Hello and welcome to
"His Words Are Life."
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I am Kelly Mowrer and today
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we will be reading together
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from the Book of
Micah, but first let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you that
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You have given us a guide book,
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a road map, a
light for our path.
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Please be with us now as we read
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and help us learn to
love You and serve You better.
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Thank you for loving us
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and I pray in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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Picking up in the Book of
Micah, Chapter 6, verse 3,
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and God is
speaking to his people.
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"O my people, what
have I done unto thee?
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And wherein have I wearied thee?
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Testify against me.
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For I brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt,
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and redeemed thee out
of the house of servants,
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and I sent before thee
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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O my people, remember now what
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Balak king of Moab consulted,
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and what Balaam the
son of Beor answered him
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from Shittim unto Gilgal,
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that ye may know the
righteousness of the Lord.
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Wherewith shall I
come before the Lord,
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and bow myself
before the high God?
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Shall I come before
him with burnt offerings,
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with calves of a year old?
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Will the Lord be
pleased with thousands of rams,
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or with ten
thousands of rivers of oil?
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Shall I give my
firstborn for my transgression,
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the fruit of my body
for the sin of my soul?
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He hath shewed
thee, O man, what is good,
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and what doth the
Lord require of thee,
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but to do justly,
and to love mercy,
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and to walk humbly with thy God?
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The Lord's voice
crieth unto the city,
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and the man of
wisdom shall see thy name,
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hear ye the rod, and
who hath appointed it.
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Are there yet the
treasures of wickedness
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in the house of the wicked,
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and the scant
measure that is abominable?
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Shall I count them pure
with the wicked balances,
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and with the bag
of deceitful weights?
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For the rich men
thereof are full of violence,
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and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies,
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and their tongue is
deceitful in their mouth.
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Therefore also will I
make thee sick in smiting thee,
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in making thee
desolate because of thy sins.
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Thou shalt eat,
but not be satisfied,
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and thy casting down
shall be in the midst of thee,
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and thou shalt take
hold, but shalt not deliver,
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and that which thou deliverest
will I give up to the sword.
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Thou shalt sow, but
thou shalt not reap,
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thou shalt tread the olives,
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but thou shalt not
anoint thee with oil,
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and sweet wine, but
shalt not drink wine.
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For the statutes
of Omri are kept,
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and all the works
of the house of Ahab,
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and ye walk in their counsels,
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that I should
make thee a desolation,
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and the
inhabitants thereof an hissing,
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therefore ye shall bear
the reproach of my people."
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Continuing in Micah, Chapter 7.
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This is the King James Version.
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"Woe is me!
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For I am as when they have
gathered the summer fruits,
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as the grape
gleanings of the vintage,
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there is no cluster to eat,
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my soul desired
the firstripe fruit.
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The good man is
perished out of the earth,
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and there is none
upright among men,
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they all lie in wait for blood,
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they hunt every man
his brother with a net.
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That they may do evil
with both hands earnestly,
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the prince asketh,
and the judge asketh
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for a reward, and the great man,
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he uttereth his mischievous
desire, so they wrap it up.
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The best of them is as a brier,
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the most upright is
sharper than a thorn hedge,
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the day of thy watchmen
and thy visitation cometh,
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now shall be their perplexity.
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Trust ye not in a friend,
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put ye not
confidence in a guide,
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keep the doors of thy mouth
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from her that
lieth in thy bosom.
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For the son
dishonoureth the father,
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the daughter riseth
up against her mother,
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the daughter in law
against her mother in law,
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a man's enemies are
the men of his own house.
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Therefore I will
look unto the Lord,
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I will wait for the
God of my salvation,
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my God will hear me.
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Rejoice not
against me, O mine enemy,
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when I fall, I shall
arise, when I sit in darkness,
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the Lord shall
be a light unto me.
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I will bear the
indignation of the Lord,
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because I have
sinned against him,
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until he plead my cause,
and execute judgment for me,
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he will bring me
forth to the light,
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and I shall
behold his righteousness.
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Then she that is
mine enemy shall see it,
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and shame shall cover
her which said unto me,
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Where is the Lord thy God?
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Mine eyes shall behold her,
now shall she be trodden down
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as the mire of the streets.
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In the day that thy
walls are to be built,
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in that day shall the
decree be far removed.
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In that day also he shall come
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even to thee from Assyria,
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and from the fortified cities,
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and from the
fortress even to the river,
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and from sea to sea, and
from mountain to mountain.
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Not withstanding the
land shall be desolate
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because of them
that dwell therein,
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for the fruit of their doings.
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Feed thy people with thy rod,
the flock of thine heritage,
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which dwell
solitarily in the wood,
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in the midst of Carmel,
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let them feed in
Bashan and Gilead,
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as in the days of old.
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According to the days of thy
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coming out of the land of Egypt
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will I shew unto
him marvellous things.
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The nations shall
see and be confounded
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at all their might,
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they shall lay their
hand upon their mouth,
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their ears shall be deaf.
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They shall lick the
dust like a serpent,
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they shall move
out of their holes
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like worms of the earth,
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they shall be
afraid of the Lord our God,
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and shall fear because of thee.
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Who is a God like unto
thee, that pardoneth iniquity,
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and passeth by the transgression
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of the remnant of his heritage?
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He retaineth not
his anger for ever,
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because he delighteth in mercy.
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He will turn again, he
will have compassion upon us,
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he will subdue our iniquities,
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and thou wilt
cast all their sins
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into the depths of the sea.
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Thou wilt perform
the truth to Jacob,
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and the mercy to Abraham,
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which thou hast sworn unto
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our fathers from
the days of old."
