Emphasis Scriptures The word 'as' occurs 5451 times in the standard works.
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gods, knowing good and evil. one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: the father of such ass=hlgree>as dwell in tents, and of such ass=hlgree>as have cattle. Jubal: he wass=hlblue>as the father of all such ass=hlgree>as handle the harp and organ. God had commanded Noah. God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in. I have done. the green herb have I given you all things. a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even ass=hlgree>as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. from Sidon, ass=hlgree>as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; ass=hlgree>as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. from Mesha, ass=hlgree>as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram wass=hlblue>as seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even ass=hlgree>as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, ass=hlgree>as thou comest unto Zoar. the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. God had said unto him. thou hast said. the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? soon ass=hlgree>as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. one that mocked unto his sons in law. the smoke of a furnace. he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah ass=hlgree>as he had spoken. God had commanded him. it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. the stars of the heaven, and ass=hlgree>as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; much money ass=hlgree>as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; the Lord hath spoken. thou goest toward ass=hlblue>Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; we have not touched thee, and ass=hlgree>as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord. I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. he loveth: a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. his father loved. thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed: soon ass=hlgree>as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob wass=hlblue>as yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. not toward him ass=hlgree>as before. before; but the God of my father hath been with me. captives taken with the sword? the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. out of joint, ass=hlgree>as he wrestled with him. a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. k me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according ass=hlgree>as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. we be, that every male of you be circumcised; they are circumcised. with an harlot? her soul wass=hlblue>as in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, ass=hlgree>as he fed the ass=hlblue>asses of Zibeon his father. his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name wass=hlblue>as called Pharez. she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. ass=hlgree>as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: Joseph had interpreted to them. he interpreted to us, so it wass=hlblue>as; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: at the beginning. So I awoke. this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise ass=hlgree>as thou art: the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it wass=hlblue>as without number. Joseph had said: and the dearth wass=hlblue>as in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there wass=hlblue>as bread. one of them opened his sack to give his ass=hlblue>ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it wass=hlblue>as in his sack's mouth. they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money wass=hlblue>as in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. five times so much ass=hlgree>as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. much ass=hlgree>as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. soon ass=hlgree>as the morning wass=hlblue>as light, the men were sent away, they and their ass=hlblue>asses. I can certainly divine? for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Pharaoh. Pharaoh had commanded. for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. thou hast said. Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there wass=hlblue>as but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. Ephraim and ass=hlgree>as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. a lion, and ass=hlgree>as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? one of the tribes of Israel. a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. he made thee swear. he commanded them: for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, ass=hlgree>as it is this day, to save much people alive. the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. leprous ass=hlgree>as snow. turned again ass=hlgree>as his other flesh. heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. when there wass=hlblue>as straw. heretofore? they came forth from Pharaoh: the Lord commanded them, so did they. the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. the Lord had said. the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; ass=hlgree>as the Lord had said. respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; ass=hlgree>as the Lord had said. hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; ass=hlgree>as the Lord had said. he shall command us. the Lord had spoken unto Moses. yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such ass=hlgree>as there wass=hlblue>as none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. soon ass=hlgree>as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; ass=hlgree>as the Lord had spoken by Moses. I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. they, neither after them shall be such. there wass=hlblue>as none like it, nor shall be like it any more. he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ye have said. ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, one of them. a stone. stubble. an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. lead in the mighty waters. still ass=hlgree>as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. much ass=hlgree>as they gather daily. Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, ass=hlgree>as small ass=hlgree>as the hoar frost on the ground. much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither wass=hlblue>as there any worm therein. the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ass=hlblue>ascended ass=hlgree>as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. the menservants do. the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay ass=hlgree>as the judges determine. an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) under his feet ass=hlgree>as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and ass=hlgree>as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. it wass=hlblue>as shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. soon ass=hlgree>as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. many ass=hlgree>as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. it wass=hlblue>as counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. the Lord commanded Moses. upon it, wass=hlblue>as of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. an hole in the midst of the robe, ass=hlgree>as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord had commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. it wass=hlblue>as taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him ass=hlgree>as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, ass=hlgree>as a meat offering. is the sin offering, and ass=hlgree>as the trespass offering. the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. much ass=hlgree>as another. for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. the Lord commanded him; and the ass=hlblue>assembly wass=hlblue>as gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. Moses' part; ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. the Lord commanded. the Lord commanded Moses. the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, ass=hlgree>as the first. Moses commanded. Moses had said. the Lord hath commanded. not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, ass=hlgree>as I commanded. the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that wass=hlblue>as killed over the running water: the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. he can get; he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. it were a plague in the house: the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, ass=hlgree>as the uncleanness of her separation. he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: the Lord commanded Moses. long ass=hlgree>as she is put apart for her uncleanness. with womankind: it is abomination. it spued out the nations that were before you. a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. thyself: I am the Lord. uncircumcised: three years shall it be ass=hlgree>as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. one born among you, and thou shalt love him ass=hlgree>as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. unclean. in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. well the stranger, ass=hlgree>as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. he hath done, so shall it be done to him; he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. well for the stranger, ass=hlgree>as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God. the Lord commanded Moses. the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. a bondservant: an hired servant, and ass=hlgree>as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: bondmen. an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. iron, and your earth ass=hlgree>as brass: long ass=hlgree>as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. long ass=hlgree>as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. a holy thing unto the Lord. the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. the Lord commanded Moses. he wass=hlblue>as commanded. the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. the Lord commanded Moses. the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. the Lord commanded Moses. open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there wass=hlblue>as upon the tabernacle ass=hlgree>as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. long ass=hlgree>as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. ass=hlgree>as coriander seed, and the colour thereof ass=hlgree>as the colour of bdellium. ass=hlgree>as the taste of fresh oil. a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? it were a day's journey on this side, and ass=hlgree>as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and ass=hlgree>as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she wass=hlblue>as leprous. one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. men come to Hamath. grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, thou hast spoken, saying, thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. truly ass=hlgree>as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. truly ass=hlgree>as I live, saith the Lord, ass=hlgree>as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. ye do, so he shall do. ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. the Lord commanded Moses. he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave ass=hlblue>asunder that wass=hlblue>as under them: Korah, and ass=hlgree>as his company: ass=hlgree>as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague wass=hlblue>as begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. the Lord commanded him, so did he. a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. the wave breast and ass=hlgree>as the right shoulder are thine. an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and ass=hlgree>as the fulness of the winepress. the increase of the threshingfloor, and ass=hlgree>as the increase of the winepress. he commanded him. the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor wass=hlblue>as king of the Moabites at that time. the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. it were the strength of an unicorn. a great lion, and lift up himself ass=hlgree>as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. the valleys are they spread forth, ass=hlgree>as gardens by the river's side, ass=hlgree>as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and ass=hlgree>as cedar trees beside the waters. it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. a lion, and ass=hlgree>as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. the Lord commanded Moses. Aaron thy brother wass=hlblue>as gathered. sheep which have no shepherd. the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. the meat offering of the morning, and ass=hlgree>as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. the Lord commanded Moses. my lord commandeth. my lord saith. the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. I thought to do unto them. for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: the stars of heaven for multitude. ye are, and bless you, ass=hlgree>as he hath promised you!) well ass=hlgree>as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. the Anakims; the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them. thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, ass=hlgree>as the Lord sware unto them. the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. appeareth this day. thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. well ass=hlgree>as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? all this law, which I set before you this day? ye are this day. k now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ass=hlblue>ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing ass=hlgree>as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? thou hast heard, and live? it is this day. the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. s, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as thou. the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. we have, and lived? for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn ass=hlblue>aside to the right hand or to the left. the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. frontlets between thine eyes. ye tempted him in Massah. the Lord hath spoken. it is at this day. he hath commanded us. a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. it is this day. the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, ass=hlgree>as the Lord hath said unto thee. at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. ass=hlgree>as small ass=hlgree>as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you. the Lord commanded me. the Lord thy God promised him. it is this day. the stars of heaven for multitude. they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, ass=hlgree>as a garden of herbs: frontlets between your eyes. the days of heaven upon the earth. he hath said unto you. yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you. he hath no part nor inheritance with you. of the roebuck, and ass=hlgree>as of the hart. water. long ass=hlgree>as thou livest upon the earth. he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. water. thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; this is among you. he hath sworn unto thy fathers; the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. the roebuck, and ass=hlgree>as the hart. water. thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. the Lord thy God hath blessed thee: he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. all the nations that are about me; the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. he hath said unto them. all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord. for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: he wass=hlblue>as not worthy of death, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as he hated him not in time past. he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. well ass=hlgree>as his heart. the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: of woollen and linen together. when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; he hath spoken. the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. swift ass=hlgree>as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; ye were ass=hlgree>as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. he hath said unto thee, and ass=hlgree>as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. it is this day. he rejoiced over thy fathers: the Lord hath said. he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. long ass=hlgree>as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. the rain, my speech shall distil ass=hlgree>as the dew, ass=hlgree>as the small rain upon the tender herb, and ass=hlgree>as the showers upon the grass: the apple of his eye. an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and wass=hlblue>as gathered unto his people: a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. thy days, so shall thy strength be. full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. I said unto Moses. I wass=hlblue>as with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as with Moses. soon ass=hlgree>as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. soon ass=hlgree>as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. I wass=hlblue>as with Moses, so I will be with thee. soon ass=hlgree>as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, ass=hlgree>as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. Moses spake unto them: they feared Moses, all the days of his life. they did before. the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? ye sware unto her. water. thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. at the first, that we will flee before them, at the first: therefore we will flee before them. if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. soon ass=hlgree>as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. soon ass=hlgree>as the sun wass=hlblue>as down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, ass=hlgree>as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. well the stranger, ass=hlgree>as he that wass=hlblue>as born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; ass=hlgree>as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their ass=hlblue>asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; the princes had promised them. it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; a great city, ass=hlgree>as one of the royal cities, and because it wass=hlblue>as greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. he did unto the king of Jericho. he did unto the king of Jericho. he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; ass=hlgree>as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. the Lord God of Israel commanded. the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded Moses. I have commanded thee. Moses the servant of the Lord gave them; he said unto them. their inheritance, ass=hlgree>as he said unto them. their inheritance, ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as in mine heart. he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. yet I am ass=hlgree>as strong this day ass=hlgree>as I wass=hlblue>as in the day that Moses sent me: ass=hlgree>as my strength wass=hlblue>as then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. the Lord said. she came unto him, that she moved him to ass=hlblue>ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass=hlblue>ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. the Lord hath blessed me hitherto? the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan. the Lord your God hath promised unto you. ye have done unto this day. for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. he hath promised you. all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. against them for evil, ass=hlgree>as the Lord had said, and ass=hlgree>as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. their fathers did keep it, or not. many of Israel ass=hlgree>as had not known all the wars of Canaan; before knew nothing thereof; Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail wass=hlblue>as in his temples. the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. one man. the Lord had said unto him: and so it wass=hlblue>as, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. thou hast said, thou hast said. a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. the sand by the sea side for multitude. I do, so shall ye do. the men of Succoth had answered him. thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. soon ass=hlgree>as Gideon wass=hlblue>as dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. soon ass=hlgree>as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them ass=hlgree>as thou shalt find occasion. if they were men. I have done. the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband wass=hlblue>as not with her. at this time have told us such things ass=hlgree>as these. he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. given to his companion, whom he had used ass=hlgree>as his friend. he hath done to us. they did unto me, so have I done unto them. flax that wass=hlblue>as burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. another man. a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength wass=hlblue>as not known. another man. at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord wass=hlblue>as departed from him. he journeyed. content to dwell with the man; and the young man wass=hlblue>as unto him ass=hlgree>as one of his sons. they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. gathered together ass=hlgree>as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. one man. at other times. at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. in the first battle. well the men of every city, ass=hlgree>as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning. he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. long ass=hlgree>as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. much ass=hlgree>as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? they went, and turned not ass=hlblue>aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. Samuel wass=hlblue>as offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? soon ass=hlgree>as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. for thine ass=hlblue>asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. it wass=hlblue>as against your fathers. for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. for Saul, he wass=hlblue>as yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. soon ass=hlgree>as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. about twenty men, within ass=hlgree>as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there wass=hlblue>as not a man among all the people that answered him. the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, ass=hlgree>as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is ass=hlgree>as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, ass=hlgree>as the host wass=hlblue>as going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him ass=hlgree>as his own soul. his own soul. they came, when David wass=hlblue>as returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. at other times: and there wass=hlblue>as a javelin in Saul's hand. the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. in his presence, ass=hlgree>as in times past. upon Saul, ass=hlgree>as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. appointed over them, the Spirit of God wass=hlblue>as upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. he hath been with my father. he loved his own soul. though I shot at a mark. the Lord liveth. touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place wass=hlblue>as empty. long ass=hlgree>as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. soon ass=hlgree>as the lad wass=hlblue>as gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. at this day? at this day? David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. long ass=hlgree>as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: so, ass=hlgree>as she rode on the ass=hlblue>ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be ass=hlgree>as Nabal. out of the middle of a sling. the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became ass=hlgree>as a stone. the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that wass=hlblue>as at his bolster. when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. thy life wass=hlblue>as much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. soon ass=hlgree>as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. though he had not been anointed with oil. ahel: and ass=hlblue>Asahel wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as light of foot ass=hlgree>as a wild roe. ide: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as came to the place where ass=hlblue>Asahel fell down and died stood still. God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; a fool dieth? a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. lame of his feet. He wass=hlblue>as five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, ass=hlgree>as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name wass=hlblue>as Mephibosheth. though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. soon ass=hlgree>as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. well to the women ass=hlgree>as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, ass=hlgree>as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! beforetime, since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. thou hast said. he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. I am? for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, ass=hlgree>as one of the king's sons. his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. thou livest, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. well ass=hlgree>as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. unto him ass=hlgree>as a daughter. greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, ass=hlgree>As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: for thee, thou shalt be ass=hlgree>as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. thy servant said, so it is. soon ass=hlgree>as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee. thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: none to be so much praised ass=hlgree>as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there wass=hlblue>as no blemish in him. soon ass=hlgree>as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. seemeth good unto him. cent of mount Olivet, and wept ass=hlgree>as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that wass=hlblue>as with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping ass=hlgree>as they went up. I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. ses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such ass=hlgree>as be faint in the wilderness may drink. Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still ass=hlgree>as he came. David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed ass=hlgree>as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. ass=hlgree>as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so wass=hlblue>as all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much ass=hlgree>as one. that young man is. much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and ass=hlgree>as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! people being ass=hlblue>ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. he wass=hlblue>as come over Jordan; an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and ass=hlgree>as he went forth it fell out. for his statutes, I did not depart from them. for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. small ass=hlgree>as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them ass=hlgree>as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. soon ass=hlgree>as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; ass=hlgree>as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: the Lord commanded. a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, ass=hlblue>Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, ass=hlgree>as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, ass=hlgree>as it is this day. thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. the sand that is on the sea shore. the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. he promised him: and there wass=hlblue>as peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. it is this day. thou hast walked before me. do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. he wass=hlblue>as with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: the matter shall require: at this day. he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. stones, and cedars made he to be ass=hlgree>as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart wass=hlblue>as not perfect with the Lord his God, ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as the heart of David his father. did David his father. this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. htoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, ass=hlgree>as did David his father. David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, ass=hlgree>as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. restored him again, and became ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as before. thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, ass=hlgree>as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which wass=hlblue>as right in mine eyes; a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. not perfect with the Lord his God, ass=hlgree>as the heart of David his father. a did that which wass=hlblue>as right in the eyes of the Lord, ass=hlgree>as did David his father. I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; he wass=hlblue>as in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. soon ass=hlgree>as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, ass=hlgree>As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. she wass=hlblue>as going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. Obadiah wass=hlblue>as in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. soon ass=hlgree>as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. great ass=hlgree>as would contain two measures of seed. the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. he that putteth it off. he wass=hlblue>as drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. soon ass=hlgree>as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned ass=hlblue>aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. thy servant wass=hlblue>as busy here and there, he wass=hlblue>as gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. Jezebel had sent unto them, and ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as written in the letters which she had sent unto them. did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. thou art, my people ass=hlgree>as thy people, my horses ass=hlgree>as thy horses. the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both ass=hlblue>asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. he wass=hlblue>as going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. thou art, my people ass=hlgree>as thy people, and my horses ass=hlgree>as thy horses. the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. red ass=hlgree>as blood: a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it wass=hlblue>as, that ass=hlgree>as oft ass=hlgree>as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. white ass=hlgree>as snow. one wass=hlblue>as felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alass=hlblue>as, master! for it wass=hlblue>as borrowed. the king of Israel wass=hlblue>as passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. ses, even the camp ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as, and fled for their life. no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and ass=hlblue>asses tied, and the tents ass=hlgree>as they were. all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even ass=hlgree>as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: he wass=hlblue>as telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab wass=hlblue>as his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. did the house of Ahab: for he wass=hlblue>as the son in law of the house of Ahab. he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. soon ass=hlgree>as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; he wass=hlblue>as at the shearing house in the way, departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, ass=hlgree>as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. soon ass=hlgree>as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. he goeth out and ass=hlgree>as he cometh in. the manner wass=hlblue>as, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that wass=hlblue>as brought into the house of the Lord. beforetime. they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man wass=hlblue>as let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence ass=hlgree>as yet. right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things ass=hlgree>as Joash his father did. yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. soon ass=hlgree>as the kingdom wass=hlblue>as confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. evil in the sight of the Lord, ass=hlgree>as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. evil in the sight of the Lord, but not ass=hlgree>as the kings of Israel that were before him. syria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of ass=hlblue>Assyria, ass=hlgree>as he had done year by year: therefore the king of ass=hlblue>Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: he had said by all his servants the prophets. So wass=hlblue>as Israel carried away out of their own land to ass=hlblue>Assyria unto this day. did their fathers, so do they unto this day. Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? the grass of the field, and ass=hlgree>as the green herb, ass=hlgree>as the grass on the housetops, and ass=hlgree>as corn blasted before it be grown up. grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. he wass=hlblue>as worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. evil in the sight of the Lord, ass=hlgree>as his father Manasseh did. touching the words which thou hast heard; Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. it is written in the book of this covenant. I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. the Lord had said. were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. the firstborn; but, forasmuch ass=hlgree>as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright wass=hlblue>as given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, swift ass=hlgree>as the roes upon the mountains; he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. her, such ass=hlgree>as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord. the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. aph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, ass=hlgree>as every day's work required: David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. at the beginning, I took it from him that wass=hlblue>as before thee: thou hast said. he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? he wass=hlblue>as destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. for me, it wass=hlblue>as in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: he hath said of thee. they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward. the Lord God of Israel had commanded him. well the small ass=hlgree>as the great, the teacher ass=hlgree>as the scholar. well the small ass=hlgree>as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: at this day. head above all. were all our fathers: our days on the earth are ass=hlgree>as a shadow, and there is none abiding. for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. had not been on any king before him in Israel. none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. plenteous ass=hlgree>as stones, and cedar trees made he ass=hlgree>as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. much ass=hlgree>as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea wass=hlblue>as for the priests to wash in. the trumpeters and singers were ass=hlgree>as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house wass=hlblue>as filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; it wass=hlblue>as in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it wass=hlblue>as in thine heart: the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. it is this day. thou hast walked before me. they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, ass=hlgree>as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. there any such spice ass=hlgree>as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. stones, and cedar trees made he ass=hlgree>as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. there wass=hlblue>as between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. thou art, and my people ass=hlgree>as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which wass=hlblue>as evil in the eyes of the Lord. he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. the Lord hath said of the sons of David. taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as ordained by David. did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such ass=hlgree>as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord. it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. long ass=hlgree>as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to ass=hlblue>astonishment, and to hissing, ass=hlgree>as ye see with your eyes. many ass=hlgree>as were of a free heart burnt offerings. it wass=hlblue>as written. ye see. your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. it is written in the law of the Lord. soon ass=hlgree>as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. well to the great ass=hlgree>as to the small: the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. evil in the sight of the Lord, ass=hlgree>as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover ass=hlgree>as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. long ass=hlgree>as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. polluted, put from the priesthood. come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together ass=hlgree>as one man to Jerusalem. it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, ass=hlgree>as the duty of every day required; ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of ass=hlblue>Assur, which brought us up hither. king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. it is written in the book of Moses. had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat, thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem: strengthened ass=hlgree>as the hand of the Lord my God wass=hlblue>as upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. gold. upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such ass=hlgree>as lay in wait by the way. it is this day. this; it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. thou hast said, so must we do. I wass=hlblue>as in Shushan the palace, yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. good upon me; ass=hlgree>as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. the flesh of our brethren, our children ass=hlgree>as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. I flee? and who is there, that, being ass=hlgree>as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. not found: therefore were they, ass=hlgree>as polluted, put from the priesthood. one man into the street that wass=hlblue>as before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. it is written. it is this day. a stone into the mighty waters. the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. they would. it is written in the law: it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: ses; ass=hlgree>as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like ass=hlgree>as when she wass=hlblue>as brought up with him. it seemeth good to thee. this? Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. the king hath said. I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. fallen upon the bed whereon Esther wass=hlblue>as. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? ass=hlgree>As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which wass=hlblue>as turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. they had begun, and ass=hlgree>as Mordecai had written unto them; joined themselves unto them, so ass=hlgree>as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and ass=hlgree>as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. an hidden untimely birth I had not been; ass=hlgree>as infants which never saw light. I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. the sparks fly upward. in the night. the grass of the earth. a shock of corn cometh in in his season. my sorrowful meat. a brook, and ass=hlgree>as the stream of brooks they pass away; wind? a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and ass=hlgree>as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? the swift ships: ass=hlgree>as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. man seeth? the days of man? are thy years ass=hlgree>as man's days, the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? milk, and curdled me like cheese? a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is ass=hlgree>as darkness. high ass=hlgree>as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? waters that pass away: the morning. the giving up of the ghost. well ass=hlgree>as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things ass=hlgree>as these? one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? a rotten thing, consumeth, ass=hlgree>as a garment that is moth eaten. a shadow, and continueth not. an hireling, his day. the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: a king ready to the battle. the vine, and shall cast off his flower ass=hlgree>as the olive. ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. a man pleadeth for his neighbour! ass=hlgree>as a tabret. a shadow. for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. for my hope, who shall see it? beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? tonied at his day, ass=hlgree>as they that went before were affrighted. one of his enemies. God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away ass=hlgree>as a vision of the night. for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? stubble before the wind, and ass=hlgree>as chaff that the storm carrieth away. there are innumerable before him. he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. dust, and the gold of Ophir ass=hlgree>as the stones of the brooks. gold. wild ass=hlblue>asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. a thief. the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. a tree. all other, and cut off ass=hlgree>as the tops of the ears of corn. it is? God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; I live. the wicked, and he that riseth up against me ass=hlgree>as the unrighteous. the dust, and prepare raiment ass=hlgree>as the clay; a moth, and ass=hlgree>as a booth that the keeper maketh. waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. a storm hurleth him out of his place. for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up ass=hlgree>as it were fire. in months past, ass=hlgree>as in the days when God preserved me; I wass=hlblue>as in the days of my youth, when the secret of God wass=hlblue>as upon my tabernacle; ass=hlgree>as a robe and a diadem. the sand. for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide ass=hlgree>as for the latter rain. a king in the army, ass=hlgree>as one that comforteth the mourners. after a thief;) a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. the wind: and my welfare passeth away ass=hlgree>as a cloud. the collar of my coat. brought up with me, ass=hlgree>as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: a crown to me. a prince would I go near unto him. wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. the mouth tasteth meat. wicked men in the open sight of others; thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. a molten looking glass? if it had issued out of the womb? clay to the seal; and they stand ass=hlgree>as a garment. for darkness, where is the place thereof, with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. an ox. strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? with a close seal. out of a seething pot or caldron. firm ass=hlgree>as a stone; yea, ass=hlgree>as hard ass=hlgree>as a piece of the nether millstone. straw, and brass ass=hlgree>as rotten wood. stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, ass=hlgree>as my servant Job hath. the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job. much ass=hlgree>as he had before. the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. with a shield. for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. a bird to your mountain? silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, a lion that is greedy of his prey, and ass=hlgree>as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. the dust before the wind: I did cast them out ass=hlgree>as the dirt in the streets. soon ass=hlgree>as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth ass=hlgree>as a strong man to run a race. a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. a ravening and a roaring lion. keep his covenant and his testimonies. for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. breathe out cruelty. a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. the horse, or ass=hlgree>as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. we hope in thee. be of a contrite spirit. chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. for me, when they were sick, my clothing wass=hlblue>as sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, ass=hlgree>as one that mourneth for his mother. the green herb. the light, and thy judgment ass=hlgree>as the noonday. be of upright conversation. the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. a deaf man, heard not; and I wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. ass=hlgree>as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. an handbreadth; and mine age is ass=hlgree>as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. all my fathers were. turn ass=hlblue>aside to lies. love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? sheep for the slaughter. of a woman in travail. we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. altogether such an one ass=hlgree>as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. they eat bread: they have not called upon God. for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. tray ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as they be born, speaking lies. waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be ass=hlgree>as cut in pieces. a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. many generations. a bowing wall shall ye be, and ass=hlgree>as a tottering fence. I have seen thee in the sanctuary. with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. silver is tried. smoke is driven away, so drive them away: ass=hlgree>as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. white ass=hlgree>as snow in Salmon. the hill of Bashan; an high hill ass=hlgree>as the hill of Bashan. in Sinai, in the holy place. goeth on still in his trespasses. for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. long ass=hlgree>as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. showers that water the earth. the moon endureth. long ass=hlgree>as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. are of a clean heart. for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. other men; neither are they plagued like other men. a chain; violence covereth them ass=hlgree>as a garment. in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. I, and ignorant: I wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as a beast before thee. famous according ass=hlgree>as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. our God? their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit wass=hlblue>as not steadfast with God. an heap. out of the great depths. dust, and feathered fowls like ass=hlgree>as the sand of the sea: one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. unto the Midianites; ass=hlgree>as to Sisera, ass=hlgree>as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: dung for the earth. Zebah, and ass=hlgree>as Zalmunna: the stubble before the wind. the fire burneth a wood, and ass=hlgree>as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; well the singers ass=hlgree>as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. a man that hath no strength: one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. the days of heaven. the sun before me. the moon, and ass=hlgree>as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. yesterday when it is past, and ass=hlgree>as a watch in the night. with a flood; they are ass=hlgree>as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. a tale that is told. the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: in the provocation, and ass=hlgree>as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: an hearth. a sparrow alone upon the house top. a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. far ass=hlgree>as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. for man, his days are ass=hlgree>as grass: ass=hlgree>as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. for the stork, the fir trees are her house. long ass=hlgree>as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. dried up: so he led them through the depths, ass=hlgree>as through the wilderness. sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: ass=hlgree>as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. he clothed himself with cursing like ass=hlgree>as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. the locust. with a mantle. long ass=hlgree>as I live. the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. much ass=hlgree>as in all riches. fat ass=hlgree>as grease; but I delight in thy law. an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. one that findeth great spoil. a city that is compact together: the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and ass=hlgree>as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. a prey to their teeth. a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. for such ass=hlgree>as turn ass=hlblue>aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. the streams in the south. arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even ass=hlgree>as a weaned child. the dew of Hermon, and ass=hlgree>as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. thou hast served us. the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. yet there wass=hlblue>as none of them. for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. incense; and the lifting up of my hands ass=hlgree>as the evening sacrifice. when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. those that have been long dead. a thirsty land. Selah. a shadow that passeth away. plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be ass=hlgree>as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. the grave; and whole, ass=hlgree>as those that go down into the pit: desolation, and your destruction cometh ass=hlgree>as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. silver, and searchest for her ass=hlgree>as for hid treasures; a father the son in whom he delighteth. the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. darkness: they know not at what they stumble. an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: wormwood, sharp ass=hlgree>as a twoedged sword. the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. a roe from the hand of the hunter, and ass=hlgree>as a bird from the hand of the fowler. one that travelleth, and thy want ass=hlgree>as an armed man. the apple of thine eye. an ox goeth to the slaughter, or ass=hlgree>as a fool to the correction of the stocks; a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. by him, ass=hlgree>as one brought up with him: and I wass=hlblue>as daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. vinegar to the teeth, and ass=hlgree>as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. are upright in their way are his delight. a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. a branch. hamed is ass=hlgree>as rottenness in his bones. an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. a cloud of the latter rain. an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. a burning fire. a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom ass=hlgree>as a flowing brook. wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. an high wall in his own conceit. the roaring of a lion; but his favour is ass=hlgree>as dew upon the grass. bring it to his mouth again. the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. for the pure, his work is right. for the upright, he directeth his way. an eagle toward heaven. he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or ass=hlgree>as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. one that travelleth; and thy want ass=hlgree>as an armed man. an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and ass=hlgree>as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. snow in summer, and ass=hlgree>as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. the bird by wandering, ass=hlgree>as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. a lion. keep the law contend with them. a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. swords, and their jaw teeth ass=hlgree>as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. are appointed to destruction. musical instruments, and that of all sorts. far ass=hlgree>as light excelleth darkness. it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why wass=hlblue>as I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. the fool. the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there wass=hlblue>as power; but they had no comforter. he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go ass=hlgree>as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. a shadow; because he feareth not before God. is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, ass=hlgree>as he that feareth an oath. the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and ass=hlgree>as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. an error which proceedeth from the ruler: servants upon the earth. thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. it wass=hlblue>as: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. goads, and ass=hlgree>as nails fastened by the masters of ass=hlblue>assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. the tents of Kedar, ass=hlgree>as the curtains of Solomon. one that turneth ass=hlblue>aside by the flocks of thy companions? a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit wass=hlblue>as sweet to my taste. a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black ass=hlgree>as a raven. the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. a bed of spices, ass=hlgree>as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is ass=hlgree>as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is ass=hlgree>as Lebanon, excellent ass=hlgree>as the cedars. Tirzah, comely ass=hlgree>as Jerusalem, terrible ass=hlgree>as an army with banners. a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. the morning, fair ass=hlgree>as the moon, clear ass=hlgree>as the sun, and terrible ass=hlgree>as an army with banners? it were the company of two armies. a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is ass=hlgree>as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. a seal upon thine heart, ass=hlgree>as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong ass=hlgree>as death; jealousy is cruel ass=hlgree>as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. I in his eyes ass=hlgree>as one that found favour. overthrown by strangers. a cottage in a vineyard, ass=hlgree>as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, ass=hlgree>as a besieged city. Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. scarlet, they shall be ass=hlgree>as white ass=hlgree>as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be ass=hlgree>as wool. at the first, and thy counsellors ass=hlgree>as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. an oak whose leaf fadeth, and ass=hlgree>as a garden that hath no water. tow, and the maker of it ass=hlgree>as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: it were with a cart rope: the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be ass=hlgree>as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up ass=hlgree>as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. a teil tree, and ass=hlgree>as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart wass=hlblue>as moved, and the heart of his people, ass=hlgree>as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; wass=hlblue>as in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. men rejoice when they divide the spoil. in the day of Midian. the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. Carchemish? is not Hamath ass=hlgree>as Arpad? is not Samaria ass=hlgree>as Damascus? my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? a nest the riches of the people: and ass=hlgree>as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there wass=hlblue>as none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or ass=hlgree>as if the staff should lift up itself, ass=hlgree>as if it were no wood. when a standardbearer fainteth. are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. his rod wass=hlblue>as upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. the waters cover the sea. syria; like ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. a destruction from the Almighty. a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be ass=hlgree>as flames. the chased roe, and ass=hlgree>as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. for gold, they shall not delight in it. when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. we? art thou become like unto us? a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; ass=hlgree>as a carcase trodden under feet. I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and ass=hlgree>as I have purposed, so shall it stand: a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be ass=hlgree>as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel. a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I wass=hlblue>as bowed down at the hearing of it; I wass=hlblue>as dismayed at the seeing of it. he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. an harlot. with the people, so with the priest; ass=hlgree>as with the servant, so with his master; ass=hlgree>as with the maid, so with her mistress; ass=hlgree>as with the buyer, so with the seller; ass=hlgree>as with the lender, so with the borrower; ass=hlgree>as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. the shaking of an olive tree, and ass=hlgree>as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. a storm against the wall. the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. straw is trodden down for the dunghill. he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord. it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, ass=hlgree>as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth ass=hlgree>as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Ariel. of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. a dream of a night vision. when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or ass=hlgree>as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? a forest? a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and ass=hlgree>as an ensign on an hill. a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, ass=hlgree>as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. a devouring fire: an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, ass=hlgree>as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel. the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; ass=hlgree>as rivers of water in a dry place, ass=hlgree>as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. fire, shall devour you. the burnings of lime: ass=hlgree>as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, ass=hlgree>as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and ass=hlgree>as a falling fig from the fig tree. the rose. an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? the grass of the field, and ass=hlgree>as the green herb, ass=hlgree>as the grass on the housetops, and ass=hlgree>as corn blasted before it be grown up. groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. he wass=hlblue>as worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. the flower of the field: a drop of a bucket, and are counted ass=hlgree>as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles ass=hlgree>as a very little thing. nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens ass=hlgree>as a curtain, and spreadeth them out ass=hlgree>as a tent to dwell in: vanity. stubble. eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. the dust to his sword, and ass=hlgree>as driven stubble to his bow. hamed and confounded: they shall be ass=hlgree>as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. nothing, and ass=hlgree>as a thing of nought. chaff. upon mortar, and ass=hlgree>as the potter treadeth clay. a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. my messenger that I sent? who is blind ass=hlgree>as he that is perfect, and blind ass=hlgree>as the Lord's servant? tow. among the grass, ass=hlgree>as willows by the water courses. I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, ass=hlgree>as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. a man. for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. a river, and thy righteousness ass=hlgree>as the waves of the sea: the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, ass=hlgree>as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, ass=hlgree>as a bride doeth. with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. the learned. a garment; the moth shall eat them up. in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? grass; if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. the ground, and ass=hlgree>as the street, to them that went over. many were ass=hlblue>astonied at thee; his visage wass=hlblue>as so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: a tender plant, and ass=hlgree>as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. it were our faces from him; he wass=hlblue>as despised, and we esteemed him not. oppressed, and he wass=hlblue>as afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought ass=hlgree>as a lamb to the slaughter, and ass=hlgree>as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. the waters of Noah unto me: for ass=hlgree>as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: this day, and much more abundant. a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ass=hlblue>ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ass=hlblue>ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. the noonday: if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday ass=hlgree>as in the night; we are in desolate places ass=hlgree>as dead men. for our iniquities, we know them; a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and wass=hlblue>as clad with zeal ass=hlgree>as a cloak. for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. a cloud, and ass=hlgree>as the doves to their windows? a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and ass=hlgree>as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. the earth bringeth forth her bud, and ass=hlgree>as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. brightness, and the salvation thereof ass=hlgree>as a lamp that burneth. a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and ass=hlgree>as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are ass=hlgree>as filthy rags; and we all do fade ass=hlgree>as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, ass=hlgree>as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, ass=hlgree>as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, ass=hlgree>as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. soon ass=hlgree>as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. the thief is ass=hlblue>ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ass=hlblue>ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, hamed of Egypt, ass=hlgree>as thou wast ass=hlblue>ashamed of ass=hlblue>Assyria. the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. thou couldest. a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. clouds, and his chariots shall be ass=hlgree>as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord. of a woman in travail, and the anguish ass=hlgree>as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. this? an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. this? a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. a vine: turn back thine hand ass=hlgree>as a grapegatherer into the baskets. men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. of a woman in travail. hes: make thee mourning, ass=hlgree>as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. I have done to Shiloh. I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. the horse rusheth into the battle. an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. this? dung upon the open field, and ass=hlgree>as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord. a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, ass=hlblue>assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. the Lord commanded me. this girdle, which is good for nothing. the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, ass=hlgree>as a woman in travail? the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. a stranger in the land, and ass=hlgree>as a wayfaring man that turneth ass=hlblue>aside to tarry for a night? a man ass=hlblue>astonied, ass=hlgree>as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. are for death, to death; and such ass=hlgree>as are for the sword, to the sword; and such ass=hlgree>as are for the famine, to the famine; and such ass=hlgree>as are for the captivity, to the captivity. a liar, and ass=hlgree>as waters that fail? my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips wass=hlblue>as right before thee. I commanded your fathers. marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, ass=hlgree>as seemed good to the potter to make it. this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, ass=hlgree>as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. Tophet: the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. in mine heart ass=hlgree>as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I wass=hlblue>as weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ass=hlblue>ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. of a woman in travail! I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof ass=hlgree>as Gomorrah. their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: tonishment, an hissing, and a curse; ass=hlgree>as it is this day; they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. ye have heard with your ears. for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me ass=hlgree>as seemeth good and meet unto you. the high places of a forest. the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? k ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, ass=hlgree>as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. common things. a shepherd doth his flock. a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. chastised, ass=hlgree>as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord. at this day; a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. at the first. at the first, saith the Lord. the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. he shall say unto thee. he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. he went: and it came to pass, ass=hlgree>as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. thine eyes do behold us:) mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an ass=hlblue>astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. are for death to death; and such ass=hlgree>as are for captivity to captivity; and such ass=hlgree>as are for the sword to the sword. a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. poured forth, and wass=hlblue>as kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, ass=hlgree>as at this day. I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: shall escape. for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. tonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, ass=hlgree>as at this day. at this day. I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. a flood, whose waters are moved ass=hlgree>as the rivers? I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely ass=hlgree>as Tabor is among the mountains, and ass=hlgree>as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. hewers of wood. in the days of old, saith the Lord. the Lord hath spoken. hamed of Chemosh, ass=hlgree>as the house of Israel wass=hlblue>as ass=hlblue>ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. the heart of a woman in her pangs. high ass=hlgree>as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be ass=hlgree>as the heart of a woman in her pangs. a woman in travail. the he goats before the flocks. sembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be ass=hlgree>as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. the heifer at grass, and bellow ass=hlgree>as bulls; she hath done, do unto her. I have punished the king of ass=hlblue>Assyria. heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. of a woman in travail. with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. hchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up ass=hlgree>as the rough caterpillers. women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. lions' whelps. Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. full of people! how is she become ass=hlgree>as a widow! she that wass=hlblue>as great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! sembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, ass=hlgree>as in a winepress. a menstruous woman among them. death. thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. ass=hlgree>as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the ass=hlblue>assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. in the day of a solemn feast. the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul wass=hlblue>as poured out into their mothers' bosom. in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. they that be dead of old. unto me ass=hlgree>as a bear lying in wait, and ass=hlgree>as a lion in secret places. a mark for the arrow. the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! overthrown ass=hlgree>as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. for us, our eyes ass=hlgree>as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. widows. of old. I wass=hlblue>as among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. about it, and out of the midst thereof ass=hlgree>as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance wass=hlblue>as like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire wass=hlblue>as bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. the appearance of a flash of lightning. I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. ass=hlgree>as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, ass=hlgree>as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. over their heads wass=hlblue>as the likeness of a throne, ass=hlgree>as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne wass=hlblue>as the likeness ass=hlgree>as the appearance of a man above upon it. the colour of amber, ass=hlgree>as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw ass=hlgree>as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so wass=hlblue>as the appearance of the brightness round about. This wass=hlblue>as the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. in my mouth ass=hlgree>as honey for sweetness. an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. water. for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, ass=hlgree>as the appearance of brightness, ass=hlgree>as the colour of amber. for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. thou hast commanded me. above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them ass=hlgree>as it were a sapphire stone, ass=hlgree>as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. heard even to the outer court, ass=hlgree>as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. ass=hlgree>as the colour of a beryl stone. for their appearances, they four had one likeness, ass=hlgree>as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not ass=hlgree>as they went. for the wheels, it wass=hlblue>as cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God. stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, ass=hlgree>as they that go forth into captivity. I wass=hlblue>as commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, ass=hlgree>as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel wass=hlblue>as not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereass=hlblue>as thou wast naked and bare. an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. is the mother, so is her daughter. if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, ass=hlgree>as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. I saw good. discovered, ass=hlgree>as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. a willow tree. I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. the heathen, ass=hlgree>as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God. every tree. a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. soon ass=hlgree>as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. alienated from her, like ass=hlgree>as my mind wass=hlblue>as alienated from her sister. the flesh of ass=hlblue>asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. I wass=hlblue>as commanded. I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. the sea causeth his waves to come up. men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. ; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart ass=hlgree>as the heart of God: the heart of God; profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. a whale in the seass=hlblue>as: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. for them, their way is not equal. I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. the people cometh, and they sit before thee ass=hlgree>as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there wass=hlblue>as no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it wass=hlblue>as desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord. before me ass=hlgree>as the uncleanness of a removed woman. the holy flock, ass=hlgree>as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord. I wass=hlblue>as commanded: and ass=hlgree>as I prophesied, there wass=hlblue>as a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. ass=hlgree>as the frame of a city on the south. one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which wass=hlblue>as at the porch of the gate, were two tables. the appearance of the other. were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. the pillars of the courts: therefore the building wass=hlblue>as straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. the entry on the east side, ass=hlgree>as one goeth into them from the utter court. like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, ass=hlgree>as long ass=hlgree>as they, and ass=hlgree>as broad ass=hlgree>as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, ass=hlgree>as one entereth into them. they did cleanse it with the bullock. he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. well ass=hlgree>as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. men go to Zedad; born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. tray when the children of Israel went ass=hlblue>astray, ass=hlgree>as the Levites went ass=hlblue>astray. for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such ass=hlgree>as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. thou seest, deal with thy servants. for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. iron: forasmuch ass=hlgree>as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and ass=hlgree>as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch ass=hlgree>as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even ass=hlgree>as iron is not mixed with clay. thou sawest that the stone wass=hlblue>as cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he wass=hlblue>as driven from men, and did eat grass ass=hlgree>as oxen, and his body wass=hlblue>as wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. he wass=hlblue>as faithful, neither wass=hlblue>as there any error or fault found in him. signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, ass=hlgree>as he did aforetime. before him innocency wass=hlblue>as found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it wass=hlblue>as lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet ass=hlgree>as a man, and a man's heart wass=hlblue>as given to it. white ass=hlgree>as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne wass=hlblue>as like the fiery flame, and his wheels ass=hlgree>as burning fire. concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. I wass=hlblue>as considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. the appearance of a man. he wass=hlblue>as speaking with me, I wass=hlblue>as in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. hath been done upon Jerusalem. it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. I wass=hlblue>as by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; like the beryl, and his face ass=hlgree>as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes ass=hlgree>as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. the former, or ass=hlgree>as the latter. do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. never wass=hlblue>as since there wass=hlblue>as a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness ass=hlgree>as the stars for ever and ever. the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it wass=hlblue>as said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. in the day that she wass=hlblue>as born, and make her ass=hlgree>as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. in the days of her youth, and ass=hlgree>as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. they that strive with the priest. they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them ass=hlgree>as a lamb in a large place. a moth, and to the house of Judah ass=hlgree>as rottenness. a lion, and ass=hlgree>as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. the morning; and he shall come unto us ass=hlgree>as the rain, ass=hlgree>as the latter and former rain unto the earth. a morning cloud, and ass=hlgree>as the early dew it goeth away. the light that goeth forth. troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. a flaming fire. an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, ass=hlgree>as their congregation hath heard. an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. a vessel wherein is no pleasure. a strange thing. other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord. in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according ass=hlgree>as they loved. for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. hemlock in the furrows of the field. for Samaria, her king is cut off ass=hlgree>as the foam upon the water. an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother wass=hlblue>as dashed in pieces upon her children. they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. to them ass=hlgree>as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. Admah? how shall I set thee ass=hlgree>as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. a bird out of Egypt, and ass=hlgree>as a dove out of the land of ass=hlblue>Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord. in the days of the solemn feast. heaps in the furrows of the fields. the morning cloud, and ass=hlgree>as the early dew that passeth away, ass=hlgree>as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and ass=hlgree>as the smoke out of the chimney. a lion: ass=hlgree>as a leopard by the way will I observe them: a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. the dew unto Israel: he shall grow ass=hlgree>as the lily, and cast forth his roots ass=hlgree>as Lebanon. the olive tree, and his smell ass=hlgree>as Lebanon. the corn, and grow ass=hlgree>as the vine: the scent thereof shall be ass=hlgree>as the wine of Lebanon. for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and ass=hlgree>as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. the appearance of horses; and ass=hlgree>as horsemen, so shall they run. a strong people set in battle array. the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. like the height of the cedars, and he wass=hlblue>as strong ass=hlgree>as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were ass=hlgree>as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. ye have spoken. ! alass=hlblue>as! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such ass=hlgree>as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. waters, and righteousness ass=hlgree>as a mighty stream. I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, ass=hlgree>as by the flood of Egypt. the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof ass=hlgree>as a bitter day. by the flood of Egypt. children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. in the days of old: the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. one of them. thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be ass=hlgree>as though they had not been. it pleased thee. wax before the fire, and ass=hlgree>as the waters that are poured down a steep place. an heap of the field, and ass=hlgree>as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. the owls. the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely ass=hlgree>as men averse from war. semble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together ass=hlgree>as the sheep of Bozrah, ass=hlgree>as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. for the pot, and ass=hlgree>as flesh within the caldron. they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house ass=hlgree>as the high places of the forest. a woman in travail. the sheaves into the floor. a dew from the Lord, ass=hlgree>as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. a lion among the beasts of the forest, ass=hlgree>as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. they have not heard. when they have gathered the summer fruits, ass=hlgree>as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. the mire of the streets. in the days of old. thorns, and while they are drunken ass=hlgree>as drunkards, they shall be devoured ass=hlgree>as stubble fully dry. the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. a gazingstock. the cankerworm, make thyself many ass=hlgree>as the locusts. the locusts, and thy captains ass=hlgree>as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. the eagle that hasteth to eat. the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity ass=hlgree>as the sand. the fishes of the sea, ass=hlgree>as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? hell, and is ass=hlgree>as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: the waters cover the sea. ass=hlgree>as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there wass=hlblue>as the hiding of his power. a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as to devour the poor secretly. are clothed with strange apparel. dust, and their flesh ass=hlgree>as the dung. the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be ass=hlgree>as Sodom, and the children of Ammon ass=hlgree>as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord. nothing? yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts. your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. a man that is wakened out of his sleep, on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off ass=hlgree>as on that side according to it. I have done these so many years? an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts: in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts. ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not: of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord. the dust, and fine gold ass=hlgree>as the mire of the streets. a governor in Judah, and Ekron ass=hlgree>as a Jebusite. for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. the sword of a mighty man. the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and ass=hlgree>as the corners of the altar. the flock of his people: for they shall be ass=hlgree>as the stones of a crown, lifted up ass=hlgree>as an ensign upon his land. a flock, they were troubled, because there wass=hlblue>as no shepherd. kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them ass=hlgree>as his goodly horse in the battle. mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them. through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. they have increased. David; and the house of David shall be ass=hlgree>as God, ass=hlgree>as the angel of the Lord before them. one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, ass=hlgree>as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. silver is refined, and will try them ass=hlgree>as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. when he fought in the day of battle. ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. s, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, ass=hlgree>as this plague. ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them ass=hlgree>as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. in the days of old, and ass=hlgree>as in former years. a man spareth his own son that serveth him. an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. calves of the stall. on this wise: When ass=hlgree>as his mother Mary wass=hlblue>as espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she wass=hlblue>as found with child of the Holy Ghost. the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: your Father which is in heaven is perfect. the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. it is in heaven. we forgive our debtors. the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. one having authority, and not ass=hlgree>as the scribes. thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant wass=hlblue>as healed in the selfsame hour. Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. long ass=hlgree>as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, ass=hlgree>as sheep having no shepherd. ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise ass=hlgree>as serpents, and harmless ass=hlgree>as doves. his master, and the servant ass=hlgree>as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? restored whole, like ass=hlgree>as the other. Jonass=hlblue>as wass=hlblue>as three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. a prophet. many ass=hlgree>as touched were made perfectly whole. thou wilt. And her daughter wass=hlblue>as made whole from that very hour. to fill so great a multitude? transfigured before them: and his face did shine ass=hlgree>as the sun, and his raiment wass=hlblue>as white ass=hlgree>as the light. they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. an heathen man and a publican. touching any thing that they shall ass=hlblue>ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. I had pity on thee? thyself. unto thee. the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. Jesus commanded them, he returned into the city, he hungered. come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? a prophet. many ass=hlgree>as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. many ass=hlgree>as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding wass=hlblue>as furnished with guests. the angels of God in heaven. touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which wass=hlblue>as spoken unto you by God, saying, thyself. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? wass=hlblue>as not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ye think not the Son of man cometh. a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. he sat at meat. Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. I will, but ass=hlgree>as thou wilt. against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. the Lord appointed me. they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. sure ass=hlgree>as ye can. it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. like lightning, and his raiment white ass=hlgree>as snow: dead men. he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. tonished at his doctrine: for he taught them ass=hlgree>as one that had authority, and not ass=hlgree>as the scribes. soon ass=hlgree>as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he wass=hlblue>as cleansed. no room to receive them, no, not so much ass=hlgree>as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. long ass=hlgree>as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. they went, to pluck the ears of corn. restored whole ass=hlgree>as the other. many ass=hlgree>as had plagues. eat bread. he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. hear the word, hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. if a man should cast seed into the ground; they were able to hear it. he wass=hlblue>as in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. soon ass=hlgree>as Jesus heard the word that wass=hlblue>as spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. . And others said, That it is a prophet, or ass=hlgree>as one of the prophets. to eat. moved with compassion toward them, because they were ass=hlgree>as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. many ass=hlgree>as touched him were made whole. the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. prophesied of you hypocrites, ass=hlgree>as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ide the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, ass=hlgree>as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. trees, walking. snow; so ass=hlgree>as no fuller on earth can white them. they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, ass=hlgree>as it is written of him. ass=hlgree>as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. he wass=hlblue>as wont, he taught them again. a little child, he shall not enter therein. they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. soon ass=hlgree>as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. he wass=hlblue>as walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, the angels which are in heaven. touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew ass=hlblue>asked him privately, wass=hlblue>as not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. soon ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? Peter wass=hlblue>as beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: he had ever done unto them. he said unto you. they mourned and wept. they walked, and went into the country. they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he wass=hlblue>as risen. many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; soon ass=hlgree>as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. soon ass=hlgree>as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. it wass=hlblue>as told unto them. it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. it is written in the book of the words of Esaiass=hlblue>as the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; wass=hlblue>as supposed) the son of Joseph, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Heli, his custom wass=hlblue>as, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. he wass=hlblue>as teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord wass=hlblue>as present to heal them. this, what David did, when himself wass=hlblue>as an hungred, and they which were with him; restored whole ass=hlgree>as the other. evil, for the Son of man's sake. ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. much again. your Father also is merciful. his master. he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it wass=hlblue>as trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. they sailed he fell ass=hlblue>asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. he went the people thronged him. he wass=hlblue>as alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he ass=hlblue>asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? he prayed, the fashion of his countenance wass=hlblue>as altered, and his raiment wass=hlblue>as white and glistering. they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Eliass=hlblue>as: not knowing what he said. they entered into the cloud. he wass=hlblue>as yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. ass=hlgree>as though he would go to Jerusalem. Eliass=hlblue>as did? they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. lambs among wolves. they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. are set before you: lightning fall from heaven. thyself. he journeyed, came where he wass=hlblue>as: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. he wass=hlblue>as praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, ass=hlgree>as John also taught his disciples. in heaven, so in earth. many ass=hlgree>as he needeth. he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. Jonass=hlblue>as wass=hlblue>as a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. one of thy hired servants. in the field: and ass=hlgree>as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. soon ass=hlgree>as this thy son wass=hlblue>as come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: they went, they were cleansed. the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. it wass=hlblue>as in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. it wass=hlblue>as in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even ass=hlgree>as this publican. his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. a little child shall in no wise enter therein. he wass=hlblue>as come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: he also is a son of Abraham. they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he wass=hlblue>as nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. he had said unto them. they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? he went, they spread their clothes in the way. he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, some spake of the temple, how it wass=hlblue>as adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. it wass=hlblue>as determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! the younger; and he that is chief, ass=hlgree>as he that doth serve. he that serveth. my Father hath appointed unto me; wheat: he wass=hlblue>as wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. ass=hlgree>as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. against a thief, with swords and staves? he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man wass=hlblue>as also with him. soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, soon ass=hlgree>as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also wass=hlblue>as at Jerusalem at that time. one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: they required. they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? idle tales, and they believed them not. ye walk, and are sad? the women had said: but him they saw not. though he would have gone further. he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. ye see me have. far ass=hlgree>as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. many ass=hlgree>as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory ass=hlgree>as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. said the prophet Esaiass=hlblue>as. he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: he wass=hlblue>as now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. much ass=hlgree>as they would. it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. he taught in Capernaum. it were in secret. he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. though he heard them not. he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour wass=hlblue>as not yet come. my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. he spake these words, many believed on him. Jesus passed by, he saw a man which wass=hlblue>as blind from his birth. long ass=hlgree>as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. I said unto you. soon ass=hlgree>as she heard that Jesus wass=hlblue>as coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. soon ass=hlgree>as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? s, sat thereon; ass=hlgree>as it is written, the Father said unto me, so I speak. I have done to you. I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. I have loved you, that ye also love one another. the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. I have loved you. soon ass=hlgree>as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as thou hast given him. we are. I am not of the world. I am not of the world. thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. we are one: thou hast loved me. soon then ass=hlgree>as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. the manner of the Jews is to bury. yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. soon then ass=hlgree>as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; ye have seen him go into heaven. known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch ass=hlgree>as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. of fire, and it sat upon each of them. the Spirit gave them utterance. ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. ye yourselves also know: many ass=hlgree>as the Lord our God shall call. every man had need. should be saved. I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. the lame man which wass=hlblue>as healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? did also your rulers. many ass=hlgree>as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, the high priest, and Caiaphass=hlblue>as, and John, and Alexander, and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. there any among them that lacked: for ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, made unto every man according ass=hlgree>as he had need. many ass=hlgree>as heard these things. touching these men. , boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who wass=hlblue>as slain; and all, ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as obeyed him, were dispersed. it had been the face of an angel. to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when ass=hlgree>as yet he had no child. they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. saith the prophet, your fathers did, so do ye. for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. yet he wass=hlblue>as fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) this, He wass=hlblue>as led ass=hlgree>as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way ass=hlgree>as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and wass=hlblue>as baptized. Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. Lydda wass=hlblue>as nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter wass=hlblue>as there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Peter wass=hlblue>as coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. soon ass=hlgree>as I wass=hlblue>as sent for: I ass=hlblue>ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? tonished, ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also wass=hlblue>as poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. well ass=hlgree>as we? in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, ass=hlgree>as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, ass=hlgree>as on us at the beginning. God gave them the like gift ass=hlgree>as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what wass=hlblue>as I, that I could withstand God? far ass=hlgree>as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabass=hlblue>as, that he should go ass=hlgree>as far ass=hlgree>as Antioch. Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as day, there wass=hlblue>as no small stir among the soldiers, what wass=hlblue>as become of Peter. at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; ass=hlgree>as Barnabass=hlblue>as, and Simeon that wass=hlblue>as called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabass=hlblue>as and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. many ass=hlgree>as were ordained to eternal life believed. the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabass=hlblue>as to Derbe. he did unto us; they. it is written, we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: his manner wass=hlblue>as, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, it were to the sea: but Silass=hlblue>as and Timotheus abode there still. I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. he wass=hlblue>as about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. Paul wass=hlblue>as long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and wass=hlblue>as taken up dead. we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem wass=hlblue>as in an uproar. Paul wass=hlblue>as to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? zealous toward God, ass=hlgree>as ye all are this day. also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. I made my journey, and wass=hlblue>as come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly. it wass=hlblue>as commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. thou very well knowest. I supposed: I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. I am, except these bonds. it wass=hlblue>as told me. come, ass=hlgree>as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour ass=hlgree>as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, were necessary. far ass=hlgree>as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even ass=hlgree>as among other Gentiles. much ass=hlgree>as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. it is written, The just shall live by faith. God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart wass=hlblue>as darkened. they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; many ass=hlgree>as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; it is written. it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. a man) a sinner? we be slanderously reported, and ass=hlgree>as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: pertaining to the flesh, hath found? David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not ass=hlgree>as though they were. by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. it wass=hlblue>as by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment wass=hlblue>as by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Christ wass=hlblue>as raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, ass=hlgree>as those that are alive from the dead, and your members ass=hlgree>as instruments of righteousness unto God. ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. long ass=hlgree>as he liveth? he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. many ass=hlgree>as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted ass=hlgree>as sheep for the slaughter. concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which wass=hlblue>as not beloved. also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be ass=hlgree>as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: Esaiass=hlblue>as said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been ass=hlgree>as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ass=hlblue>ashamed. it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but ass=hlgree>as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: much ass=hlgree>as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. thyself. in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. Christ also received us to the glory of God. it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, it is written, To whom he wass=hlblue>as not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. becometh saints, and that ye ass=hlblue>assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. the testimony of Christ wass=hlblue>as confirmed in you: it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. unto spiritual, but ass=hlgree>as unto carnal, even ass=hlgree>as unto babes in Christ. there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk ass=hlgree>as men? the Lord gave to every man? a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. by fire. of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. if thou hadst not received it? kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. my beloved sons I warn you. I teach every where in every church. though I would not come to you. is not so much ass=hlgree>as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, ass=hlgree>as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. I. God hath distributed to every man, ass=hlgree>as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. though they had none; though they wept not; and they that rejoice, ass=hlgree>as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, ass=hlgree>as though they possessed not; not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. long ass=hlgree>as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. he ought to know. concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. there be gods many, and lords many,) a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. well ass=hlgree>as other apostles, and ass=hlgree>as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephass=hlblue>as? a man? or saith not the law the same also? a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, ass=hlgree>as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. uncertainly; so fight I, not ass=hlgree>as one that beateth the air: they also lusted. were some of them; ass=hlgree>as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. to wise men; judge ye what I say. I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. I also am of Christ. I delivered them to you. if she were shaven. he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. oft ass=hlgree>as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. often ass=hlgree>as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. ye were led. he will. the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. it hath pleased him. sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. a child, I spake ass=hlgree>as a child, I understood ass=hlgree>as a child, I thought ass=hlgree>as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. also I am known. ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. in all churches of the saints. also saith the law. seen of me also, ass=hlgree>as of one born out of due time. in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and ass=hlgree>as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. I also do. touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will wass=hlblue>as not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even ass=hlgree>as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. God is true, our word toward you wass=hlblue>as not yea and nay. yet unto Corinth. many, which corrupt the word of God: but ass=hlgree>as of sincerity, but ass=hlgree>as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even ass=hlgree>as by the Spirit of the Lord. we have received mercy, we faint not; it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, deceivers, and yet true; unknown, and yet well known; ass=hlgree>as dying, and, behold, we live; ass=hlgree>as chastened, and not killed; sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; ass=hlgree>as poor, yet making many rich; ass=hlgree>as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. hamed; but ass=hlgree>as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. there wass=hlblue>as a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: I said, ye may be ready: a matter of bounty, and not ass=hlgree>as of covetousness. he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. if we walked according to the flesh. he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. if I would terrify you by letters. we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. though we reached not unto you: for we are come ass=hlgree>as far ass=hlgree>as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: a chaste virgin to Christ. the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. we. the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. concerning reproach, ass=hlgree>as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. I would, and that I shall be found unto you such ass=hlgree>as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: reprobates. we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. committed unto me, ass=hlgree>as the gospel of the circumcision wass=hlblue>as unto Peter; do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live ass=hlgree>as do the Jews? Abraham believed God, and it wass=hlblue>as accounted to him for righteousness. many ass=hlgree>as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. of many; but ass=hlgree>as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. many of you ass=hlgree>as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. long ass=hlgree>as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; I am; for I am ass=hlgree>as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me ass=hlgree>as an angel of God, even ass=hlgree>as Christ Jesus. Isaac wass=hlblue>as, are the children of promise. then he that wass=hlblue>as born after the flesh persecuted him that wass=hlblue>as born after the Spirit, even so it is now. thyself. I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. many ass=hlgree>as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. many ass=hlgree>as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: others. I wrote afore in few words, not made known unto the sons of men, ass=hlgree>as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; ye are called in one hope of your calling; other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, the truth is in Jesus: God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. dear children; Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. becometh saints; children of light: fools, but ass=hlgree>as wise, unto the Lord. Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. the Lord the church: himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. unto Christ; menpleasers; but ass=hlgree>as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; to the Lord, and not to men: I ought to speak. it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch ass=hlgree>as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. hamed, but that with all boldness, ass=hlgree>as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. ye have always obeyed, not ass=hlgree>as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. lights in the world; a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. I shall see how it will go with me. touching the law, a Pharisee; though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. many ass=hlgree>as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. ye have us for an ensample. concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, ass=hlgree>as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: ye also learned of Epaphrass=hlblue>as our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; many ass=hlgree>as have not seen my face in the flesh; ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Christ forgave you, so also do ye. it is fit in the Lord. menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: to the Lord, and not unto men; I ought to speak. surance; ass=hlgree>as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not ass=hlgree>as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness: the apostles of Christ. a nurse cherisheth her children: ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, ass=hlgree>as a father doth his children, the word of men, but ass=hlgree>as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. they have of the Jews: it came to pass, and ye know. we also to see you: we do toward you: ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. the Gentiles which know not God: we also have forewarned you and testified. touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. we commanded you; leep, that ye sorrow not, even ass=hlgree>as others which have no hope. a thief in the night. travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. a thief. do others; but let us watch and be sober. also ye do. it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; from us, ass=hlgree>as that the day of Christ is at hand. God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. it is with you: an enemy, but admonish him ass=hlgree>as a brother. I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, a father; and the younger men ass=hlgree>as brethren; mothers; the younger ass=hlgree>as sisters, with all purity. many servants ass=hlgree>as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. a good soldier of Jesus Christ. an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. theirs also wass=hlblue>as. I had appointed thee: the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. it were of necessity, but willingly. a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? myself. he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. doth a garment; a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; faithful to him that appointed him, ass=hlgree>as also Moses wass=hlblue>as faithful in all his house. counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. faithful in all his house, ass=hlgree>as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: in the provocation. the gospel preached, ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. he said, ass=hlgree>As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. God did from his. in all points tempted like ass=hlgree>as we are, yet without sin. for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. wass=hlblue>as Aaron. he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. have need of milk, and not of strong meat. an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. not without an oath he wass=hlblue>as made priest: those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. Moses wass=hlblue>as admonished of God when he wass=hlblue>as about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. not yet made manifest, while ass=hlgree>as the first tabernacle wass=hlblue>as yet standing: a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, ass=hlgree>as pertaining to the conscience; the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: sembling of ourselves together, ass=hlgree>as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, ass=hlgree>as ye see the day approaching. yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: good ass=hlgree>as dead, so many ass=hlgree>as the stars of the sky in multitude, and ass=hlgree>as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. seeing him who is invisible. by dry land: which the Egyptians ass=hlblue>assaying to do were drowned. unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. commanded, And if so much ass=hlgree>as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, ass=hlgree>as being yourselves also in the body. ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. the flower of the grass he shall pass away. thyself, ye do well: transgressors. they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. in a day of slaughter. wass=hlblue>as a man subject to like passions ass=hlgree>as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, ass=hlgree>as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; of a lamb without blemish and without spot: grass, and all the glory of man ass=hlgree>as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; they speak against you ass=hlgree>as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. supreme; unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but ass=hlgree>as the servants of God. sheep going ass=hlblue>astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, ass=hlgree>as long ass=hlgree>as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. unto the weaker vessel, and ass=hlgree>as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: they speak evil of you, ass=hlgree>as of evildoers, they may be ass=hlblue>ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, ass=hlgree>as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it ass=hlgree>as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. though some strange thing happened unto you: ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. a murderer, or ass=hlgree>as a thief, or ass=hlgree>as an evildoer, or ass=hlgree>as a busybody in other men's matters. a Christian, let him not be ass=hlblue>ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. unto a faithful Creator. being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: long ass=hlgree>as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: they were moved by the Holy Ghost. there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; leep, all things continue ass=hlgree>as they were from the beginning of the creation. a thousand years, and a thousand years ass=hlgree>as one day. some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, ass=hlgree>as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. he walked. ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even ass=hlgree>as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. he is. he is pure. he is righteous. Cain, who wass=hlblue>as of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. he gave us commandment. he is, so are we in this world. we have received a commandment from the Father. though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. thy soul prospereth. thou walkest in the truth. Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, ass=hlgree>as of a trumpet, white ass=hlgree>as snow; and his eyes were ass=hlgree>as a flame of fire; if they burned in a furnace; and his voice ass=hlgree>as the sound of many waters. ass=hlgree>as the sun shineth in his strength. dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: many ass=hlgree>as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, ass=hlgree>as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even ass=hlgree>as I received of my Father. a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. many ass=hlgree>as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face ass=hlgree>as a man, and the fourth beast wass=hlblue>as like a flying eagle. it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed ass=hlgree>as they were, should be fulfilled. a great earthquake; and the sun became black ass=hlgree>as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became ass=hlgree>as blood; a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. it were a great mountain burning with fire wass=hlblue>as cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so ass=hlgree>as the third part of them wass=hlblue>as darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. given power, ass=hlgree>as the scorpions of the earth have power. given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. it were crowns like gold, and their faces were ass=hlgree>as the faces of men. the hair of women, and their teeth were ass=hlgree>as the teeth of lions. it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. upon his head, and his face wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as it were the sun, and his feet ass=hlgree>as pillars of fire: when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. he hath declared to his servants the prophets. honey. in my mouth sweet ass=hlgree>as honey: and ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as I had eaten it, my belly wass=hlblue>as bitter. often ass=hlgree>as they will. ready to be delivered, for to devour her child ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as born. a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. like unto a leopard, and his feet were ass=hlgree>as the feet of a bear, and his mouth ass=hlgree>as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound wass=hlblue>as healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. a dragon. many ass=hlgree>as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. the voice of many waters, and ass=hlgree>as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. a great earthquake, such ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. yet; but receive power ass=hlgree>as kings one hour with the beast. she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. many ass=hlgree>as trade by sea, stood afar off, it were the voice of a great multitude, and ass=hlgree>as the voice of many waters, and ass=hlgree>as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. the sand of the sea. a bride adorned for her husband. like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear ass=hlgree>as crystal; large ass=hlgree>as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. of one pearl: and the street of the city wass=hlblue>as pure gold, ass=hlgree>as it were transparent glass. crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. his work shall be. he went forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people. he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble exceedingly. he read, he wass=hlblue>as filled with the Spirit of the Lord. : Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish! with the prophets of old, whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. obedient unto the word of the Lord, wherefore he did ass=hlgree>as the Lord commanded him. he commanded them. ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands. thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren. he sat in his house. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us. they smote us with a rod, behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them, saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands. our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even ass=hlgree>as the Egyptians. I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before me, for he wass=hlblue>as drunken with wine. thy seed shall keep my commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise. I went forth towards the treasury of Laban, behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury. And I commanded him in the voice of Laban, that he should go with me into the treasury. if it had been Laban. I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as I live, even so that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life. wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them with us, ass=hlgree>as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise. we journeyed in the wilderness, behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael, and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us; yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three other daughters. I followed him I beheld myself that I wass=hlblue>as in a dark and dreary waste. I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it wass=hlblue>as desirable above all other fruit. I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it wass=hlblue>as near the tree of which I wass=hlblue>as partaking the fruit. if they knew not whither they should go. if it had been a world. if they were ass=hlblue>ashamed. it were in the air, high above the earth. many ass=hlgree>as heeded them, had fallen away. he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel, and also a great many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates. I have spoken concerning these plates, behold they are not the plates upon which I make a full account of the history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people I have given the name of Nephi; wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name; and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi. many of them ass=hlgree>as were expedient for me in mine other book. my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel. the Messiah who should come-- I, Nephi, wass=hlblue>as desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, ass=hlgree>as well in times of old ass=hlgree>as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men. well in these times ass=hlgree>as in times of old, and ass=hlgree>as well in times of old ass=hlgree>as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round. able to make them known unto me, ass=hlgree>as I sat pondering in mine heart I wass=hlblue>as caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot. a man speaketh; for I beheld that he wass=hlblue>as in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it wass=hlblue>as the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me ass=hlgree>as a man speaketh with another. if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from before my presence. it were in number ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as the sand of the sea. well ass=hlgree>as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth. there began to be wars and rumors of wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things-- they ought. to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works have been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, the kingdom of God must be filthy also. my father dwelt in a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel. my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great ass=hlblue>astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and it wass=hlblue>as of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness. I, Nephi, went forth to slay food, behold, I did break my bow, which wass=hlblue>as made of fine steel; and after I did break my bow, behold, my brethren were angry with me because of the loss of my bow, for we did obtain no food. in the beginning; and after we had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tents again, that we might tarry for the space of a time. we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not; ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led. ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform wass=hlblue>as to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished. spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake ass=hlgree>as if it were to divide ass=hlblue>asunder. they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even ass=hlgree>as a dried reed; and he shall be ass=hlgree>as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him. we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass=hlblue>ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of copper. a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel. for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and turn their hearts ass=hlblue>aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel. he had prophets of old, I should have perished also. well ass=hlgree>as your brethren from whom ye have been broken off; for after this manner hass=hlblue>as the prophet written. a river, and thy righteousness ass=hlgree>as the waves of the sea. the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, ass=hlgree>as with an ornament, and bind them on even ass=hlgree>as a bride. with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. stubble; and the day cometh that they must be burned. by fire. stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet. calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory. yet concerning these things. yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance. those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever. one generation passeth to another there shall be bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words. ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence. they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free. he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved. dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility. God, knowing good and evil. I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed forever. if the fruit of thy loins had cried unto them from the dust; for I know their faith. ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence. fulfilled which he spake unto me, saying that: Inasmuch ass=hlgree>as they will not hearken unto thy words they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And behold, they were cut off from his presence. they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them. they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even unto destruction. a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things. with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. the learned. a garment, and the moth shall eat them up. in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor? a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. the ground and ass=hlgree>as the street to them that went over. death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord. they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God. suredly, ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is ass=hlgree>as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ass=hlblue>ascendeth up forever and ever and hass=hlblue>as no end. to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their god. And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also. ye are not holy, and ye look upon me ass=hlgree>as a teacher, it must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin. it hass=hlblue>as been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall be restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer. I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-- for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-- should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-- for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God. it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren. I have seen him. seen him ass=hlgree>as I have seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words. Sodom, and they cannot hide it. Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves! they go, and making a tinkling with their feet-- it were with a cart rope; the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up ass=hlgree>as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. a teil tree, and ass=hlgree>as an oak whose substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart wass=hlblue>as moved, and the heart of his people, ass=hlgree>as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; wass=hlblue>as in her vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations. men rejoice when they divide the spoil. the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother. Carchemish? Is not Hamath ass=hlgree>as Arpad? Is not Samaria ass=hlgree>as Damascus? my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols? a nest the riches of the people; and ass=hlgree>as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there wass=hlblue>as none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or ass=hlgree>as if the staff should lift up itself ass=hlgree>as if it were no wood! when a standard-bearer fainteth. are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. his rod wass=hlblue>as upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. the waters cover the sea. syria, like ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle. a destruction from the Almighty. flames. the chased roe, and ass=hlgree>as a sheep that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. we? Art thou become like unto us? a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners? a carcass trodden under feet. I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and ass=hlgree>as I have purposed, so shall it stand-- one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and the people of his church. the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that ass=hlgree>as these things are true, and ass=hlgree>as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved. long ass=hlgree>as the earth should stand. long ass=hlgree>as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are written. a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law. it shall be expedient, ye must keep the performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be fulfilled which wass=hlblue>as given unto Moses. stubble. stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts. I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God; one that hath a familiar spirit; for the Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning them, even ass=hlgree>as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall whisper out of the dust. those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be ass=hlgree>as chaff that passeth away-- yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly-- in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever. a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even ass=hlgree>as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion. if it were from the dead. many witnesses ass=hlgree>as seemeth him good will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God! this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men-- the potter's clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding? a forest. suredly ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth they shall see that the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off; the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass. many of the Gentiles ass=hlgree>as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and ass=hlgree>as many of the Jews ass=hlgree>as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel. many ass=hlgree>as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people. the waters cover the sea. plain ass=hlgree>as word can be. things of naught. of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry. the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come. sacred, or revelation which wass=hlblue>as great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates, and touch upon them ass=hlgree>as much ass=hlgree>as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people. in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness. like unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his son. I taught them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord. yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the Lord, which I have given unto you. I inquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people. precious in his sight ass=hlgree>as the other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever. it wass=hlblue>as accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son. the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh. to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come? they really are, and of things ass=hlgree>as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old. it shall bring forth evil fruit. they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard. the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard. the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants; and they were few. good, and that his vineyard wass=hlblue>as no more corrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as in the beginning. And blessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard. I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy-- that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive tree, must surely come to pass. many ass=hlgree>as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God. he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts. he wass=hlblue>as about to give up the ghost, they were ass=hlblue>astonished exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth. yet, conquerors of their enemies. it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren, which caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days. thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visit thy brethren according to their diligence in keeping my commandments. I have given unto them this land, and it is a holy land; and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity; wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according ass=hlgree>as I have said; and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their own heads. these plates are small, and ass=hlgree>as these things are written for the intent of the benefit of our brethren the Lamanites, wherefore, it must needs be that I write a little; but I shall not write the things of my prophesying, nor of my revelations. For what could I write more than my fathers have written? For have not they revealed the plan of salvation? I say unto you, Yea; and this sufficeth me. not ass=hlgree>as yet swept them off from the face of the land. many ass=hlgree>as are not stiffnecked and have faith, have communion with the Holy Spirit, which maketh manifest unto the children of men, according to their faith. verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land. given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come ass=hlgree>as though he already wass=hlblue>as. And after this manner did they teach them. I ought to have done. ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land. made king over the land of Zarahemla; for behold, he being warned of the Lord that he should flee out of the land of Nephi, and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord should also depart out of the land with him, into the wilderness-- the Lord had commanded him. And they departed out of the land into the wilderness, ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord; and they were led by many preachings and prophesyings. And they were admonished continually by the word of God; and they were led by the power of his arm, through the wilderness until they came down into the land which is called the land of Zarahemla. an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth ye will be saved. many things ass=hlgree>as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day have been fulfilled, and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as go beyond this day must surely come to pass-- he hass=hlblue>as hitherto preserved our fathers. they were unfaithful they did not prosper nor progress in their journey, but were driven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore afflictions, to stir them up in remembrance of their duty. his father had commanded him, and proclaimed unto all the people who were in the land of Zarahemla that thereby they might gather themselves together, to go up to the temple to hear the words which his father should speak unto them. his father had commanded him, and had made a proclamation throughout all the land, that the people gathered themselves together throughout all the land, that they might go up to the temple to hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them. yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people, and consecrated by my father, and wass=hlblue>as suffered by the hand of the Lord that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept and preserved by his matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength which the Lord hath granted unto me. I have been suffered to spend my days in your service, even up to this time, and have not sought gold nor silver nor any manner of riches of you; he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast? k, can ye say aught of yourselves? I answer you, Nay. Ye cannot say that ye are even ass=hlgree>as much ass=hlgree>as the dust of the earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it belongeth to him who created you. I said unto you that I had served you, walking with a clear conscience before God, even so I at this time have caused that ye should ass=hlblue>assemble yourselves together, that I might be found blameless, and that your blood should not come upon me, when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded me concerning you. ye have hitherto done. ass=hlgree>As ye have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father, and have prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no power over you. , and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such ass=hlgree>as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases. though he had already come among them. in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of Christ atoneth for their sins. little children, and believe that salvation wass=hlblue>as, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent. been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh ass=hlgree>as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even ass=hlgree>as a child doth submit to his father. a bright testimony against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every man according to his works, whether they be good, or whether they be evil. a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ass=hlblue>ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me. Amen. I have said before, that ass=hlgree>as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which wass=hlblue>as spoken by the mouth of the angel. pertaining to the things of this world. feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants. he doth agree, or else thou shalt commit sin; and perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit sin also. hass=hlblue>as been spoken by the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God. to come near the walls of the city, when I, myself, wass=hlblue>as with my guards without the gate? a stumbling block before them. soon ass=hlgree>as Ammon had read the record, the king inquired of him to know if he could interpret languages, and Ammon told him that he could not. covered with bones of men, and of beasts, and wass=hlblue>as also covered with ruins of buildings of every kind, having discovered a land which had been peopled with a people who were ass=hlgree>as numerous ass=hlgree>as the hosts of Israel. a wild flock which fleeth from the shepherd, and scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest. a spy among the Lamanites that I might spy out their forces, that our army might come upon them and destroy them-- but when I saw that which wass=hlblue>as good among them I wass=hlblue>as desirous that they should not be destroyed. many ass=hlgree>as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions; for we were slow to remember the Lord our God. to the strength of men. the Lord had commanded him, and took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, for they said that he robbed them. were lifted up in the pride of their hearts. a garment in a hot furnace; for he shall know that I am the Lord. a garment in a furnace of fire. a stalk, even ass=hlgree>as a dry stalk of the field, which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot. the blossoms of a thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face of the land. And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it. And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent, and this because of thine iniquities. seemeth thee good. upon him; and his face shone with exceeding luster, even ass=hlgree>as Moses' did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lord. a type and a shadow of things which are to come. yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses. a tender plant, and ass=hlgree>as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him. it were our faces from him; he wass=hlblue>as despised, and we esteemed him not. oppressed, and he wass=hlblue>as afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought ass=hlgree>as a lamb to the slaughter, and ass=hlgree>as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth. Isaiah said, ass=hlgree>as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. though there wass=hlblue>as no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God. though they had already come, there could have been no redemption. a testimony against you. And if ye slay me ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand ass=hlgree>as a testimony against you at the last day. ye have done unto me, so shall it come to pass that thy seed shall cause that many shall suffer the pains that I do suffer, even the pains of death by fire; and this because they believe in the salvation of the Lord their God. a wild flock is driven by wild and ferocious beasts. I suffer, the pains of death by fire. many ass=hlgree>as would hear his word he did teach. And he taught them privately, that it might not come to the knowledge of the king. And many did believe his words. many ass=hlgree>as did believe him did go forth to a place which wass=hlblue>as called Mormon, having received its name from the king, being in the borders of the land having been infested, by times or at seasons, by wild beasts. many ass=hlgree>as believed him went thither to hear his words. ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light; witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life-- a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you? upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, ass=hlgree>as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead ass=hlgree>as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he hass=hlblue>as prepared from the foundation of the world. one day in every week that wass=hlblue>as set apart that they should gather themselves together to teach the people, and to worship the Lord their God, and also, ass=hlgree>as often ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as in their power, to ass=hlblue>assemble themselves together. not so much concerned about his people ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as about his own life; nevertheless, Gideon did spare his life. the Lamanites. But they fought for their lives, and for their wives, and for their children; therefore they exerted themselves and like dragons did they fight. they would a dumb ass=hlblue>ass-- much ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as possible, and secured their grain and their flocks; Alma and his brethren, who had fled into the wilderness. a witness and a testimony that they were willing to serve God with all their hearts; nevertheless they did prolong the time; and an account of their baptism shall be given hereafter. a present unto them; and they did drink freely of the wine which king Limhi did send unto them. ye have been delivered by the power of God out of these bonds; yea, even out of the hands of king Noah and his people, and also from the bonds of iniquity, even so I desire that ye should stand fast in this liberty wherewith ye have been made free, and that ye trust no man to be a king over you. himself, that there should be no contention among them. to the wisdom of the world, yea, a very cunning people, delighting in all manner of wickedness and plunder, except it were among their own brethren. witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions. there were of the people of Zarahemla, who wass=hlblue>as a descendant of Mulek, and those who came with him into the wilderness. there were of the Lamanites; yea, they were not half so numerous. many ass=hlgree>as he did baptize did belong to the church of God; and this because of their belief on the words of Alma. semble themselves together in different bodies, being called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word according ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as delivered to him by the mouth of Alma. to their faith, and remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state; for they would not call upon the Lord their God. the people of God; but because of the dissensions among the brethren they became more numerous. often ass=hlgree>as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me. himself, laboring with their own hands for their support. I said unto you, ass=hlgree>as they were going about rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them; and he descended ass=hlgree>as it were in a cloud; and he spake ass=hlgree>as it were with a voice of thunder, which caused the earth to shake upon which they stood; their ass=hlblue>astonishment; for with their own eyes they had beheld an angel of the Lord; and his voice wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as thunder, which shook the earth; and they knew that there wass=hlblue>as nothing save the power of God that could shake the earth and cause it to tremble ass=hlgree>as though it would part ass=hlblue>asunder. I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who wass=hlblue>as the son of Alma; yea, all the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred them upon him, and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a record of the people, handing them down from one generation to another, even ass=hlgree>as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem. such, I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to consider-- for ye are desirous to have a king. my father Benjamin did for this people-- I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you. he hass=hlblue>as hitherto visited this land. the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea, even ass=hlgree>as long ass=hlgree>as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land. a tyrant who wass=hlblue>as seeking for gain, yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul; for he had not exacted riches of them, neither had he delighted in the shedding of blood; but he had established peace in the land, and he had granted unto his people that they should be delivered from all manner of bondage; therefore they did esteem him, yea, exceedingly, beyond measure. he wass=hlblue>as going, to preach to those who believed on his word, he met a man who belonged to the church of God, yea, even one of their teachers; and he began to contend with him sharply, that he might lead away the people of the church; but the man withstood him, admonishing him with the words of God. to those who stood in need. put in force upon all those who did transgress it, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as possible. to the wisdom of the world, he being after the order of the man that slew Gideon by the sword, who wass=hlblue>as executed according to the law-- they were crossing the river Sidon, the Lamanites and the Amlicites, being ass=hlgree>as numerous almost, ass=hlgree>as it were, ass=hlgree>as the sands of the sea, came upon them to destroy them. many of the Lamanites and the Amlicites who had been slain upon the bank of the river Sidon were cast into the waters of Sidon; and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea, and they are many. a great cause for lamentations among the people, while others were abasing themselves, succoring those who stood in need of their succor, such ass=hlgree>as imparting their substance to the poor and the needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions, for Christ's sake, who should come according to the spirit of prophecy; tray, ass=hlgree>as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice! to things pertaining unto righteousness, being dead unto all good works. were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come. to this thing I do not know; but this much I do know, that the Lord God hath power to do all things which are according to his word. I said unto you from the beginning, that I had much desire that ye were not in the state of dilemma like your brethren, even so I have found that my desires have been gratified. their garments are spotless, in the kingdom of heaven to go no more out. he had before done in the land of Zarahemla, yea, he returned to his own house at Zarahemla to rest himself from the labors which he had performed. he entered the city he wass=hlblue>as an hungered, and he said to a man: Will ye give to an humble servant of God something to eat? I began to preach unto them, they began to contend with me, saying: ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in the