then he said, Knowest thou wherefore I have come to thee? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia, and I will go forth, and behold, the prince of Greece will come.

noyes@Daniel:11:1 @ And I also, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

noyes@Daniel:11:2 @ And now I will tell thee what is true. Behold, there shall arise yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than they all; and, relying upon his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

noyes@Daniel:11:3 @ But a mighty king shall arise, and rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

noyes@Daniel:11:4 @ But when he shall have arisen, his kingdom shall be broken in pieces, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor with the dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, and divided amongst others besides those.

noyes@Daniel:11:5 @ And the king of the South shall become strong; but one of his princes shall become stronger than he, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

noyes@Daniel:11:6 @ And after some years they shall ally themselves with each other; and the daughter of the king of the South shall come to the king of the North, to make peace; but she shall not retain the power of giving aid; neither shall he stand, nor his aid; but she shall be given up, and they that caused her to go, and he that begat her, and he that received her in those times.

noyes@Daniel:11:7 @ But from a shoot of her roots shall one arise in his place, who shall come to an army, and shall come against the fortresses of the king of the North, and shall deal with them according to his pleasure, and prevail against them.

noyes@Daniel:11:8 @ And their gods, with their molten images, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry into captivity into Egypt; then shall he stand away for many years from the king of the North;

noyes@Daniel:11:9 @ and he shall come against the kingdom of the king of the South, but he shall return into his own land.

noyes@Daniel:11:10 @ But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of large forces; and one of them shall move onward, and overflow, and pass through, and shall again stir himself up to carry on the war even to his stronghold.

noyes@Daniel:11:11 @ Then shall the king of the South be enraged, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the North; and shall lead forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.

noyes@Daniel:11:12 @ And the multitude shall be elated, and his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down tens of thousands; but he shall not be strong.

noyes@Daniel:11:13 @ For the king of the North shall return and raise up against him a multitude greater than the former, and shall steadily come after certain years with a great army and with great riches.

noyes@Daniel:11:14 @ And in those times many will stand up against the king of the South; and violent men of thy people shall exalt themselves, so as to establish the vision, and shall fall.

noyes@Daniel:11:15 @ And the king of the North shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a fortified city; and the arms of the South shall not withstand, neither his chosen men, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

noyes@Daniel:11:16 @ And he that cometh against him shall do according to his will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the beautiful land, and destruction shall be in his hand.

noyes@Daniel:11:17 @ And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and shall make pacification with him; and he shall give him his daughter in marriage, to ruin his dominion. But it shall not succeed, neither shall it be for him.

noyes@Daniel:11:18 @ After this he shall turn his face to the isles, and shall take many; but a commander shall put an end to his scorn; nay, shall cause his scorn to return upon himself.

noyes@Daniel:11:19 @ Then shall he turn his face to the strongholds of his own land; and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall not be found.

noyes@Daniel:11:21 @ And in his place shall arise a despised person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom; but in the midst of peace he shall come in and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

noyes@Daniel:11:22 @ And the forces of a flood shall be overwhelmed before him, and shall be broken in pieces; and even the prince that is allied with him.

noyes@Daniel:11:23 @ For after making a league with him, he will practise deceit; for he will come up, and prevail with a small people.

noyes@Daniel:11:24 @ In the midst of security shall he come into the fattest provinces of the land, and he shall do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and riches; and he shall form his devices against the strongholds, even to a set time.

noyes@Daniel:11:25 @ And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, with a great army; and the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall form devices against him.

noyes@Daniel:11:26 @ Even they that eat of his own food shall destroy him; and his army shall overflow, and many shall fall down slain.

noyes@Daniel:11:27 @ And the hearts of both these kings shall be to do mischief; and at one table shall they speak lies; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for the appointed time.

noyes@Daniel:11:28 @ Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and he will set his heart against the holy covenant, and he will execute his purposes, and return to his own land.

noyes@Daniel:11:30 @ For the Chittaean ships shall come against him, and he shall be discouraged, and return, and be enraged against the holy covenant, and execute his purposes; and he shall again have an understanding with them that forsake the holy covenant.

noyes@Daniel:11:31 @ And forces shall be raised by him, which shall pollute the sanctuary, the stronghold, and take away the daily sacrifice, and set up the abomination of the destroyer.

noyes@Daniel:11:32 @ And such as do wickedly against the covenant will he lead to apostasy by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

noyes@Daniel:11:33 @ And they that have understanding among the people shall instruct many; but they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

noyes@Daniel:11:34 @ And whilst they fall they shall receive a little help, and many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.

noyes@Daniel:11:35 @ And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purify, and cleanse, even to the time of the end, for it is yet at the time appointed.

noyes@Daniel:11:36 @ And the king shall do according to his will; and he will exalt himself and magnify himself against every god, and he will speak horrible things against the God of gods, and he will prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

noyes@Daniel:11:38 @ But in their place will he honor the god of strongholds, even the god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and with silver, and with precious stones, and with jewels.

noyes@Daniel:11:39 @ And he shall do his will against fenced strongholds with a strange god; whoever acknowledge him, to them he will give great honor, and give them dominion over many, and divide the land amongst them for a reward.

noyes@Daniel:11:40 @ But at the time of the end shall the king of the South push at him, and the king of the North shall rush against him like a whirlwind with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and overflow them, and pass over them.

noyes@Daniel:11:41 @ He shall also enter into the beautiful land, and multitudes shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

noyes@Daniel:11:42 @ He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

noyes@Daniel:11:43 @ And he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Lybians and Ethiopians shall be in his train.

noyes@Daniel:11:44 @ But tidings out of the East and out of the North shall trouble him, and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to take away many.

noyes@Daniel:11:45 @ And he shall pitch his palace–tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain; but he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

noyes@Daniel:12:1 @ And at that time shall Michael arise, the great prince that standeth up for the sons of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that time; and at that time shall thy people be delivered, every one that is found written in the book.

noyes@Daniel:12:2 @ And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.

noyes@Daniel:12:3 @ And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.

noyes@Daniel:12:4 @ But thou, Daniel, shut up these words, and seal this book even to the time of the end. Many shall run eagerly through it, and much knowledge shall be gained.

noyes@Daniel:12:5 @ And I Daniel looked, and behold, two others stood there, one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

noyes@Daniel:12:6 @ And one of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

noyes@Daniel:12:7 @ And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was upon the waters of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him that liveth forever, that in a time, times, and a half, even when the dispersion of a portion of the holy people should be at an end, all these things should be fulfilled.

noyes@Daniel:12:8 @ And I heard but understood not; and I said, My lord, what is the latter end of these things?

noyes@Daniel:12:9 @ And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

noyes@Daniel:12:10 @ Many shall be cleansed, and made white, and purified, and the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

noyes@Daniel:12:11 @ And from the time when the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination of the destroyer set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

noyes@Daniel:12:12 @ Happy is he that waiteth and cometh to a thousand three hundred and thirty–five days!

noyes@Daniel:12:13 @ But go thou thy way even to the end; for thou shalt rest, and rise up to thy lot at the end of the days.

noyes@Hosea:1:1 @ The word of Jehovah, which came to Hoses, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.


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