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Continuing now in the
Book of Nahum, Chapter 1.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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"The burden of Nineveh.
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The book of the vision
of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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God is jealous,
and the Lord revengeth,
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the Lord
revengeth, and is furious,
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the Lord will take
vengeance on his adversaries,
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and he reserveth
wrath for his enemies.
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The Lord is slow to
anger, and great in power,
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and will not at
all acquit the wicked,
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the Lord hath his way in
the whirlwind and in the storm,
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and the clouds are
the dust of his feet.
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He rebuketh the
sea, and maketh it dry,
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and drieth up all the
rivers, Bashan languisheth,
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and Carmel, and the
flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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The mountains quake at
him, and the hills melt,
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and the earth is
burned at his presence,
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yea, the world, and
all that dwell therein.
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Who can stand
before his indignation?
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And who can abide in
the fierceness of his anger?
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His fury is
poured out like fire,
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and the rocks are
thrown down by him.
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The Lord is good, a strong
hold in the day of trouble,
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and he knoweth
them that trust in him.
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But with an
overrunning flood he will make
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an utter end of
the place thereof,
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and darkness shall
pursue his enemies.
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What do ye
imagine against the Lord?
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He will make an utter end,
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affliction shall not
rise up the second time.
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For while they be
folden together as thorns,
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and while they are
drunken as drunkards,
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they shall be
devoured as stubble fully dry.
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There is one come out of thee,
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that imagineth evil against
the Lord, a wicked counselor.
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Thus saith the Lord,
Though they be quiet,
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and likewise many, yet
thus shall they be cut down,
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when he shall pass through.
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Though I have afflicted thee,
I will afflict thee no more.
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For now will I break
his yoke from off thee,
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and will burst
thy bonds in sunder.
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And the Lord hath given a
commandment concerning thee,
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that no more of
thy name be sown,
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out of the house of
thy gods will I cut off
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the graven image
and the molten image,
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I will make thy
grave, for thou art vile.
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Behold upon the
mountains the feet of him that
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bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace!
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O Judah, keep thy solemn
feasts, perform thy vows,
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for the wicked shall
no more pass through thee,
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he is utterly cut off."
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Continuing in the
Book of Nahum, Chapter 2.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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"He that dasheth
in pieces is come up
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before thy face,
keep the munition,
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watch the way,
make thy loins strong,
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fortify thy power mightily.
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For the Lord hath turned
away the excellency of Jacob,
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as the excellency of Israel,
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for the emptiers
have emptied them out,
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and marred their vine branches.
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The shield of his
mighty men is made red,
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the valiant men are in scarlet,
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the chariots shall be
with flaming torches in the day
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of his
preparation, and the fir trees
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shall be terribly shaken.
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The chariots shall
rage in the streets,
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they shall justle one against
another in the broad ways,
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they shall seem like torches,
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they shall run
like the lightnings.
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He shall recount his worthies,
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they shall
stumble in their walk,
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they shall make
haste to the wall thereof,
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and the defence
shall be prepared.
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The gates of the
rivers shall be opened,
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and the palace
shall be dissolved.
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And Huzzab shall
be led away captive,
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she shall be brought up,
and her maids shall lead her
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as with the voice of doves,
tabering upon their breasts.
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But Nineveh is of
old like a pool of water,
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yet they shall flee away.
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Stand, stand, shall they
cry, but none shall look back.
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Take ye the spoil of
silver, take the spoil of gold,
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for there is none end
of the store and glory
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out of all the
pleasant furniture.
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She is empty,
and void, and waste,
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and the heart melteth,
and the knees smite together,
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and much pain is in all loins,
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and the faces of
them all gather blackness.
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Where is the
dwelling of the lions,
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and the feeding
place of the young lions,
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where the lion,
even the old lion,
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walked, and the lion's whelp,
and none made them afraid?
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The lion did tear in
pieces enough for his whelps,
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and strangled for his lionesses,
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and filled his holes with prey,
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and his dens with ravin.
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Behold, I am against
thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
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and I will burn her
chariots in the smoke,
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and the sword shall
devour thy young lions,
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and I will cut off
thy prey from the earth,
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and the voice of thy messengers
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shall no more be heard."
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Continuing in Nahum Chapter 3.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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"Woe to the bloody city!
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It is all full
of lies and robbery,
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the prey departeth
not, The noise of a whip,
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and the noise of the
rattling of the wheels,
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and of the pransing horses,
and of the jumping chariots.
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The horseman lifteth
up both the bright sword
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and the glittering spear,
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and there is a
multitude of slain,
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and a great number of carcases,
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and there is none
end of their corpses,
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they stumble upon their corpses.
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Because of the
multitude of the whoredoms
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of the well favored harlot,
the mistress of witchcrafts,
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that selleth nations
through her whoredoms,
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and families
through her witchcrafts.
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Behold, I am against
thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
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and I will discover
thy skirts upon thy face,
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and I will shew the
nations thy nakedness,
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and the kingdoms thy shame.
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And I will cast
abominable filth upon thee,
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and make thee vile, and
will set thee as a gazing stock.
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And it shall come to pass,
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that all they that look
upon thee shall flee from thee,
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and say, Nineveh is laid
waste, who will be moan her?
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Whence shall I seek
comforters for thee?
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Art thou better
than populous No,
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that was situate
among the rivers,
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that had the
waters round about it,
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whose rampart was the sea,
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and her wall was from the sea?
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Ethiopia and
Egypt were her strength,
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and it was infinite,
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Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
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Yet was she carried
away, she went into captivity."
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