land? And again it is said that: Inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. the Lamanites have not kept the commandments of God, they have been cut off from the presence of the Lord. Now we see that the word of the Lord hass=hlblue>as been verified in this thing, and the Lamanites have been cut off from his presence, from the beginning of their transgressions in the land. I wass=hlblue>as journeying to see a very near kindred, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto me and said: Amulek, return to thine own house, for thou shalt feed a prophet of the Lord; yea, a holy man, who is a chosen man of God; for he hass=hlblue>as fasted many days because of the sins of this people, and he is an hungered, and thou shalt receive him into thy house and feed him, and he shall bless thee and thy house; and the blessing of the Lord shall rest upon thee and thy house. I wass=hlblue>as going thither I found the man whom the angel said unto me: Thou shalt receive into thy house-- and behold it wass=hlblue>as this same man who hass=hlblue>as been speaking unto you concerning the things of God. the Lord liveth, even so hass=hlblue>as he sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me; and this he hass=hlblue>as done while this Alma hath dwelt at my house. they began to question him, he perceived their thoughts, and he said unto them: O ye wicked and perverse generation, ye lawyers and hypocrites, for ye are laying the foundations of the devil; for ye are laying traps and snares to catch the holy ones of God. were the people in the days of Noah, but it would be by famine, and by pestilence, and the sword. complained of to the judge; and the judge executed authority, and sent forth officers that the man should be brought before him; and he judged the man according to the law and the evidences which were brought against him, and thus the man wass=hlblue>as compelled to pay that which he owed, or be stripped, or be cast out from among the people ass=hlgree>as a thief and a robber. ass=hlgree>as great ass=hlgree>as two senums. ass=hlgree>as great ass=hlgree>as four senums. ass=hlgree>as great ass=hlgree>as them all. though he had authority to command God. though I had authority to command God because I said he shall not save his people in their sins. though there had been no redemption made, except it be the loosing of the bands of death; for behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God, and be judged according to their works. we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even ass=hlgree>as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt. a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, ass=hlgree>as it is now, or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil. a very subtle plan, ass=hlgree>as to the subtlety of the devil, for to lie and to deceive this people that thou mightest set them against us, to revile us and to cast us out-- to a temporal death, shall also die a spiritual death; yea, he shall die ass=hlgree>as to things pertaining unto righteousness. a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ass=hlblue>ascendeth up forever and ever; and then is the time that they shall be chained down to an everlasting destruction, according to the power and captivity of Satan, he having subjected them according to his will. though there had been no redemption made; for they cannot be redeemed according to God's justice; and they cannot die, seeing there is no more corruption. to things which were temporal, and becoming ass=hlgree>as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good-- an everlasting death ass=hlgree>as to things pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could have no power, for the works of justice could not be destroyed, according to the supreme goodness of God. in the first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as the first. great privilege ass=hlgree>as their brethren. would not harden their hearts, being in and through the atonement of the Only Begotten Son, who wass=hlblue>as prepared-- I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it wass=hlblue>as on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish; the people in the days of Melchizedek, who wass=hlblue>as also a high priest after this same order which I have spoken, who also took upon him the high priesthood forever. a witness against them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day. they were bound; and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks, and said unto them: After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto this people, that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone? a goat fleeth with her young from two lions; and thus they did flee from the presence of Alma and Amulek. to the people that were in the land of Ammonihah, they yet remained a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people; and they repented not of their sins, ass=hlblue>ascribing all the power of Alma and Amulek to the devil; for they were of the profession of Nehor, and did not believe in the repentance of their sins. to the pride of their hearts, and began to humble themselves before God, and began to ass=hlblue>assemble themselves together at their sanctuaries to worship God before the altar, watching and praying continually, that they might be delivered from Satan, and from death, and from destruction-- I said, Alma having seen all these things, therefore he took Amulek and came over to the land of Zarahemla, and took him to his own house, and did administer unto him in his tribulations, and strengthened him in the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as would hear their words, unto them they did impart the word of God, without any respect of persons, continually. a branch be grafted into the true vine, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord their God. Alma wass=hlblue>as journeying from the land of Gideon southward, away to the land of Manti, behold, to his ass=hlblue>astonishment, he met with the sons of Mosiah journeying towards the land of Zarahemla. hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in the spirit. Ammon entered the land of Ishmael, the Lamanites took him and bound him, ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as their custom to bind all the Nephites who fell into their hands, and carry them before the king; and thus it wass=hlblue>as left to the pleasure of the king to slay them, or to retain them in captivity, or to cast them into prison, or to cast them out of his land, according to his will and pleasure. he wass=hlblue>as with the Lamanitish servants going forth with their flocks to the place of water, which wass=hlblue>as called the water of Sebus, and all the Lamanites drive their flocks hither, that they may have water-- Ammon and the servants of the king were driving forth their flocks to this place of water, behold, a certain number of the Lamanites, who had been with their flocks to water, stood and scattered the flocks of Ammon and the servants of the king, and they scattered them insomuch that they fled many ways. he hass=hlblue>as our brethren because their flocks were scattered by the wickedness of these men. And they began to weep exceedingly, saying: Behold, our flocks are scattered already. Ammon commanded them, and he went forth and stood to contend with those who stood by the waters of Sebus; and they were in number not a few. many of their arms ass=hlgree>as were lifted against him, and they were not a few. come down at this time to preserve your lives, that I might not slay you ass=hlgree>as I did your brethren. Now this is the Great Spirit of whom our fathers have spoken. preparing his horses and his chariots he wass=hlblue>as more ass=hlblue>astonished, because of the faithfulness of Ammon, saying: Surely there hass=hlblue>as not been any servant among all my servants that hass=hlblue>as been so faithful ass=hlgree>as this man; for even he doth remember all my commandments to execute them. if he were dead. if he were dead for the space of two days and two nights; and his wife, and his sons, and his daughters mourned over him, after the manner of the Lamanites, greatly lamenting his loss. he wass=hlblue>as commanded, and went in unto the queen, and desired to know what she would that he should do. been laid upon his bed for the space of two days and two nights; and some say that he is not dead, but others say that he is dead and that he stinketh, and that he ought to be placed in the sepulchre; but ass=hlgree>as for myself, to me he doth not stink. his only desire. Therefore, he went in to see the king according ass=hlgree>as the queen had desired him; and he saw the king, and he knew that he wass=hlblue>as not dead. thou hast said. he arose, he stretched forth his hand unto the woman, and said: Blessed be the name of God, and blessed art thou. sure ass=hlgree>as thou livest, behold, I have seen my Redeemer; and he shall come forth, and be born of a woman, and he shall redeem all mankind who believe on his name. Now, when he had said these words, his heart wass=hlblue>as swollen within him, and he sunk again with joy; and the queen also sunk down, being overpowered by the Spirit. semble themselves together unto the house of the king. And there came a multitude, and to their ass=hlblue>astonishment, they beheld the king, and the queen, and their servants prostrate upon the earth, and they all lay there ass=hlgree>as though they were dead; and they also saw Ammon, and behold, he wass=hlblue>as a Nephite. he lifted the sword to smite him, behold, he fell dead. soon ass=hlgree>as she touched her hand she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice, saying: O blessed Jesus, who hass=hlblue>as saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people! many ass=hlgree>as heard his words believed, and were converted unto the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as did believe were baptized; and they became a righteous people, and they did establish a church among them. Ammon and Lamoni were journeying thither, they met the father of Lamoni, who wass=hlblue>as king over all the land. it happened, it wass=hlblue>as their lot to have fallen into the hands of a more hardened and a more stiffnecked people; therefore they would not hearken unto their words, and they had cast them out, and had smitten them, and had driven them from house to house, and from place to place, even until they had arrived in the land of Middoni; and there they were taken and cast into prison, and bound with strong cords, and kept in prison for many days, and were delivered by Lamoni and Ammon. Aaron entered into one of their synagogues to preach unto the people, and ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as speaking unto them, behold there arose an Amalekite and began to contend with him, saying: What is that thou hast testified? Hast thou seen an angel? Why do not angels appear unto us? Behold are not this people ass=hlgree>as good ass=hlgree>as thy people? he began to expound these things unto them they were angry with him, and began to mock him; and they would not hear the words which he spake. Ammon wass=hlblue>as thus teaching the people of Lamoni continually, we will return to the account of Aaron and his brethren; for after he departed from the land of Middoni he wass=hlblue>as led by the Spirit to the land of Nephi, even to the house of the king which wass=hlblue>as over all the land save it were the land of Ishmael; and he wass=hlblue>as the father of Lamoni. suredly ass=hlgree>as thou livest, O king, there is a God. struck ass=hlgree>as if he were dead. if he were dead, and also Aaron and his brethren standing ass=hlgree>as though they had been the cause of his fall, she wass=hlblue>as angry with them, and commanded that her servants, or the servants of the king, should take them and slay them. wisdom in the Nephites-- ass=hlgree>as the Lamanites were an enemy to them, they would not suffer their afflictions on every hand, and also that they might have a country whither they might flee, according to their desires. sure ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth, so sure ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as believed, or ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were brought to the knowledge of the truth, through the preaching of Ammon and his brethren, according to the spirit of revelation and of prophecy, and the power of God working miracles in them-- yea, I say unto you, ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth, ass=hlgree>as many of the Lamanites ass=hlgree>as believed in their preaching, and were converted unto the Lord, never did fall away. been all that we could do (ass=hlgree>as we were the most lost of all mankind) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it wass=hlblue>as all we could do to repent sufficiently before God that he would take away our stain-- had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us that we might not perish; yea, and he hass=hlblue>as made these things known unto us beforehand, because he loveth our souls ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as he loveth our children; therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as unto future generations. been ass=hlgree>as much ass=hlgree>as we could do to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords are made bright, let us hide them away that they may be kept bright, ass=hlgree>as a testimony to our God at the last day, or at the day that we shall be brought to stand before him to be judged, that we have not stained our swords in the blood of our brethren since he imparted his word unto us and hass=hlblue>as made us clean thereby. a testimony that we have never used them, at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we shall go to our God and shall be saved. their brethren, relying upon the mercies of those whose arms were lifted to slay them. the first that suffered death by fire because of his belief in God; now this is what he meant, that many should suffer death by fire, according ass=hlgree>as he had suffered. he wass=hlblue>as, and that they should be scattered abroad and slain, even ass=hlgree>as a sheep having no shepherd is driven and slain by wild beasts; and now behold, these words were verified, for they were driven by the Lamanites, and they were hunted, and they were smitten. their brethren had, and they began to be a righteous people; and they did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe to keep his commandments and his statutes. expedient that they should keep the law of Moses ass=hlgree>as yet, for it wass=hlblue>as not all fulfilled. But notwithstanding the law of Moses, they did look forward to the coming of Christ, considering that the law of Moses wass=hlblue>as a type of his coming, and believing that they must keep those outward performances until the time that he should be revealed unto them. to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever. to have snatched us from our awful, sinful, and polluted state? it were, fleeth at the thought. Behold, he did not exercise his justice upon us, but in his great mercy hath brought us over that everlasting gulf of death and misery, even to the salvation of our souls. it hass=hlblue>as been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance. stiffnecked a people ass=hlgree>as they are; whose hearts delight in the shedding of blood; whose days have been spent in the grossest iniquity; whose ways have been the ways of a transgressor from the beginning? Now my brethren, ye remember that this wass=hlblue>as their language. we, since the world began; yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God; for he hass=hlblue>as all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all things, and he is a merciful Being, even unto salvation, to those who will repent and believe on his name. though they were angels sent from God to save them from everlasting destruction-- therefore, when Ammon and his brethren saw this great work of destruction, they were moved with compassion, and they said unto the king: Ammon wass=hlblue>as going forth into the land, that he and his brethren met Alma, over in the place of which hass=hlblue>as been spoken; and behold, this wass=hlblue>as a joyful meeting. a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one ass=hlgree>as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad. with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth. it were, so great is my joy. I have spoken. Amen. it were in bondage, that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of their hands, that they durst not look up with boldness, and that they durst not enjoy their rights and privileges. brought before Alma and the chief judge, he did go on in the same manner ass=hlgree>as he did in the land of Gideon; yea, he went on to blaspheme. even one senine for my labor; neither hass=hlblue>as any of my brethren, save it were in the judgment-seat; and then we have received only according to law for our time. a testimony that these things are true; and ye also have all things ass=hlgree>as a testimony unto you that they are true; and will ye deny them? Believest thou that these things are true? the Lord will. he went forth among the people, yea, among a people who had separated themselves from the Nephites and called themselves Zoramites, being led by a man whose name wass=hlblue>as Zoram-- and ass=hlgree>as he went forth amongst them, behold, he wass=hlblue>as run upon and trodden down, even until he wass=hlblue>as dead. the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which wass=hlblue>as just-- yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them-- therefore Alma thought it wass=hlblue>as expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God. he clapped his hands upon them, they were filled with the Holy Spirit. filthiness; therefore they were poor; yea, they were esteemed by their brethren ass=hlgree>as dross; therefore they were poor ass=hlgree>as to things of the world; and also they were poor in heart. Alma wass=hlblue>as teaching and speaking unto the people upon the hill Onidah, there came a great multitude unto him, who were those of whom we have been speaking, of whom were poor in heart, because of their poverty ass=hlgree>as to the things of the world. I said unto you, that because ye were compelled to be humble ye were blessed, do ye not suppose that they are more blessed who truly humble themselves because of the word? it is on the other; and it shall be unto every man according to his work. I said concerning faith-- faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true. ye have desired to know of me what ye shall do because ye are afflicted and cast out-- now I do not desire that ye should suppose that I mean to judge you only according to that which is true-- I said concerning faith-- that it wass=hlblue>as not a perfect knowledge-- even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge. the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, then you must needs say that the seed is good; for behold it swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow. And now, behold, will not this strengthen your faith? Yea, it will strengthen your faith: for ye will say I know that this is a good seed; for behold it sprouteth and beginneth to grow. the tree beginneth to grow, ye will say: Let us nourish it with great care, that it may get root, that it may grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us. And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit. it beginneth to grow, by your faith with great diligence, and with patience, looking forward to the fruit thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall be a tree springing up unto everlasting life. it beginneth to swell even so nourish it by your faith. And behold, it will become a tree, springing up in you unto everlasting life. And then may God grant unto you that your burdens may be light, through the joy of his Son. And even all this can ye do if ye will. Amen. ye have desired of my beloved brother that he should make known unto you what ye should do, because of your afflictions; and he hath spoken somewhat unto you to prepare your minds; yea, and he hath exhorted you unto faith and to patience-- even to plant the word in your hearts, that ye may try the experiment of its goodness. hypocrites who do deny the faith. dross, which the refiners do cast out, (it being of no worth) and is trodden under foot of men. I said unto you before, ass=hlgree>as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed. many ass=hlgree>as were brought to repentance were driven out of their land; but they have lands for their inheritance in the land of Jershon, and they have taken up arms to defend themselves, and their wives, and children, and their lands. ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land. I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it wass=hlblue>as the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions. it were the voice of thunder, and the whole earth did tremble beneath our feet; and we all fell to the earth, for the fear of the Lord came upon us. I wass=hlblue>as thus racked with torment, while I wass=hlblue>as harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world. my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death. filled with joy ass=hlgree>as exceeding ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as my pain! were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as my joy. our father Lehi saw, God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude of singing and praising their God; yea, and my soul did long to be there. imparted unto me, behold, many have been born of God, and have tasted ass=hlgree>as I have tasted, and have seen eye to eye ass=hlgree>as I have seen; therefore they do know of these things of which I have spoken, ass=hlgree>as I do know; and the knowledge which I have is of God. also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he hass=hlblue>as also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of bondage and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also ought to retain in remembrance, ass=hlgree>as I have done, their captivity. I do know, that inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land; and ye ought to know also, that inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will not keep the commandments of God ye shall be cut off from his presence. Now this is according to his word. I have done, upon the plates of Nephi, and keep all these things sacred which I have kept, even ass=hlgree>as I have kept them; for it is for a wise purpose that they are kept. chaff before the wind. they are written. our fathers were slothful to give heed to this compass (now these things were temporal) they did not prosper; even so it is with things which are spiritual. easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land. surely ass=hlgree>as this director did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise. I said unto Helaman, that inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye will not keep the commandments of God ye shall be cut off from his presence. you have commenced in your youth to look to the Lord your God, even so I hope that you will continue in keeping his commandments; for blessed is he that endureth to the end. much ass=hlgree>as ye shall put your trust in God even so much ye shall be delivered out of your trials, and your troubles, and your afflictions, and ye shall be lifted up at the last day. ass=hlgree>as thunder, and it shook the whole earth. ye have begun to teach the word even so I would that ye should continue to teach; and I would that ye would be diligent and temperate in all things. the Zoramites do, for ye have seen that they pray to be heard of men, and to be praised for their wisdom. did thy brother, among the people of the Zoramites. Now this is what I have against thee; thou didst go on unto boasting in thy strength and thy wisdom. a testimony against you at the last day. precious unto God ass=hlgree>as a soul will be at the time of his coming? necessary that the plan of redemption should be made known unto this people ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as unto their children? easy at this time for the Lord to send his angel to declare these glad tidings unto us ass=hlgree>as unto our children, or ass=hlgree>as after the time of his coming? one day with God, and time only is measured unto men. been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life. well ass=hlgree>as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection. been spoken shall all be reunited at once, the wicked ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as the righteous, I do not say; let it suffice, that I say that they all come forth; or in other words, their resurrection cometh to pass before the resurrection of those who die after the resurrection of Christ. my opinion, that the souls and the bodies are reunited, of the righteous, at the resurrection of Christ, and his ass=hlblue>ascension into heaven. to things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out, and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works, which have been evil; and they drink the dregs of a bitter cup. he hass=hlblue>as desired to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh. God, knowing good and evil; and lest he should put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever, the Lord God placed cherubim and the flaming sword, that he should not partake of the fruit-- appointed unto man to die-- therefore, ass=hlgree>as they were cut off from the tree of life they should be cut off from the face of the earth-- and man became lost forever, yea, they became fallen man. the soul could never die, and the fall had brought upon all mankind a spiritual death ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as a temporal, that is, they were cut off from the presence of the Lord, it wass=hlblue>as expedient that mankind should be reclaimed from this spiritual death. they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature, this probationary state became a state for them to prepare; it became a preparatory state. ide) ass=hlgree>as soon ass=hlgree>as they were dead their souls were miserable, being cut off from the presence of the Lord. eternal ass=hlgree>as the life of the soul should be, affixed opposite to the plan of happiness, which wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as eternal also ass=hlgree>as the life of the soul. the Amalekites were of a more wicked and murderous disposition than the Lamanites were, in and of themselves, therefore, Zerahemnah appointed chief captains over the Lamanites, and they were all Amalekites and Zoramites. numerous, nearly, ass=hlgree>as were the Nephites; and thus the Nephites were obliged to contend with their brethren, even unto bloodshed. the armies of the Lamanites had gathered together in the land of Antionum, behold, the armies of the Nephites were prepared to meet them in the land of Jershon. soon ass=hlgree>as they had departed into the wilderness Moroni sent spies into the wilderness to watch their camp; and Moroni, also, knowing of the prophecies of Alma, sent certain men unto him, desiring him that he should inquire of the Lord whither the armies of the Nephites should go to defend themselves against the Lamanites. Moroni knew the intention of the Lamanites, that it wass=hlblue>as their intention to destroy their brethren, or to subject them and bring them into bondage that they might establish a kingdom unto themselves over all the land; the Lamanites had passed the hill Riplah, and came into the valley, and began to cross the river Sidon, the army which wass=hlblue>as concealed on the south of the hill, which wass=hlblue>as led by a man whose name wass=hlblue>as Lehi, and he led his army forth and encircled the Lamanites about on the east in their rear. the duty which they owed to their God; for the Lord had said unto them, and also unto their fathers, that: Inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies. we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith. the Lord liveth, ye shall not depart except ye depart with an oath that ye will not return again against us to war. Now ass=hlgree>as ye are in our hands we will spill your blood upon the ground, or ye shall submit to the conditions which I have proposed. angry with Moroni, and he rushed forward that he might slay Moroni; but ass=hlgree>as he raised his sword, behold, one of Moroni's soldiers smote it even to the earth, and it broke by the hilt; and he also smote Zerahemnah that he took off his scalp and it fell to the earth. And Zerahemnah withdrew from before them into the midst of his soldiers. this scalp hass=hlblue>as fallen to the earth, which is the scalp of your chief, so shall ye fall to the earth except ye will deliver up your weapons of war and depart with a covenant of peace. upon the sword, that were struck with fear; and many came forth and threw down their weapons of war at the feet of Moroni, and entered into a covenant of peace. And ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as entered into a covenant they suffered to depart into the wilderness. the soldier of Moroni had prophesied. I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. if to go into the land of Melek. And it came to pass that he wass=hlblue>as never heard of more; ass=hlgree>as to his death or burial we know not of. a righteous man; and the saying went abroad in the church that he wass=hlblue>as taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the hand of the Lord, even ass=hlgree>as Moses. But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself; and we suppose that he hass=hlblue>as also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself; therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial. many ass=hlgree>as would not hearken to the words of Helaman and his brethren were gathered together against their brethren. there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land-- they were called, because of their belief in Christ who should come. a covenant, that they would not forsake the Lord their God; or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God, or fall into transgression, and be ass=hlblue>ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ, the Lord should rend them even ass=hlgree>as they had rent their garments. the covenant which they made, and they cast their garments at the feet of Moroni, saying: We covenant with our God, that we shall be destroyed, even ass=hlgree>as our brethren in the land northward, if we shall fall into transgression; yea, he may cast us at the feet of our enemies, even ass=hlgree>as we have cast our garments at thy feet to be trodden under foot, if we shall fall into transgression. a remnant of Joseph; yea, let us remember the words of Jacob, before his death, for behold, he saw that a part of the remnant of the coat of Joseph wass=hlblue>as preserved and had not decayed. And he said-- Even ass=hlgree>as this remnant of garment of my son hath been preserved, so shall a remnant of the seed of my son be preserved by the hand of God, and be taken unto himself, while the remainder of the seed of Joseph shall perish, even ass=hlgree>as the remnant of his garment. his garment, are those who have dissented from us? Yea, and even it shall be ourselves if we do not stand fast in the faith of Christ. we must needs suppose. the king came out to meet him Amalickiah caused that his servants should go forth to meet the king. And they went and bowed themselves before the king, ass=hlgree>as if to reverence him because of his greatness. wass=hlblue>as the custom with the Lamanites, ass=hlgree>as a token of peace, which custom they had taken from the Nephites. soon ass=hlgree>as Amalickiah had obtained the kingdom he began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the people of Nephi; yea, he did appoint men to speak unto the Lamanites from their towers, against the Nephites. well ass=hlgree>as the Lamanites. I have said, in the latter end of the nineteenth year, yea, notwithstanding their peace amongst themselves, they were compelled reluctantly to contend with their brethren, the Lamanites. there were any who should keep the commandments of God, for the promise of the Lord wass=hlblue>as, if they should keep his commandments they should prosper in the land. they had hitherto done; yea, and they had also prepared themselves with shields, and with breastplates; and they had also prepared themselves with garments of skins, yea, very thick garments to cover their nakedness. wisdom in Moroni; for he had supposed that they would be frightened at the city Ammonihah; and ass=hlgree>as the city of Noah had hitherto been the weakest part of the land, therefore they would march thither to battle; and thus it wass=hlblue>as according to his desires. should attempt to climb up to enter the fort by any other way, by casting over stones and arrows at them. they shall keep my commandments they shall prosper in the land. But remember, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as they will not keep my commandments they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. they had hitherto been, because of the many thousands who had been slain by the hand of the Nephites; but notwithstanding their great loss, Amalickiah had gathered together a wonderfully great army, insomuch that he feared not to come down to the land of Zarahemla. they did lift their weapons of war to fight against the men of Moroni they were hewn down and leveled to the earth. he wass=hlblue>as marching forth with his numerous army that he might take possession of the land Bountiful, and also the land northward. if making preparations for war; yea, and truly he wass=hlblue>as preparing to defend himself against them, by casting up walls round about and preparing places of resort. the Lamanites had taken many prisoners, that he should retain all the prisoners of the Lamanites ass=hlgree>as a ransom for those whom the Lamanites had taken. much ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as in his power, that perhaps he might take again by stratagem or some other way those cities which had been taken out of their hands; and that he also would fortify and strengthen the cities round about, which had not fallen into the hands of the Lamanites. endeavoring to harass the Nephites, and to draw away a part of their forces to that part of the land, while he had commanded those whom he had left to possess the cities which he had taken, that they should also harass the Nephites on the borders by the east sea, and should take possession of their lands ass=hlgree>as much ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as in their power, according to the power of their armies. Teancum saw the armies of the Lamanites coming out against him he began to retreat down by the seashore, northward. they were about to take their weapons of war, they were overpowered by the persuasions of Helaman and his brethren, for they were about to break the oath which they had made. semble themselves together at this time, ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were able to take up arms, and they called themselves Nephites. they never had hitherto been a disadvantage to the Nephites, they became now at this period of time also a great support; for they took their weapons of war, and they would that Helaman should be their leader. not a woman nor a child among all the prisoners of Moroni, or the prisoners whom Moroni had taken; therefore Moroni resolved upon a stratagem to obtain ass=hlgree>as many prisoners of the Nephites from the Lamanites ass=hlgree>as it were possible. thou and thy brother have been, except ye repent and withdraw your murderous purposes, and return with your armies to your own lands. ye have once rejected these things, and have fought against the people of the Lord, even so I may expect you will do it again. the Lord liveth, our armies shall come upon you except ye withdraw, and ye shall soon be visited with death, for we will retain our cities and our lands; yea, and we will maintain our religion and the cause of our God. concerning that God whom ye say we have rejected, behold, we know not such a being; neither do ye; but if it so be that there is such a being, we know not but that he hath made us ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as you. I have stated in my epistle; for I will not grant unto him that he shall have any more power than what he hath got. Ammoron would not grant unto me mine epistle, behold, I will give unto him according to my words; yea, I will seek death among them until they shall sue for peace. many ass=hlgree>as were able to use a weapon of war, when Moroni had armed all those prisoners; and all those things were done in a profound silence. well in the Lord ass=hlgree>as in the tribulations of our warfare; behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you concerning our warfare in this part of the land. well ass=hlgree>as in spirit, for they had fought valiantly by day and toiled by night to maintain their cities; and thus they had suffered great afflictions of every kind. if we were carrying provisions to a neighboring city. if we were going to the city beyond, in the borders by the seashore. if with our provisions, to go to that city. we suppose, it wass=hlblue>as their intent to slay us before Antipus should overtake them, and this that they might not be surrounded by our people. I had ever called them my sons (for they were all of them very young) even so they said unto me: Father, behold our God is with us, and he will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth; we would not slay our brethren if they would let us alone; therefore let us go, lest they should overpower the army of Antipus. prisoners of war. if with the strength of God; yea, never were men known to have fought with such miraculous strength; and with such mighty power did they fall upon the Lamanites, that they did frighten them; and for this cause did the Lamanites deliver themselves up ass=hlgree>as prisoners of war. we had no place for our prisoners, that we could guard them to keep them from the armies of the Lamanites, therefore we sent them to the land of Zarahemla, and a part of those men who were not slain of Antipus, with them; and the remainder I took and joined them to my stripling Ammonites, and took our march back to the city of Judea. many times ass=hlgree>as they attempted this their blood wass=hlblue>as spilt. they were about to overpower us. the remainder of our army were about to give way before the Lamanites, behold, those two thousand and sixty were firm and undaunted. Moroni had supposed that there should be men sent to the city of Nephihah, to the ass=hlblue>assistance of the people to maintain that city, and knowing that it wass=hlblue>as easier to keep the city from falling into the hands of the Lamanites than to retake it from them, he supposed that they would easily maintain that city. we hitherto have done; yea, had it not been for the desire of power and authority which those king-men had over us; had they been true to the cause of our freedom, and united with us, and gone forth against our enemies, instead of taking up their swords against us, which wass=hlblue>as the cause of so much bloodshed among ourselves; yea, if we had gone forth against them in the strength of the Lord, we should have dispersed our enemies, for it would have been done, according to the fulfilling of his word. guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God hass=hlblue>as said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also. many men ass=hlgree>as it were possible that I could get. rebellions and dissensions, let us resist them with our swords, that we may retain our freedom, that we may rejoice in the great privilege of our church, and in the cause of our Redeemer and our God. they were marching towards the land, they took a large body of men of the Lamanites, and slew many of them, and took their provisions and their weapons of war. many ass=hlgree>as were desirous, unto them it wass=hlblue>as granted according to their desires. he wass=hlblue>as about to do this, behold, he wass=hlblue>as taken, and wass=hlblue>as tried according to the voice of the people, and condemned unto death; for he had raised up in rebellion and sought to destroy the liberty of the people. condemned unto death, therefore they were angry, and behold, they sent forth one Kishkumen, even to the judgment-seat of Pahoran, and murdered Pahoran ass=hlgree>as he sat upon the judgment-seat. not known among the people of Nephi, for he wass=hlblue>as in disguise at the time that he murdered Pahoran. And Kishkumen and his band, who had covenanted with him, did mingle themselves among the people, in a manner that they all could not be found; but ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were found were condemned unto death. they had hitherto done; therefore Moronihah had caused that their strong armies should maintain those parts round about by the borders. he went forth towards the judgment-seat to destroy Helaman, behold one of the servants of Helaman, having been out by night, and having obtained, through disguise, a knowledge of those plans which had been laid by this band to destroy Helaman-- they were going forth unto the judgment-seat, did stab Kishkumen even to the heart, that he fell dead without a groan. And he ran and told Helaman all the things which he had seen, and heard, and done. timber wass=hlblue>as exceedingly scarce in the land northward, they did send forth much by the way of shipping. they did repent they did begin to prosper. ass=hlgree>as great ass=hlgree>as their strength, even man for man. And thus had they fallen into this great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years. their laws and their governments were established by the voice of the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were ripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted. it hass=hlblue>as been said and written of them. if by fire, even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands upon them for fear lest they should be burned. Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned; and they were ass=hlgree>as standing in the midst of fire and were not burned. if they were struck dumb with amazement. if they were about to tumble to the earth; but behold, they did not fall. And behold, they that were in the prison were Lamanites and Nephites who were dissenters. if it were above the cloud of darkness, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, and seek no more to destroy my servants whom I have sent unto you to declare good tidings. not a voice of thunder, neither wass=hlblue>as it a voice of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it wass=hlblue>as a still voice of perfect mildness, ass=hlgree>as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul-- if it were about to tumble to the earth; and behold the cloud of darkness, which had overshadowed them, did not disperse-- if it were about to divide ass=hlblue>asunder. the faces of angels. And he beheld that they did lift their eyes to heaven; and they were in the attitude ass=hlgree>as if talking or lifting their voices to some being whom they beheld. if in the midst of a flaming fire, yet it did harm them not, neither did it take hold upon the walls of the prison; and they were filled with that joy which is unspeakable and full of glory. if with fire, and they could speak forth marvelous words. if it were a whisper, saying: if to behold from whence the voice came; and behold, they saw the heavens open; and angels came down out of heaven and ministered unto them. many ass=hlgree>as were convinced did lay down their weapons of war, and also their hatred and the tradition of their fathers. murdered by an unknown hand ass=hlgree>as he sat upon the judgment-seat. And it came to pass that in the same year, that his son, who had been appointed by the people in his stead, wass=hlblue>as also murdered. And thus ended the sixty and sixth year. he can get hold upon the hearts of the children of men. he wass=hlblue>as pouring out his soul unto God upon the tower; and they ran and told the people what they had seen, and the people came together in multitudes that they might know the cause of so great mourning for the wickedness of the people. he hass=hlblue>as hitherto done, to withstand against your enemies. testified unto us; for we know that he hass=hlblue>as testified aright unto us concerning our iniquities. And behold they are many, and he knoweth ass=hlgree>as well all things which shall befall us ass=hlgree>as he knoweth of our iniquities; he lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, even so shall he be lifted up who should come. many ass=hlgree>as should look upon that serpent should live, even so ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as should look upon the Son of God with faith, having a contrite spirit, might live, even unto that life which is eternal. a witness that they are true. they went: Nephi had testified, we were ass=hlblue>astonished insomuch that we fell to the earth; and when we were recovered from our ass=hlblue>astonishment, behold they cast us into prison. for the murder of this man, we know not who hass=hlblue>as done it; and only this much we know, we ran and came according ass=hlgree>as ye desired, and behold he wass=hlblue>as dead, according to the words of Nephi. if he were ass=hlblue>astonished; nevertheless, he shall declare unto you that he is innocent. if death had come upon him. Nephi had said unto them. And behold, the words which he had said were true; for according to the words he did deny; and also according to the words he did confess. he wass=hlblue>as standing in the midst of them. he wass=hlblue>as thus pondering-- being much cast down because of the wickedness of the people of the Nephites, their secret works of darkness, and their murderings, and their plunderings, and all manner of iniquities-- and it came to pass ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as thus pondering in his heart, behold, a voice came unto him saying: smitten that it wass=hlblue>as dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth wass=hlblue>as smitten, even among the Lamanites ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land. filled with rejoicing; and they did no more seek to destroy Nephi, but they did esteem him ass=hlgree>as a great prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority given unto him from God. not a whit behind him ass=hlgree>as to things pertaining to righteousness. there were dissenters that went forth unto them. arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of iniquity unto them, even ass=hlgree>as they did of old time. the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil. if it wass=hlblue>as day. if it were one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and also of its setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night shall not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is born. ye never have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you. dead, both ass=hlgree>as to things temporal and to things spiritual. to things pertaining to righteousness. I said unto you concerning another sign, a sign of his death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death the sun shall be darkened and refuse to give his light unto you; and also the moon and the stars; and there shall be no light upon the face of this land, even from the time that he shall suffer death, for the space of three days, to the time that he shall rise again from the dead. many of them ass=hlgree>as are brought to the knowledge of the truth, and to know of the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers, and are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea, the prophecies of the holy prophets, which are written, which leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them-- many ass=hlgree>as have come to this, ye know of yourselves are firm and steadfast in the faith, and in the thing wherewith they have been made free. surely ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth shall these things be, saith the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as believed on his word went forth and sought for Nephi; and when they had come forth and found him they confessed unto him their sins and denied not, desiring that they might be baptized unto the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as there were who did not believe in the words of Samuel were angry with him; and they cast stones at him upon the wall, and also many shot arrows at him ass=hlgree>as he stood upon the wall; but the Spirit of the Lord wass=hlblue>as with him, insomuch that they could not hit him with their stones neither with their arrows. many ass=hlgree>as believed on the words of Samuel went forth unto him to be baptized, for they came repenting and confessing their sins. they went forth to lay their hands on him, behold, he did cast himself down from the wall, and did flee out of their lands, yea, even unto his own country, and began to preach and to prophesy among his own people. a Christ shall come; if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, ass=hlgree>as it hass=hlblue>as been spoken, why will he not show himself unto us ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as unto them who shall be at Jerusalem? well ass=hlgree>as in the land of Jerusalem? one day ass=hlgree>as if there were no night, that they might know that their faith had not been vain. they had been spoken; for behold, at the going down of the sun there wass=hlblue>as no darkness; and the people began to be ass=hlblue>astonished because there wass=hlblue>as no darkness when the night came. if they were dead, for they knew that the great plan of destruction which they had laid for those who believed in the words of the prophets had been frustrated; for the sign which had been given wass=hlblue>as already at hand. no darkness in all that night, but it wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as light ass=hlgree>as though it wass=hlblue>as mid-day. And it came to pass that the sun did rise in the morning again, according to its proper order; and they knew that it wass=hlblue>as the day that the Lord should be born, because of the sign which had been given. to their faith and righteousness, because of the wickedness of the rising generation. if ye were supported by the hand of a god, in the defence of your liberty, and your property, and your country, or that which ye do call so. to suppose that ye can stand against so many brave men who are at my command, who do now at this time stand in their arms, and do await with great anxiety for the word-- Go down upon the Nephites and destroy them. guards round about to watch them, and to guard them from the robbers day and night. the Lord liveth, except ye repent of all your iniquities, and cry unto the Lord, ye will in nowise be delivered out of the hands of those Gadianton robbers. the custom among all the Nephites to appoint for their chief captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness) some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy; therefore, this Gidgiddoni wass=hlblue>as a great prophet among them, ass=hlgree>as also wass=hlblue>as the chief judge. the Lord liveth, if we do this he will deliver them into our hands. far ass=hlgree>as the borders of the wilderness, and that they should not spare any that should fall into their hands by the way; and thus they did pursue them and did slay them, to the borders of the wilderness, even until they had fulfilled the commandment of Gidgiddoni. pursued ass=hlgree>as he fled; and being weary because of his much fighting he wass=hlblue>as overtaken and slain. And thus wass=hlblue>as the end of Giddianhi the robber. this man hath been felled to the earth. they shall call on the name of their God for protection. one, in singing, and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them, in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies. many ass=hlgree>as would repent of their sins and enter into a covenant that they would murder no more were set at liberty. many ass=hlgree>as there were who did not enter into a covenant, and who did still continue to have those secret murders in their hearts, yea, ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were found breathing out threatenings against their brethren were condemned and punished according to the law. the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he hath blessed them and prospered them according to his word. surely ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth. he hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, even so shall the covenant wherewith he hath covenanted with the house of Jacob be fulfilled in his own due time, unto the restoring all the house of Jacob unto the knowledge of the covenant that he hath covenanted with them. the Lord liveth so shall it be. Amen. done, and there were no wars ass=hlgree>as yet among them; and all this iniquity had come upon the people because they did yield themselves unto the power of Satan. the tribes of the people, who were united together save it were their leaders did establish their laws, every one according to his tribe; nevertheless they were enemies; notwithstanding they were not a righteous people, yet they were united in the hatred of those who had entered into a covenant to destroy the government. to their laws, and their manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of those who were their chiefs and their leaders. But they did establish very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another, insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them. many ass=hlgree>as were converted did truly signify unto the people that they had been visited by the power and Spirit of God, which wass=hlblue>as in Jesus Christ, in whom they believed. many ass=hlgree>as had devils cast out from them, and were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed; and they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles among the people. should come unto them should be baptized with water, and this ass=hlgree>as a witness and a testimony before God, and unto the people, that they had repented and received a remission of their sins. never had been known in all the land. also a great and terrible tempest; and there wass=hlblue>as terrible thunder, insomuch that it did shake the whole earth ass=hlgree>as if it wass=hlblue>as about to divide ass=hlblue>asunder. never had been known in all the land. many ass=hlgree>as have received me, to them have I given to become the sons of God; and even so will I to ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as shall believe on my name, for behold, by me redemption cometh, and in me is the law of Moses fulfilled. the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not. a little child, him will I receive, for of such is the kingdom of God. Behold, for such I have laid down my life, and have taken it up again; therefore repent, and come unto me ye ends of the earth, and be saved. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, who have fallen; yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, ye that dwell at Jerusalem, ass=hlgree>as ye that have fallen; yea, how oft would I have gathered you ass=hlgree>as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart. if it came out of heaven; and they cast their eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard; and it wass=hlblue>as not a harsh voice, neither wass=hlblue>as it a loud voice; nevertheless, and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did hear to the center, insomuch that there wass=hlblue>as no part of their frame that it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul, and did cause their hearts to burn. they understood they cast their eyes up again towards heaven; and behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he wass=hlblue>as clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it meant, for they thought it wass=hlblue>as an angel that had appeared unto them. I have commanded you thus shall ye baptize. And there shall be no disputations among you, ass=hlgree>as there have hitherto been; neither shall there be disputations among you concerning the points of my doctrine, ass=hlgree>as there have hitherto been. a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things. a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect. will hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. the hypocrites, for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. the heathen, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. it is in heaven. we forgive our debtors. the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. many ass=hlgree>as have not been fulfilled in me, verily I say unto you, shall all be fulfilled. yet heard my voice; neither have I at any time manifested myself unto them. salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel. if they would ass=hlblue>ask him to tarry a little longer with them. they were brought forth unto him. many ass=hlgree>as could come for the multitude did kiss his feet, insomuch that they did bathe his feet with their tears. we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father; we both saw and heard Jesus speak; and no one can conceive of the joy which filled our souls at the time we heard him pray for us unto the Father. they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven ass=hlgree>as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them. I have done, even ass=hlgree>as I have broken bread and blessed it and given it unto you. I have prayed among you even so shall ye pray in my church, among my people who do repent and are baptized in my name. Behold I am the light; I have set an example for you. wheat. he touched them. if it were by fire; and it came down from heaven, and the multitude did witness it, and did bear record; and angels did come down out of heaven and did minister unto them. thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one. they did pray unto him; and his countenance did smile upon them, and the light of his countenance did shine upon them, and behold they were ass=hlgree>as white ass=hlgree>as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness, yea, even there could be nothing upon earth so white ass=hlgree>as the whiteness thereof. they are purified in me. thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one, that I may be glorified in them. Jesus. ye have seen; neither have they heard so great things ass=hlgree>as ye have heard. a lion among the beasts of the forest, and ass=hlgree>as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. a man gathereth his sheaves into the floor. many ass=hlgree>as have spoken, have testified of me. many were ass=hlblue>astonished at thee-- his visage wass=hlblue>as so marred, more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men-- the Father hath commanded me. Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance. a free people by the power of the Father, that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel; Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant. a lion among the beasts of the forest, ass=hlgree>as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. upon the heathen, such ass=hlgree>as they have not heard. sist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also ass=hlgree>as many of the house of Israel ass=hlgree>as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem. a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee. touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles. written according ass=hlgree>as he commanded. a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them ass=hlgree>as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. in the days of old, and ass=hlgree>as in former years. a man spareth his own son that serveth him. an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. calves in the stall. a scroll, and the heavens and the earth should pass away; many ass=hlgree>as did come unto them; and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were baptized in the name of Jesus were filled with the Holy Ghost. Jesus had commanded them. the disciples of Jesus were journeying and were preaching the things which they had both heard and seen, and were baptizing in the name of Jesus, it came to pass that the disciples were gathered together and were united in mighty prayer and fasting. I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil-- hath been written, of that which hath been. I am. wass=hlblue>as the son of perdition; for they will sell me for silver and for gold, and for that which moth doth corrupt and which thieves can break through and steal. And in that day will I visit them, even in turning their works upon their own heads. the Father hath given me fulness of joy; and ye shall be even ass=hlgree>as I am, and I am even ass=hlgree>as the Father; and the Father and I are one; many to the church ass=hlgree>as would believe in their preaching; baptizing them, and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as were baptized did receive the Holy Ghost. a child with a suckling lamb, and received no harm. the angels of God, and if they shall pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus they can show themselves unto whatsoever man it seemeth them good. I spake concerning those whom the Lord hath chosen, yea, even three who were caught up into the heavens, that I knew not whether they were cleansed from mortality to immortality-- many ass=hlgree>as did come unto them, and did truly repent of their sins, were baptized in the name of Jesus; and they did also receive the Holy Ghost. the wearing of costly apparel, and all manner of fine pearls, and of the fine things of the world. the Jews at Jerusalem sought to kill Jesus, according to his word. a child with a lamb; and they did come forth from among them, receiving no harm. their fathers, from the beginning, did dwindle. because of the wickedness and abomination of their fathers, even ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as in the beginning. And they were taught to hate the children of God, even ass=hlgree>as the Lamanites were taught to hate the children of Nephi from the beginning. numerous almost, ass=hlgree>as it were the sand of the sea. fast ass=hlgree>as it were possible, that we might get them together in one body. had been prophesied by Samuel the prophet; for behold no man could keep that which wass=hlblue>as his own, for the thieves, and the robbers, and the murderers, and the magic art, and the witchcraft which wass=hlblue>as in the land. passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up ass=hlgree>as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away. much ass=hlgree>as it were possible, that perhaps we might save them from destruction. the Lord had commanded me; and I did stand ass=hlgree>as an idle witness to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard, according to the manifestations of the Spirit which had testified of things to come. wass=hlblue>as among this people. sacrifices unto their idol gods. a dew before the sun. sist them; and they gave me command again of their armies, for they looked upon me ass=hlgree>as though I could deliver them from their afflictions. we had fled to the city of Jordan; but behold, they were driven back that they did not take the city at that time. wass=hlblue>as laid before mine eyes; but I, knowing that these things must surely be made known, and that all things which are hid must be revealed upon the house-tops-- naught among them-- therefore I write a small abridgment, daring not to give a full account of the things which I have seen, because of the commandment which I have received, and also that ye might not have too great sorrow because of the wickedness of this people. chaff before the wind. chaff is driven before the wind, or ass=hlgree>as a vessel is tossed about upon the waves, without sail or anchor, or without anything wherewith to steer her; and even ass=hlgree>as she is, so are they. a scroll? a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver. the Lord liveth he will remember the covenant which he hath made with them. if one should speak from the dead. if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing. a scroll, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, yea, in that great day when ye shall be brought to stand before the Lamb of God-- then will ye say that there is no God? k the Father in the name of Jesus for what things soever ye shall stand in need. Doubt not, but be believing, and begin ass=hlgree>as in times of old, and come unto the Lord with all your heart, and work out your own salvation with fear and trembling before him. though I spake from the dead; for I know that ye shall have my words. I suppose that the first part of this record, which speaks concerning the creation of the world, and also of Adam, and an account from that time even to the great tower, and whatsoever things transpired among the children of men until that time, is had among the Jews-- he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they should travel. the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done. they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years. thou hast directed me. the Lord had commanded. thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people, and behold there is no light in them. Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness? a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth. eight) went forth unto the mount, which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height, and did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and clear, even ass=hlgree>as transparent glass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord, saying: taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord, for he wass=hlblue>as struck with fear. man come before me with such exceeding faith ass=hlgree>as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this? man believed in me ass=hlgree>as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image. I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto my people in the flesh. I, Moroni, said I could not make a full account of these things which are written, therefore it sufficeth me to say that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit, even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body even ass=hlgree>as he showed himself unto the Nephites. he ministered unto the Nephites; and all this, that this man might know that he wass=hlblue>as God, because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto him. the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are. by fire. a testimony against the world at the last day. angry with his brother; and Shule waxed strong, and became mighty ass=hlgree>as to the strength of a man; and he wass=hlblue>as also mighty in judgment. he wass=hlblue>as about to put him to death, the sons of Shule crept into the house of Noah by night and slew him, and broke down the door of the prison and brought out their father, and placed him upon his throne in his own kingdom. sought power to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie, and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms. they of old; which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God; he sat upon his throne, giving audience to his people. Akish wass=hlblue>as desirous for power; wherefore, the sons of Akish did offer them money, by which means they drew away the more part of the people after them. great calamity in all the land, for they had testified that a great curse should come upon the land, and also upon the people, and that there should be a great destruction among them, such an one ass=hlgree>as never had been upon the face of the earth, and their bones should become ass=hlgree>as heaps of earth upon the face of the land except they should repent of their wickedness. a great destruction, such an one ass=hlgree>as never had been known upon the face of the earth; and all this came to pass in the days of Shiblom. they did the Lord did have mercy on them. thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them. a man telleth another in mine own language, concerning these things; Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as merciful unto the father of Joseph that he should perish not. about to write more, but I am forbidden; but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether; but they esteemed him ass=hlgree>as naught, and cast him out; and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day, and by night he went forth viewing the things which should come upon the people. he dwelt in the cavity of a rock he made the remainder of this record, viewing the destructions which came upon the people, by night. they were drunken. he sat upon his throne. he fled before Lib in that quarter of the land whither he fled. carried away ass=hlgree>as though he were dead. a man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords. to the strength of men. if he had no life. yet perished; and I make not myself known to the Lamanites lest they should destroy me. he laid his hands upon them-- many ass=hlgree>as they laid their hands, fell the Holy Ghost. oft ass=hlgree>as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven. the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to preach, or to exhort, or to pray, or to supplicate, or to sing, even so it wass=hlblue>as done. he taught them in the synagogue which they had built for the place of worship. if he had retained the gift; wherefore he is counted evil before God. plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, ass=hlgree>as the daylight is from the dark night. surely ass=hlgree>as Christ liveth he spake these words unto our fathers, saying: Whatsoever thing ye shall ass=hlblue>ask the Father in my name, which is good, in faith believing that ye shall receive, behold, it shall be done unto you. he withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long ass=hlgree>as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? faith ceased also; and awful is the state of man, for they are ass=hlgree>as though there had been no redemption made. he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even ass=hlgree>as he is pure. Amen. their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children. well ass=hlgree>as the words of our Savior himself. many ass=hlgree>as have fled to the army of Aaron have fallen victims to their awful brutality. seemeth me good; and I write unto my brethren, the Lamanites; and I would that they should know that more than four hundred and twenty years have passed away since the sign wass=hlblue>as given of the coming of Christ. he will. long ass=hlgree>as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men. one crying from the dead, yea, even ass=hlgree>as one speaking out of the dust? they erred it might be made known; they sought wisdom they might be instructed; they sinned they might be chastened, that they might repent; they were humble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive knowledge from time to time. other men, and have no more gift. the knowledge of a Savior hass=hlblue>as come unto the world, through the testimony of the Jews, even so shall the knowledge of a Savior come unto my people-- my servant Martin Harris hass=hlblue>as desired a witness at my hand, that you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have got the plates of which you have testified and borne record that you have received of me; a witness of these things; they are; the moon, and fair ass=hlgree>as the sun, and terrible ass=hlgree>as an army with banners. I also told the people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this time ass=hlgree>as it hath hitherto been verified. you have ass=hlblue>asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion; you desire of me so it shall be unto you; and if you desire, you shall be the means of doing much good in this generation. often ass=hlgree>as thou hast inquired thou hast received instruction of my Spirit. If it had not been so, thou wouldst not have come to the place where thou art at this time. a witness unto thee-- that the words or the work which thou hast been writing are true. my servant Joseph. they have done unto me, blessed are ye, for you shall dwell with me in glory. I said unto my disciples, where two or three are gathered together in my name, ass=hlgree>as touching one thing, behold, there will I be in the midst of them-- even so am I in the midst of you. undertaken a greater work; therefore I will make him ass=hlgree>as flaming fire and a ministering angel; he shall minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation who dwell on the earth. suredly ass=hlgree>as the Lord liveth, who is your God and your Redeemer, even so surely shall you receive a knowledge of whatsoever things you shall ass=hlblue>ask in faith, with an honest heart, believing that you shall receive a knowledge concerning the engravings of old records, which are ancient, which contain those parts of my scripture of which hass=hlblue>as been spoken by the manifestation of my Spirit. you commenced, when you began to translate, that I have taken away this privilege from you. you have begun. you cannot always judge the righteous, or ass=hlgree>as you cannot always tell the wicked from the righteous, therefore I say unto you, hold your peace until I shall see fit to make all things known unto the world concerning the matter. the record of Nephi; and thus I will confound those who have altered my words. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if they will not harden their hearts; you have ass=hlblue>asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion. you desire of me so it shall be done unto you; and, if you desire, you shall be the means of doing much good in this generation. many ass=hlgree>as receive me, to them will I give power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on my name. Amen. you have ass=hlblue>asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion. k the Father in my name, in faith believing, you shall receive the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance, that you may stand ass=hlgree>as a witness of the things of which you shall both hear and see, and also that you may declare repentance unto this generation. my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., hass=hlblue>as seen them; for it is by my power that he hass=hlblue>as seen them, and it is because he had faith. translated the book, even that part which I have commanded him, and ass=hlgree>as your Lord and your God liveth it is true. thou hast been baptized by the hands of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., according to that which I have commanded him, he hath fulfilled the thing which I commanded him. unto Paul mine apostle, for you are called even with that same calling with which he wass=hlblue>as called. many ass=hlgree>as repent and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved. mine apostles. one, that you may enter into my rest. I; well ass=hlgree>as in thy heart; yea, before the world ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as in secret, in public ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as in private. a blind guide? ass=hlgree>as lightning, and whose garments were pure and white above all other whiteness; well ass=hlgree>as in generations of old; many ass=hlgree>as shall hereafter come to a knowledge of this work. it is written in those scriptures which have been given of him. many ass=hlgree>as would believe and be baptized in his holy name, and endure in faith to the end, should be saved-- many ass=hlgree>as were before he came, who believed in the words of the holy prophets, who spake ass=hlgree>as they were inspired by the gift of the Holy Ghost, who truly testified of him in all things, should have eternal life, well ass=hlgree>as those who should come after, who should believe in the gifts and callings of God by the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and of the Son; they are led by the Holy Ghost, according to the commandments and revelations of God. said conferences shall direct or appoint; the scriptures direct. he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. in days of old. I have commanded, and seek not to counsel your God. Amen. yet called to preach before the world. Amen. well ass=hlgree>as in secret, and in your family, and among your friends, and in all places. with the voice of a trump, both day and night. And I will give unto him strength such ass=hlgree>as is not known among men. a testimony, and cleansing your feet by the wayside. it shall be given thee by my Spirit. it shall be given thee, which is pleasing unto me, to be had in my church. is required, until after you shall go to the west to hold the next conference; and then it shall be made known what you shall do. Aaron; touching all things whatsoever ye ass=hlblue>ask of me, and be faithful until I come, and ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also. Amen. Moses. Aaron, to declare faithfully the commandments and the revelations, with power and authority unto the church. they receive thy teachings thou shalt cause my church to be established among them; and thou shalt have revelations, but write them not by way of commandment. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, even ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as will hearken to my voice and humble themselves before me, and call upon me in mighty prayer. with the voice of a trump. it is written-- Whatsoever ye shall ass=hlblue>ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive. stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth; spoken by mine apostles must be fulfilled; for ass=hlgree>as they spoke so shall it come to pass; I am, to judge the whole house of Israel, even ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as have loved me and kept my commandments, and none else. upon Mount Sinai, and all the earth shall quake, and they shall come forth-- yea, even the dead which died in me, to receive a crown of righteousness, and to be clothed upon, even ass=hlgree>as I am, to be with me, that we may be one. it is spoken by the mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not come to pass but surely must, ass=hlgree>as I live, for abominations shall not reign. the words have gone forth out of my mouth even so shall they be fulfilled, that the first shall be last, and that the last shall be first in all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the power of my Spirit. to the temporal death, until I, the Lord God, should send forth angels to declare unto them repentance and redemption, through faith on the name of mine Only Begotten Son. many ass=hlgree>as would believe; I will, according to mine own pleasure, that great things may be required at the hand of their fathers. it is written. And now I declare no more unto you at this time. Amen. you ought. with the voice of a trump. I live I will that he shall declare my gospel and learn of me, and be meek and lowly of heart. with the sound of a trump, to declare my gospel unto a crooked and perverse generation. many ass=hlgree>as will believe in me, and hearken unto my voice. Nephi of old, who journeyed from Jerusalem in the wilderness. many ass=hlgree>as would believe might become the sons of God. Wherefore you are my son; with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way of the Lord for his second coming. yesterday, and forever. crucified for the sins of the world, even ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as will believe on my name, that they may become the sons of God, even one in me ass=hlgree>as I am one in the Father, ass=hlgree>as the Father is one in me, that we may be one. John, to prepare the way before me, and before Elijah which should come, and thou knewest it not. the apostles of old. they are in mine own bosom, to the salvation of mine own elect; leep, and shall abide the day of my coming; for they shall be purified, even ass=hlgree>as I am pure. ye do not write, behold, it shall be given unto him to prophesy; and thou shalt preach my gospel and call on the holy prophets to prove his words, ass=hlgree>as they shall be given him. with the voice of a trump; many ass=hlgree>as shall come before my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun., embracing this calling and commandment, shall be ordained and sent forth to preach the everlasting gospel among the nations-- I have spoken. many ass=hlgree>as have believed in my name, for I am Christ, and in mine own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have spilt, have I pleaded before the Father for them. himself, and practice virtue and holiness before me. himself. a parable, and it is even ass=hlgree>as I am. I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine. seemeth them good. the Nephites of old. many ass=hlgree>as received me, gave I power to become my sons; and even so will I give unto ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as will receive me, power to become my sons. you never have known. my people shall ass=hlblue>assemble themselves at the Ohio, I have kept in store a blessing such ass=hlgree>as is not known among the children of men, and it shall be poured forth upon their heads. And from thence men shall go forth into all nations. they do repent and receive the fulness of my gospel, and become sanctified, I will stay mine hand in judgment. many ass=hlgree>as ye shall baptize with water, ye shall lay your hands, and they shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and shall be looking forth for the signs of my coming, and shall know me. seemeth me good. Amen. seemeth him good, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as he keepeth my commandments. it shall be appointed unto him in my laws in the day that I shall give them. sembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Savior of the world; inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye believe on my name and keep my commandments. ye have ass=hlblue>assembled yourselves together according to the commandment wherewith I commanded you, and are agreed ass=hlgree>as touching this one thing, and have ass=hlblue>asked the Father in my name, even so ye shall receive. with the sound of a trump, declaring my word like unto angels of God. ye shall find them that will receive you ye shall build up my church in every region-- they shall be directed by the Spirit. I have commanded concerning your teaching, until the fulness of my scriptures is given. ye shall lift up your voices by the Comforter, ye shall speak and prophesy ass=hlgree>as seemeth me good; ye impart of your substance unto the poor, ye will do it unto me; and they shall be laid before the bishop of my church and his counselors, two of the elders, or high priests, such ass=hlgree>as he shall appoint or hass=hlblue>as appointed and set apart for that purpose. received these testimonies concerning the consecration of the properties of my church, that they cannot be taken from the church, agreeable to my commandments, every man shall be made accountable unto me, a steward over his own property, or that which he hass=hlblue>as received by consecration, ass=hlgree>as much ass=hlgree>as is sufficient for himself and family. shall be appointed by the high council of the church, and the bishop and his council; ye do it unto the least of these, ye do it unto me. they break not my laws thou shalt bear their infirmities. k, and my scriptures shall be given ass=hlgree>as I have appointed, and they shall be preserved in safety; shall be sufficient to establish you, both here and in the New Jerusalem. the members. sist the bishop ass=hlgree>as counselors in all things, are to have their families supported out of the property which is consecrated to the bishop, for the good of the poor, and for other purposes, ass=hlgree>as before mentioned; may be thought best or decided by the counselors and bishop. revelations or commandments; I have told you before, to teach those revelations which you have received and shall receive through him whom I have appointed. ye do this, glory shall be added to the kingdom which ye have received. Inasmuch ass=hlgree>as ye do it not, it shall be taken, even that which ye have received. I have spoken. a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not! by fire. they are faithful, and exercise faith in me, I will pour out my Spirit upon them in the day that they ass=hlblue>assemble themselves together. many ass=hlgree>as received me gave I power to do many miracles, and to become the sons of God; and even unto them that believed on my name gave I power to obtain eternal life. with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning. unto men in days of old. I showed it unto my disciples ass=hlgree>as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: ass=hlgree>As ye have ass=hlblue>asked of me concerning the signs of my coming, in the day when I shall come in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers, ye have looked upon the long absence of your spirits from your bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and also the restoration of the scattered Israel. a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed and scattered among all nations. you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye come unto me and your souls shall live, and your redemption shall be perfected; and the saints shall come forth from the four quarters of the earth. semble ye yourselves together ye elders of my church; go ye forth into the western countries, call upon the inhabitants to repent, and inasmuch ass=hlgree>as they do repent, build up churches unto me. been given to the elders of my church from the beginning, and ever shall be, to conduct all meetings ass=hlgree>as they are directed and guided by the Holy Spirit. it will be pleasing unto the same Lord, according ass=hlgree>as the Lord will, suiting his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men. God shall appoint and ordain to watch over the church and to be elders unto the church, are to have it given unto them to discern all those gifts lest there shall be any among you professing and yet be not of God. keth in the Spirit ass=hlblue>asketh according to the will of God; wherefore it is done even ass=hlgree>as he ass=hlblue>asketh. he is faithful, by the Comforter, to write these things. Even so. Amen. it shall be suitable to your circumstances. ye have lands, ye shall impart to the eastern brethren; ye have not lands, let them buy for the present time in those regions round about, ass=hlgree>as seemeth them good, for it must needs be necessary that they have places to live for the present time. is appointed to him by the presidency and the bishop of the church, according to the laws and commandments which ye have received, and which ye shall hereafter receive. Even so. Amen. ye have received it, unto the Shakers. they listed; and he hass=hlblue>as taken his power on the right hand of his glory, and now reigneth in the heavens, and will reign till he descends on the earth to put all enemies under his feet, which time is nigh at hand-- a drunken man, and for the valleys to be exalted, and for the mountains to be made low, and for the rough places to become smooth-- and all this when the angel shall sound his trumpet. the rose. I have commanded you; repent of all your sins; ass=hlblue>ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you. ye have ass=hlblue>asked and are agreed ass=hlgree>as touching the church, and the spirits which have gone abroad in the earth. I will; and wo unto them who are cut off from my church, for the same are overcome of the world. a man reasoneth one with another face to face. a man; even so will I, the Lord, reason with you that you may understand. it is preached by the Spirit of truth? k; and ass=hlgree>as ye are appointed to the head, the spirits shall be subject unto you. many of my servants ass=hlgree>as are ordained unto this office, and let them labor in the vineyard; and let no man hinder them doing that which I have appointed unto them-- ye have received me, ye are in me and I in you. I have commanded you. they shall agree; he shall be employed in doing this business. for years, and this shall turn unto them for their good. soon ass=hlgree>as preparations can be made to leave their homes, and journey to the land of Missouri. they are faithful unto me, it shall be made known unto them what they shall do; they are faithful, be made known unto them the land of your inheritance. they are not faithful, they shall be cut off, even ass=hlgree>as I will, ass=hlgree>as seemeth me good. chaff. I have said, if ye are faithful ye shall ass=hlblue>assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri, which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies. the covenant which they made unto me hass=hlblue>as been broken, even so it hass=hlblue>as become void and of none effect. sist my servant Oliver Cowdery to do the work of printing, and of selecting and writing books for schools in this church, that little children also may receive instruction before me ass=hlgree>as is pleasing unto me. I will. Amen. it seemeth me good; and all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord. many ass=hlgree>as will go may go, that are contrite before me, and be led by him to the land which I have appointed. there shall be no divisions made upon the land, he shall be appointed still to go to the land of Missouri; my disciples are enabled to buy lands. Behold, this is wisdom, that they may obtain it for an everlasting inheritance. can be done in righteousness, and ass=hlgree>as wisdom shall direct. I have commanded; and also those whom he hass=hlblue>as appointed to ass=hlblue>assist him. clerks employed in his service; a printer unto the church. sist him, even ass=hlgree>as I have commanded, in whatsoever place I shall appoint unto him, to copy, and to correct, and select, that all things may be right before me, ass=hlgree>as it shall be proved by the Spirit through him. speedily ass=hlgree>as can be, with their families, to do those things even ass=hlgree>as I have spoken. soon ass=hlgree>as possible, and plant them in their inheritance. it wass=hlblue>as in ancient days, to divide the lands of the heritage of God unto his children; I spake concerning my servant Edward Partridge, this land is the land of his residence, and those whom he hass=hlblue>as appointed for his counselors; and also the land of the residence of him whom I have appointed to keep my storehouse; they shall counsel between themselves and me. men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward. the law directs. seemeth him good; not yet come, for many years, for them to receive their inheritance in this land, except they desire it through the prayer of faith, only ass=hlgree>as it shall be appointed unto them of the Lord. the inhabitants of the earth will repent. it shall be made known by the Spirit unto him; seemeth him good or ass=hlgree>as he shall direct, to purchase lands for an inheritance for the children of God. soon ass=hlgree>as time will permit. there is land obtained, let there be workmen sent forth of all kinds unto this land, to labor for the saints of God. it shall be counseled by the elders of the church at the conferences, according to the knowledge which they receive from time to time. shall be ruled by the conferences. been bestowed upon Ziba Peterson be taken from him; and let him stand ass=hlgree>as a member in the church, and labor with his own hands, with the brethren, until he is sufficiently chastened for all his sins; for he confesseth them not, and he thinketh to hide them. thyself. Thou shalt not steal; neither commit adultery, nor kill, nor do anything like unto it. ye do these things with thanksgiving, with cheerful hearts and countenances, not with much laughter, for this is sin, but with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance-- ye do this, the fulness of the earth is yours, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which climbeth upon the trees and walketh upon the earth; seemeth you good, it mattereth not unto me, and take your journey speedily for the place which is called St. Louis. a testimony against them in the day of judgment. they are faithful they shall be preserved, and I, the Lord, will be with them. you shall agree. with men in days of old. I, the Lord, in the beginning cursed the land, even so in the last days have I blessed it, in its time, for the use of my saints, that they may partake the fatness thereof. it is made known unto them according to their judgments hereafter. they are commanded to journey and go up unto the land of Zion; the Spirit of the living God commandeth him, whether upon the land or upon the waters, ass=hlgree>as it remaineth with me to do hereafter. it is given; they do this they shall rid their garments, and they shall be spotless before me. seemeth them good, only let my servant Reynolds Cahoon, and my servant Samuel H. Smith, with whom I am well pleased, be not separated until they return to their homes, and this for a wise purpose in me. you have humbled yourselves before me, the blessings of the kingdom are yours. yet gone up unto the land of Zion; wherefore your mission is not yet full. seemeth you good, it mattereth not unto me; only be faithful, and declare glad tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, or among the congregations of the wicked. a whirlwind, and all flesh shall know that I am God. they please, but by the will of God. a snare, and their folly shall be made manifest, and their works shall follow them in the eyes of the people. I have said before, he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, or if any shall commit adultery in their hearts, they shall not have the Spirit, but shall deny the faith and shall fear. I said that I would make known my will unto you, behold I will make it known unto you, not by the way of commandment, for there are many who observe not to keep my commandments. you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies are upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue to synagogue, and but few shall stand to receive an inheritance. an agent unto the disciples that shall tarry, and let him be ordained unto this power; I have directed. they are taught through prayer by the Spirit. he obeyeth mine ordinances. the scripture saith unto you, either by commandment or by revelation. stubble; and I will burn them up, for I am the Lord of Hosts; and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon. seemeth him good. ye are agents, ye are on the Lord's errand; and whatever ye do according to the will of the Lord is the Lord's business. of one sent down from on high, who is mighty and powerful, whose going forth is unto the ends of the earth, yea, whose voice is unto men-- Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it hass=hlblue>as filled the whole earth. you have turned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the Savior of the world, even of ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as believe on my name. it wass=hlblue>as written by the prophets and apostles in days of old. yet; but inasmuch ass=hlgree>as you can send, send; otherwise, think not of thy property. you strip yourselves from jealousies and fears, and humble yourselves before me, for ye are not sufficiently humble, the veil shall be rent and you shall see me and know that I am-- not with the carnal neither natural mind, but with the spiritual. they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost. it is written. many ass=hlgree>as the Father shall bear record, to you shall be given power to seal them up unto eternal life. Amen. a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood hass=hlblue>as authority to officiate in all the lesser offices he may officiate in the office of bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power, under the hands of the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood. he is found guilty before this Presidency, by testimony that cannot be impeached, he shall be condemned; parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents. they are appointed to labor, in all faithfulness; for the idler shall be had in remembrance before the Lord. they receive more than is needful for their necessities and their wants, it shall be given into my storehouse; they become heirs according to the laws of the kingdom. I, the Lord, have appointed or shall hereafter appoint unto any man. those who are appointed to a stewardship to administer in temporal things; they have not sinned. verily come that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even ass=hlgree>as I will. ye are faithful their shame shall be made manifest. before hass=hlblue>as been commanded; and to administer to their wants, who shall pay for that which they receive, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as they have wherewith to pay; every elder in this part of the vineyard must give an account of his stewardship unto the bishop in this part of the vineyard-- a wise steward and ass=hlgree>as a faithful laborer; stewards over the literary concerns of my church have claim for ass=hlblue>assistance upon the bishop or bishops in all things-- wise stewards. a wise steward. This is also an ensample. Amen. it is practicable, to preach in the regions round about until conference; and after that it is expedient to continue the work of translation until it be finished. it is written. with the sound of a trump, proclaiming the truth according to the revelations and commandments which I have given you. they do this, I will be with them even unto the end. they are faithful, lo, I will be with them even unto the end. a Dodds, and unto my servant Calves Wilson, that they also shall take their journey unto the western countries, and proclaim my gospel, even ass=hlgree>as I have commanded them. I have commanded them, going from house to house, and from village to village, and from city to city. a testimony against them. your brethren are willing to open their hearts. can obtain places for their families, and support of the church for them, not fail to go into the world, whether to the east or to the west, or to the north, or to the south. to see and understand the things of God-- given unto us ass=hlgree>as follows-- it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God-- being typical. that of the moon differs from the sun in the firmament. the moon differs from the sun. the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament. they are seen, and know ass=hlgree>as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace; the glory of the sun is one. the glory of the moon is one. the glory of the stars is one; for ass=hlgree>as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestial world; innumerable ass=hlgree>as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or ass=hlgree>as the sand upon the seashore; also the spirit of the beast, and every other creature which God hass=hlblue>as created. many ass=hlgree>as will come to the church of the Firstborn. God made the world in six days, and on the seventh day he finished his work, and sanctified it, and also formed man out of the dust of the earth, even so, in the beginning of the seventh thousand years will the Lord God sanctify the earth, and complete the salvation of man, and judge all things, and shall redeem all things, except that which he hath not put into his power, when he shall have sealed all things, unto the end of all things; and the sounding of the trumpets of the seven angels are the preparing and finishing of his work, in the beginning of the seventh thousand years-- the preparing of the way before the time of his coming. eaten by John, ass=hlgree>as mentioned in the 10th chapter of Revelation? yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you; he is faithful, I will crown him again with sheaves. you desire a companion, I will give unto you my servant Eden Smith. thou art faithful in counsel, in the office which I have appointed unto you, in prayer always, vocally and in thy heart, in public and in private, also in thy ministry in proclaiming the gospel in the land of the living, and among thy brethren. you have forgiven one another your trespasses, even so I, the Lord, forgive you. ye keep not my sayings, which I give unto you, ye become transgressors; and justice and judgment are the penalty which is affixed unto my law. his wants are just-- you sin not. also the poor. Amen. they united their hearts and lifted their voices on high. he hass=hlblue>as spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon Mount Zion, which shall be the city of New Jerusalem. I said concerning the sons of Moses-- for the sons of Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot ass=hlgree>as I have appointed-- you receive these things; I said unto mine apostles, even so I say unto you, for you are mine apostles, even God's high priests; ye are they whom my Father hath given me; ye are my friends; I said unto mine apostles I say unto you again, that every soul who believeth on your words, and is baptized by water for the remission of sins, shall receive the Holy Ghost. my friends in days when I wass=hlblue>as with them, traveling to preach the gospel in my power; they have families, and receive money by gift, that they should send it unto them or make use of it for their benefit, ass=hlgree>as the Lord shall direct them, for thus it seemeth me good. he shall direct. your circumstances shall permit, in your several callings, unto the great and notable cities and villages, reproving the world in righteousness of all their unrighteous and ungodly deeds, setting forth clearly and understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days. called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death, like ass=hlgree>as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning. the Lord speaketh, he will also fulfil. well ass=hlgree>as the lesser priesthood, or the members, in that day shall not find an inheritance among the saints of the Most High; unto the children of the priest, ass=hlgree>as will be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and second verses of Ezra. it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations; and then war shall be poured out upon all nations. is recorded in the testimony of John. cended up on high, ass=hlgree>as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth; also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it wass=hlblue>as made. also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it wass=hlblue>as made; also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made; they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power of God. finished, even according ass=hlgree>as his lord had commanded him, that his lord might be glorified in him, and he in his lord, that they all might be glorified. the voice of one crying in the wilderness-- in the wilderness, because you cannot see him-- my voice, because my voice is Spirit; my Spirit is truth; truth abideth and hath no end; and if it be in you it shall abound. many ass=hlgree>as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to bind up the law and seal up the testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is to come; a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down ass=hlgree>as a fig that falleth from off a fig tree. a scroll is unfolded after it is rolled up, and the face of the Lord shall be unveiled; sembly, ass=hlgree>as I have commanded you. all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. the gospel requires. with a mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and peace. the Spirit shall give utterance in all your doings in the house of the Lord, in the school of the prophets, that it may become a sanctuary, a tabernacle of the Holy Spirit to your edification. any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in ass=hlblue>assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him. also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground-- also other grain. the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen. a light thing, and are brought under condemnation thereby, and stumble and fall when the storms descend, and the winds blow, and the rains descend, and beat upon their house. equal with thee in holding the keys of this last kingdom; also through your administration the keys of the school of the prophets, which I have commanded to be organized; many ass=hlgree>as will believe; shall be manifested by the Comforter, receive revelations to unfold the mysteries of the kingdom; soon ass=hlgree>as it is possible, for the family of thy counselor and scribe, even Frederick G. Williams. pertaining to those who do not belong to your families; she is faithful, and not be idle in her days from thenceforth. you are faithful in keeping all former commandments you shall be blessed forever. Amen. the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, even the Spirit of truth, which came and dwelt in the flesh, and dwelt among us. I am in the Father; therefore, I say unto you, you shall receive grace for grace. they are, and ass=hlgree>as they were, and ass=hlgree>as they are to come; placed it, to act for itself, ass=hlgree>as all intelligence also; otherwise there is no existence. yet, over you, and this is the cause of your affliction. I shall give him utterance; and by your prayer of faith with one consent I will uphold him. you keep my sayings you shall not be confounded in this world, nor in the world to come. it shall be given unto you. mine apostles at Jerusalem. it shall be determined in council among you. he keepeth my commandments from henceforth-- he continueth to abide in me he shall continue to preside over the school in the land of Zion until I shall give unto him other commandments. a very fruitful tree which is planted in a goodly land, by a pure stream, that yieldeth much precious fruit. my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it; the whirlwind; and who shall escape it? pertaining to law of man, whatsoever is more or less than this, cometh of evil. being meted out ass=hlgree>as a just measure unto you. come upon thee the first time, he repent and come unto thee praying thy forgiveness, thou shalt forgive him, and shalt hold it no more ass=hlgree>as a testimony against thine enemy-- oft ass=hlgree>as thine enemy repenteth of the trespass wherewith he hass=hlblue>as trespassed against thee, thou shalt forgive him, until seventy times seven. a testimony before the Lord against them. Amen. a little child, receiveth my kingdom; and blessed are they, for they shall obtain mercy. it is written of me in the volume of the book. seemeth me good; for in me there is all power. ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say. they keep my commandments they shall be saved. Abraham, who wass=hlblue>as commanded to offer up his only son. I have said, it shall come to pass. the age of a tree; the salt of the earth and the savor of men; their lord commanded them, and planted the olive trees, and built a hedge round about, and set watchmen, and began to build a tower. I commanded you, and-- after ye had planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen upon the walls thereof-- built the tower also, and set a watchman upon the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen ass=hlblue>asleep, lest the enemy should come upon you? they gather together against you, avenge me of mine enemies, that by and by I may come with the residue of mine house and possess the land. they are willing to be guided in a right and proper way for their salvation-- his work shall be; I have said unto you in a former commandment, let not your gathering be in haste, nor by flight; but let all things be prepared before you. rulers and are in authority over you-- they bring forth fruit and works meet for my kingdom they shall dwell thereon. sembled at the house of Joseph Smith, Jun., by revelation, and proceeded to organize the high council of the church of Christ, which wass=hlblue>as to consist of twelve high priests, and one or three presidents ass=hlgree>as the case might require. follows: nine high priests, seventeen elders, four priests, and thirteen members. though no such decision had been made. may be appealed, is justly entitled to a re-hearing, after examining the appeal and the evidences and statements accompanying it. they hearken from this very hour unto the counsel which I, the Lord their God, shall give unto them. they keep not my commandments, and hearken not to observe all my words, the kingdoms of the world shall prevail against them. they are not the saviors of men, they are ass=hlgree>as salt that hass=hlblue>as lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. I have said unto you in a former commandment, cometh the blessing. Moses led the children of Israel. your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be. I said unto your fathers: Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my presence. I have commanded them. mine enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly land, which I have consecrated to be the land of Zion, even from your own lands after these testimonies, which ye have brought before me against them, ye shall curse them; I said unto you, ass=hlblue>ask and ye shall receive; pray earnestly that peradventure my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may go with you, and preside in the midst of my people, and organize my kingdom upon the consecrated land, and establish the children of Zion upon the laws and commandments which have been and which shall be given unto you. those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings; they were not faithful they were nigh unto cursing. some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse. any man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will; you are found transgressors, you cannot escape my wrath in your lives. ye are cut off for transgression, ye cannot escape the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption. a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures. I will, when I shall command him. he will be humble before me. he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him. my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., shall direct. they are faithful, behold I will bless, and multiply blessings upon them. they are faithful, I will multiply blessings upon them and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of blessings. he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him. it shall be made known to him by the voice of the Spirit, and according to the counsel of the order, and by the voice of the order. he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity of blessings upon him. he is faithful in keeping my commandments, which I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings. he is faithful, even a multiplicity of blessings. a united order to your brethren of Zion, only on this wise-- a united order with your brethren, that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them, only on this wise, ass=hlgree>as I said, by loan ass=hlgree>as shall be agreed by this order in council, ass=hlgree>as your circumstances will admit and the voice of the council direct. I have said. fast ass=hlgree>as you receive moneys, by hundreds, or by fifties, or by twenties, or by tens, or by fives. he is in full fellowship, and is faithful and wise in his stewardship, this shall be his token unto the treasurer that the treasurer shall not withhold. you are diligent and humble, and exercise the prayer of faith, behold, I will soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt, until I shall send means unto you for your deliverance. ye are humble and faithful and call upon my name, behold, I will give you the victory. you obtain a chance to loan money by hundreds, or thousands, even until you shall loan enough to deliver yourself from bondage, it is your privilege. it shall seem good unto you. becometh saints, to the poor and afflicted among them; they are faithful and continue in humility before me. I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil-- I will fight your battles. there are those who have hearkened unto my words, I have prepared a blessing and an endowment for them, if they continue faithful. many ass=hlgree>as have come up hither, that can stay in the region round about, let them stay; my servant Joseph shall appoint unto them; much in one region ass=hlgree>as can be, consistently with the feelings of the people; I did the heart of Pharaoh, from time to time, until my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and mine elders, whom I have appointed, shall have time to gather up the strength of my house, the sun, and clear ass=hlgree>as the moon, and that her banners may be terrible unto all nations; they follow the counsel which they receive, they shall have power after many days to accomplish all things pertaining to Zion. a thief in the night-- a thief. he will humble himself before me. a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood hass=hlblue>as authority to officiate in all the lesser offices, he may officiate in the office of bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power by the hands of the Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood. they shall be designated unto them by revelation-- they are appointed, according to the covenants and commandments of the church. it shall be laid before him according to the laws, by the ass=hlblue>assistance of his counselors, whom he hass=hlblue>as chosen or will choose among the elders of the church. there are other bishops appointed they shall act in the same office. a legal right to the presidency of this priesthood, to the keys of this ministry, to act in the office of bishop independently, without counselors, except in a case where a President of the High Priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek, is tried, to sit ass=hlgree>as a judge in Israel. there is not satisfaction upon the decision of the bishop or judges, it shall be handed over and carried up unto the council of the church, before the Presidency of the High Priesthood. sist ass=hlgree>as counselors; and thus the Presidency of the High Priesthood and its counselors shall have power to decide upon testimony according to the laws of the church. a President of the High Priesthood shall transgress, he shall be had in remembrance before the common council of the church, who shall be ass=hlblue>assisted by twelve counselors of the High Priesthood; it is given according to the covenants. given in the covenants. is given in the covenants-- other officers of the church, who belong not unto the Twelve, neither to the Seventy, are not under the responsibility to travel among all nations, but are to travel ass=hlgree>as their circumstances shall allow, notwithstanding they may hold ass=hlgree>as high and responsible offices in the church. thou hast said in a revelation, given to us, calling us thy friends, saying-- Call your solemn ass=hlblue>assembly, ass=hlgree>as I have commanded you; all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith; thou hast said; thou didst in the day of battle, that they may be delivered from the hands of all their enemies. all men sin, forgive the transgressions of thy people, and let them be blotted out forever. upon those on the day of Pentecost; let the gift of tongues be poured out upon thy people, even cloven tongues ass=hlgree>as of fire, and the interpretation thereof. with a rushing mighty wind, with thy glory. they will repent, thou art gracious and merciful, and wilt turn away thy wrath when thou lookest upon the face of thine Anointed. thou hast commanded them. with a flood; that they may be converted and redeemed with Israel, and know that thou art God. the moon, clear ass=hlgree>as the sun, and terrible ass=hlgree>as an army with banners; a bride for that day when thou shalt unveil the heavens, and cause the mountains to flow down at thy presence, and the valleys to be exalted, the rough places made smooth; that thy glory may fill the earth; a flame of fire; the hair of his head wass=hlblue>as white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying: you shall be led, and ass=hlgree>as it shall be given you. wise ass=hlgree>as serpents and yet without sin; and I will order all things for your good, ass=hlgree>as fast ass=hlgree>as ye are able to receive them. Amen. : I have heard thy prayers; and thine alms have come up ass=hlgree>as a memorial before me, in behalf of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name and to send it abroad among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, and ordained through the instrumentality of my servants. thou hast abased thyself thou shalt be exalted; therefore, all thy sins are forgiven thee. for thyself; and let thy love abound unto all men, and unto all who love my name. , thou art the man whom I have chosen to hold the keys of my kingdom, ass=hlgree>as pertaining to the Twelve, abroad among all nations-- they shall humble themselves before me, and abide in my word, and hearken to the voice of my Spirit. a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of the earth, saith the Lord. his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega. Amen. well ass=hlgree>as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power. well ass=hlgree>as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days. soon ass=hlgree>as he possibly can, and make a disposition of his merchandise, that he may perform a mission unto me next spring, in company with others, even twelve including himself, to testify of my name and bear glad tidings unto all the world. there are those among you who deny my name, others shall be planted in their stead and receive their bishopric. Amen. they shall be manifested unto my servant Joseph, from time to time. spoken of by Daniel the prophet. Job; thy friends do not contend against thee, neither charge thee with transgression, ass=hlgree>as they did Job. the hoar frost melteth before the burning rays of the rising sun; his works shall be. held in reserve for the fulness of their glory; well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, ass=hlgree>as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints. soon ass=hlgree>as they get a little authority, ass=hlgree>as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. the dews from heaven. well ass=hlgree>as real property; far ass=hlgree>as they can get hold of them and find them out. the last effort which is enjoined on us by our Heavenly Father, before we can fully and completely claim that promise which shall call him forth from his hiding place; and also that the whole nation may be left without excuse before he can send forth the power of his mighty arm. small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things. grass, and all their glory ass=hlgree>as the flower thereof which soon falleth, that they may be left also without excuse-- on eagles' wings; and he shall beget glory and honor to himself and unto my name. I did my servant David Patten, who is with me at this time, and also my servant Edward Partridge, and also my aged servant Joseph Smith, Sen., who sitteth with Abraham at his right hand, and blessed and holy is he, for he is mine. my servant Joseph shall show unto them, upon the place which he shall show unto them also. a church, with your dead, saith the Lord your God. they repent not, and hate me, saith the Lord God. they repent not, and hate me, saith the Lord your God. pertaining to my boarding house which I have commanded you to build for the boarding of strangers, let it be built unto my name, and let my name be named upon it, and let my servant Joseph and his house have place therein, from generation to generation. I said unto Abraham concerning the kindreds of the earth, even so I say unto my servant Joseph: In thee and in thy seed shall the kindred of the earth be blessed. plants of renown, and ass=hlgree>as watchmen upon her walls. a stockholder in this house, except the same shall pay his stock into their hands at the time he receives stock; he and his heirs shall hold that stock, and do not sell or convey the stock away out of their hands by their own free will and act, if you will do my will, saith the Lord your God. seemeth him good; but my servant Joseph cannot pay over fifteen thousand dollars stock in that house, nor under fifty dollars; neither can any other man, saith the Lord. the offerings of Cain, for he shall be mine, saith the Lord. seemeth him good, for himself and his generation after him, from generation to generation. seemeth him good, for himself and his generation, from generation to generation. seemeth him good, for himself and his seed after him, from generation to generation. he shall be moved upon by my Spirit, unto the inhabitants of Warsaw, and also unto the inhabitants of Carthage, and also unto the inhabitants of Burlington, and also unto the inhabitants of Madison, and await patiently and diligently for further instructions at my general conference, saith the Lord. counselor unto my servant Joseph, in the room of my servant Hyrum, that my servant Hyrum may take the office of Priesthood and Patriarch, which wass=hlblue>as appointed unto him by his father, by blessing and also by right; well ass=hlgree>as my servant Joseph; upon eagles' wings. with the sound of a trump, and warn the inhabitants of the earth to flee the wrath to come. sist my servant Joseph, and also let my servant William Law ass=hlblue>assist my servant Joseph, in making a solemn proclamation unto the kings of the earth, even ass=hlgree>as I have before said unto you. I have said. made with him, ass=hlgree>as the door shall be open to him from time to time. shall be agreed among themselves, ass=hlgree>as pertaining to the price thereof. well ass=hlgree>as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord. in times past, for your offering is acceptable to me. the Lord hass=hlblue>as revealed unto me that my enemies, both in Missouri and this State, were again in the pursuit of me; and inasmuch ass=hlgree>as they pursue me without a cause, and have not the least shadow or coloring of justice or right on their side in the getting up of their prosecutions against me; and inasmuch ass=hlgree>as their pretensions are all founded in falsehood of the blackest dye, I have thought it expedient and wisdom in me to leave the place for a short season, for my own safety and the safety of this people. I would say to all those with whom I have business, that I have left my affairs with agents and clerks who will transact all business in a prompt and proper manner, and will see that all my debts are canceled in due time, by turning out property, or otherwise, ass=hlgree>as the case may require, or ass=hlgree>as the circumstances may admit of. When I learn that the storm is fully blown over, then I will return to you again. for the perils which I am called to pass through, they seem but a small thing to me, ass=hlgree>as the envy and wrath of man have been my common lot all the days of my life; and for what cause it seems mysterious, unless I wass=hlblue>as ordained from before the foundation of the world for some good end, or bad, ass=hlgree>as you may choose to call it. Judge ye for yourselves. God knoweth all these things, whether it be good or bad. But nevertheless, deep water is what I am wont to swim in. It all hass=hlblue>as become a second nature to me; and I feel, like Paul, to glory in tribulation; for to this day hass=hlblue>as the God of my fathers delivered me out of them all, and will deliver me from henceforth; for behold, and lo, I shall triumph over all my enemies, for the Lord God hath spoken it. it is out of my power to do so, I will write the word of the Lord from time to time, on that subject, and send it to you by mail, ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as many other things. the Savior said, the prince of this world cometh, but he hath nothing in me. I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, ass=hlgree>as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings the strongest, since I have been pursued by my enemies. holy, and shall answer the ordinance just the same ass=hlgree>as if he had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, and made a record of the same on the general church book. contemplating this very subject in relation to the dead, when he declared, ass=hlgree>as you will find recorded in Revelation 20:12-- And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book wass=hlblue>as opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. well for the dead ass=hlgree>as for the living. instituted ass=hlgree>as a similitude of the grave, and wass=hlblue>as commanded to be in a place underneath where the living are wont to ass=hlblue>assemble, to show forth the living and the dead, and that all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with another-- that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly, ass=hlgree>as Paul hath declared, 1 Corinthians 15:46, 47, and 48: not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. ass=hlgree>As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and ass=hlgree>as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And ass=hlgree>as are the records on the earth in relation to your dead, which are truly made out, so also are the records in heaven. This, therefore, is the sealing and binding power, and, in one sense of the word, the keys of the kingdom, which consist in the key of knowledge. sure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, ass=hlgree>as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, ass=hlgree>as Paul says concerning the fathers-- that they without us cannot be made perfect-- neither can we without our dead be made perfect. it stands. It is sufficient to know, in this case, that the earth will be smitten with a curse unless there is a welding link of some kind or other between the fathers and the children, upon some subject or other-- and behold what is that subject? It is the baptism for the dead. For we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect. Neither can they nor we be made perfect without those who have died in the gospel also; for it is necessary in the ushering in of the dispensation of the fulness of times, which dispensation is now beginning to usher in, that a whole and complete and perfect union, and welding together of dispensations, and keys, and powers, and glories should take place, and be revealed from the days of Adam even to the present time. And not only this, but those things which never have been revealed from the foundation of the world, but have been kept hid from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto babes and sucklings in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times. the dews of Carmel, so shall the knowledge of God descend upon them! an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves ass=hlgree>as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times! a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them ass=hlgree>as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, ass=hlgree>as a church and a people, and ass=hlgree>as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation. ever, your humble servant and never deviating friend, ye see me have. an angel of light, when you ass=hlblue>ask him to shake hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feel anything; you may therefore detect him. he is. We shall see that he is a man like ourselves. a body of flesh and bones ass=hlgree>as tangible ass=hlgree>as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost hass=hlblue>as not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us. immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes; you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ass=hlgree>as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, ass=hlgree>as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines-- touching this matter. appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, ass=hlgree>as were instituted from before the foundation of the world. pertaining to the new and everlasting covenant, it wass=hlblue>as instituted for the fulness of my glory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof must and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned, saith the Lord God. sociations, or expectations, that are not made and entered into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who is anointed, both ass=hlgree>as well for time and for all eternity, and that too most holy, by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine anointed, whom I have appointed on the earth to hold this power (and I have appointed unto my servant Joseph to hold this power in the last days, and there is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred), are of no efficacy, virtue, or force in and after the resurrection from the dead; for all contracts that are not made unto this end have an end when men are dead. I and my Father ordained unto you, before the world wass=hlblue>as? he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world. hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. wass=hlblue>as ordained by me and my Father before the world wass=hlblue>as. they were in the world; and ass=hlgree>as touching Abraham and his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and out of the world should they continue ass=hlgree>as innumerable ass=hlgree>as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them. accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him, and he abode in my law; ass=hlgree>as Isaac also and Jacob did none other things than that which they were commanded; and because they did none other things than that which they were commanded, they have entered into their exaltation, according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not angels but are gods. also many others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me. ye have ass=hlblue>asked concerning adultery, verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing, she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed. I accepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac. I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice. he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds. I wass=hlblue>as with Abraham, thy father, even unto his exaltation and glory. touching the law of the priesthood, there are many things pertaining thereunto. wass=hlblue>as Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him. pertaining to the law of the priesthood-- if any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent, and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then is he justified; he cannot commit adultery for they are given unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that belongeth unto him and to no one else. pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law. pertaining to this law, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for the present. Behold, I am Alpha and Omega. Amen. the voice of many waters, and ass=hlgree>as the voice of a great thunder, which shall break down the mountains, and the valleys shall not be found. it wass=hlblue>as in the days before it wass=hlblue>as divided. the melting fire that burneth, and ass=hlgree>as the fire which causeth the waters to boil. written by the prophet Malachi: For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn ass=hlgree>as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. will secure to each individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of property, and the protection of life. will administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people if a republic, or the will of the sovereign. in their own judgments are best calculated to secure the public interest; at the same time, however, holding sacred the freedom of conscience. such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men owe respect and deference, ass=hlgree>as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests ass=hlgree>as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker. a regard and reverence are shown to the laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy. citizens, denied. will protect the same; but we believe that all men are justified in defending themselves, their friends, and property, and the government, from the unlawful ass=hlblue>assaults and encroachments of all persons in times of exigency, where immediate appeal cannot be made to the laws, and relief afforded. sassination, he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm ass=hlgree>as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I shall die innocent, and it shall yet be said of me-- he wass=hlblue>as murdered in cold blood."-- The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go-- shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it wass=hlblue>as-- he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it: forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith wass=hlblue>as thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption. They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity ass=hlgree>as gems for the sanctified. they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men; and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal affixed to "Mormonism" that cannot be rejected by any court on earth, and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois, with the broken faith of the State ass=hlgree>as pledged by the governor, is a witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations; and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he avenges that blood on the earth. Amen. pioneers to prepare for putting in spring crops. I have told you, and fear not thine enemies; for they shall not have power to stop my work. I read I wass=hlblue>as greatly impressed, more than I had ever been before, with the following passages: I pondered over these things which are written, the eyes of my understanding were opened, and the Spirit of the Lord rested upon me, and I saw the hosts of the dead, both small and great. their Redeemer and Deliverer from death and the chains of hell. I wondered, my eyes were opened, and my understanding quickened, and I perceived that the Lord went not in person among the wicked and the disobedient who had rejected the truth, to teach them; made known among the dead, both small and great, the unrighteous ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as the faithful, that redemption had been wrought through the sacrifice of the Son of God upon the cross. a bondage. had been promised by the Lord, and be partakers of all blessings which were held in reserve for them that love him. not upon Moses; and Moses wass=hlblue>as left unto himself. And ass=hlgree>as he wass=hlblue>as left unto himself, he fell unto the earth. he began to fear, he saw the bitterness of hell. Nevertheless, calling upon God, he received strength, and he commanded, saying: Depart from me, Satan, for this one God only will I worship, which is the God of glory. upon him; and he heard a voice, saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for I, the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than many waters; for they shall obey thy command ass=hlgree>as if thou wert God. the voice wass=hlblue>as still speaking, Moses cast his eyes and beheld the earth, yea, even all of it; and there wass=hlblue>as not a particle of it which he did not behold, discerning it by the Spirit of God. not a soul which he beheld not; and he discerned them by the Spirit of God; and their numbers were great, even numberless ass=hlgree>as the sand upon the sea shore. one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words. naught and take many of them from the book which thou shalt write, behold, I will raise up another like unto thee; and they shall be had again among the children of men-- among ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as shall believe. done ass=hlgree>as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day. so, even ass=hlgree>as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it wass=hlblue>as done; so even ass=hlgree>as I spake. so even ass=hlgree>as I spake. so, even ass=hlgree>as I spake. for Adam, there wass=hlblue>as not found an help meet for him. many ass=hlgree>as would not hearken unto my voice. gods, knowing good and evil. they were walking in the garden, in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife went to hide themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and partake also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever, I, the Lord God, liveth, even so my words cannot return void, for ass=hlgree>as they go forth out of my mouth they must be fulfilled. I will; and I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe. Amen.) I the Lord had commanded him. And Eve, also, his wife, did labor with him. thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as will. many ass=hlgree>as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved; and ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as believed not and repented not, should be damned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled. the father of such ass=hlgree>as dwell in tents, and they were keepers of cattle; and his brother's name wass=hlblue>as Jubal, who wass=hlblue>as the father of all such ass=hlgree>as handle the harp and organ. kept, in the which wass=hlblue>as recorded, in the language of Adam, for it wass=hlblue>as given unto ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as called upon God to write by the spirit of inspiration; he wass=hlblue>as moved upon by the Holy Ghost, and a genealogy wass=hlblue>as kept of the children of God. And this wass=hlblue>as the book of the generations of Adam, saying: In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; he journeyed, the Spirit of God descended out of heaven, and abode upon him. it shall be sent forth in the world, unto the ends thereof. I have commanded thee, and no man shall pierce thee. Open thy mouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee utterance, for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do ass=hlgree>as seemeth me good. I journeyed from the land of Cainan, by the sea east, I beheld a vision; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake with me, and gave me commandment; wherefore, for this cause, to keep the commandment, I speak forth these words. Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled, and could not stand in his presence. thy children are conceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good. ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory; I wass=hlblue>as journeying, and stood upon the place Mahujah, and cried unto the Lord, there came a voice out of heaven, saying-- Turn ye, and get ye upon the mount Simeon. I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I wass=hlblue>as clothed upon with glory; a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he said unto me: Look, and I will show unto thee the world for the space of many generations. the rain upon the mountains? not been so great wickedness ass=hlgree>as among thy brethren. they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment; eternity; and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook. Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look. eternity; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall; wherefore, blessed are they of whom I have spoken, for they shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy. many of the spirits ass=hlgree>as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day. cend up unto the Father; and he called unto the Lord, saying: Wilt thou not come again upon the earth? Forasmuch ass=hlgree>as thou art God, and I know thee, and thou hast sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ass=hlblue>ask in the name of thine Only Begotten; thou hast made me, and given unto me a right to thy throne, and not of myself, but through thine own grace; wherefore, I ass=hlblue>ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth. I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah; with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem. they chose. it wass=hlblue>as in the beginning. it wass=hlblue>as given unto Enoch. our fathers, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost, that ye may have all things made manifest; and if ye do not this, the floods will come in upon you; nevertheless they hearkened not. a just man, and perfect in his generation; and he walked with God, ass=hlgree>as did also his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. they did those virgins upon this altar; and that you may have a knowledge of this altar, I will refer you to the representation at the commencement of this record. made after the form of a bedstead, such ass=hlgree>as wass=hlblue>as had among the Chaldeans, and it stood before the gods of Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, Korash, and also a god like unto that of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands; it wass=hlblue>as with Noah so shall it be with thee; but through thy ministry my name shall be known in the earth forever, for I am thy God. pertaining to the Priesthood. they were made known unto the fathers, have I kept even unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me. there were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto his idolatry, therefore he continued in Haran. many ass=hlgree>as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee, ass=hlgree>as their father; the Lord had said unto me, and Lot with me; and I, Abraham, wass=hlblue>as sixty and two years old when I departed out of Haran. in Ur, in Chaldea, and Lot, my brother's son, and all our substance that we had gathered, and the souls that we had won in Haran, and came forth in the way to the land of Canaan, and dwelt in tents ass=hlgree>as we came on our way; our covering and our rock and our salvation, ass=hlgree>as we journeyed from Haran by the way of Jershon, to come to the land of Canaan. that upon which thou standest. to its number of days, and of months, and of years. to its reckoning than the reckoning of the time of the earth upon which thou standest. that upon which thou standest. one man talketh with another; and he told me of the works which his hands had made; , also, if there be two spirits, and one shall be more intelligent than the other, yet these two spirits, notwithstanding one is more intelligent than the other, have no beginning; they existed before, they shall have no end, they shall exist after, for they are gnolaum, or eternal. so, even ass=hlgree>as they ordered. so ass=hlgree>as they ordered; so, even ass=hlgree>as they ordered. so, ass=hlgree>as they had said. after the Lord's time, which wass=hlblue>as after the time of Kolob; for ass=hlgree>as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning. thou hast said-- They shall be thrown down, and left unto you desolate. he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be which thou hast said concerning the destruction of the temple, and the Jews; and what is the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world, or the destruction of the wicked, which is the end of the world? wass=hlblue>as not before sent upon Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom until this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon Israel. the light of the morning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. I said before, after the tribulation of those days, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory; it wass=hlblue>as in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man; it wass=hlblue>as in the days which were before the flood; for until the day that Noah entered into the ark they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage; ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. a Church and its progress in the world-- I have been induced to write this history, to disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after truth in possession of the facts, ass=hlgree>as they have transpired, in relation both to myself and the Church, so far ass=hlgree>as I have such facts in my possession. they have transpired, or ass=hlgree>as they at present exist, being now [1838] the eighth year since the organization of the said Church. they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, some to one party and some to another, it wass=hlblue>as seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more pretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued-- priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions. called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, though I attended their several meetings ass=hlgree>as often ass=hlgree>as occasion would permit. In process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it wass=hlblue>as impossible for a person young ass=hlgree>as I wass=hlblue>as, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who wass=hlblue>as right and who wass=hlblue>as wrong. to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible. James directs, that is, ass=hlblue>ask of God. I at length came to the determination to "ass=hlblue>ask of God," concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture. k of God, I retired to the woods to make the attempt. It wass=hlblue>as on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It wass=hlblue>as the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never ass=hlgree>as yet made the attempt to pray vocally. seized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an ass=hlblue>astonishing influence over me ass=hlgree>as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time ass=hlgree>as if I were doomed to sudden destruction. ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction-- not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power ass=hlgree>as I had never before felt in any being-- just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. to know which of all the sects wass=hlblue>as right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so ass=hlgree>as to be able to speak, than I ass=hlblue>asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects wass=hlblue>as right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)-- and which I should join. I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter wass=hlblue>as. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems ass=hlgree>as though the adversary wass=hlblue>as aware, at a very early period of my life, that I wass=hlblue>as destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy? very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I wass=hlblue>as greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it wass=hlblue>as all of the devil, that there were no such things ass=hlgree>as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them. the cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and though I wass=hlblue>as an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and my circumstances in life such ass=hlgree>as to make a boy of no consequence in the world, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient to excite the public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution; and this wass=hlblue>as common among all the sects-- all united to persecute me. the sectarian world wass=hlblue>as concerned-- that it wass=hlblue>as not my duty to join with any of them, but to continue ass=hlgree>as I wass=hlblue>as until further directed. I had found the testimony of James to be true-- that a man who lacked wisdom might ass=hlblue>ask of God, and obtain, and not be upbraided. left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God. In making this confession, no one need suppose me guilty of any great or malignant sins. A disposition to commit such wass=hlblue>as never in my nature. But I wass=hlblue>as guilty of levity, and sometimes ass=hlblue>associated with jovial company, etc., not consistent with that character which ought to be maintained by one who wass=hlblue>as called of God ass=hlgree>as I had been. But this will not seem very strange to any one who recollects my youth, and is acquainted with my native cheery temperament. I previously had one. a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so, also, were his feet naked, ass=hlgree>as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no other clothing on but this robe, ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as open, so that I could see into his bosom. his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person wass=hlblue>as glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room wass=hlblue>as exceedingly light, but not so very bright ass=hlgree>as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I wass=hlblue>as afraid; but the fear soon left me. a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang. He also said that the fulness of the everlasting Gospel wass=hlblue>as contained in it, ass=hlgree>as delivered by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants; it reads in our books, he quoted it thus: an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall burn ass=hlgree>as stubble; for they that come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely ass=hlgree>as they stand in our New Testament. He said that that prophet wass=hlblue>as Christ; but the day had not yet come when "they who would not hear his voice should be cut off from among the people", but soon would come. again left dark, except just around him; when, instantly I saw, ass=hlgree>as it were, a conduit open right up into heaven, and he ass=hlblue>ascended till he entirely disappeared, and the room wass=hlblue>as left ass=hlgree>as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appearance. again beginning to get lighted, and in an instant, ass=hlgree>as it were, the same heavenly messenger wass=hlblue>as again by my bedside. cended ass=hlgree>as he had done before. tonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what wass=hlblue>as my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things ass=hlgree>as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them. cended into heaven ass=hlgree>as before, and I wass=hlblue>as again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ass=hlblue>ascended from me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day wass=hlblue>as approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night. usual, went to the necessary labors of the day; but, in attempting to work ass=hlgree>as at other times, I found my strength so exhausted ass=hlgree>as to render me entirely unable. My father, who wass=hlblue>as laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong with me, and told me to go home. I started with the intention of going to the house; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground, and for a time wass=hlblue>as quite unconscious of anything. a voice speaking unto me, calling me by name. I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my head, surrounded by light ass=hlgree>as before. He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received. of God, and told me to go and do ass=hlgree>as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there. stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay wass=hlblue>as formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them. I had been commanded, I went at the end of each year, and at each time I found the same messenger there, and received instruction and intelligence from him at each of our interviews, respecting what the Lord wass=hlblue>as going to do, and how and in what manner his kingdom wass=hlblue>as to be conducted in the last days. my father's worldly circumstances were very limited, we were under the necessity of laboring with our hands, hiring out by day's work and otherwise, ass=hlgree>as we could get opportunity. Sometimes we were at home, and sometimes abroad, and by continuous labor were enabled to get a comfortable maintenance. usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me with this charge: that I should be responsible for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or through any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call for them, they should be protected. he related them to me after his return, which wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as follows: correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian. I then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, ass=hlblue>Assyriac, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters. He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them ass=hlgree>as had been translated wass=hlblue>as also correct. I took the certificate and put it into my pocket, and wass=hlblue>as just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and ass=hlblue>asked me how the young man found out that there were gold plates in the place where he found them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed it unto him. no such thing now ass=hlgree>as ministering of angels, and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate them. I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I wass=hlblue>as forbidden to bring them. He replied, 'I cannot read a sealed book.' I left him and went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon had said respecting both the characters and the translation." I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation. far ass=hlgree>as in them lay. far ass=hlgree>as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. |