the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and all the people shall say Amen 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law and all the people shall say Amen 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say Amen 25 * Ezek 22.12 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person and all the people shall say Amen 26 * Gal. 3.10 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say Amen CHAP. XXVIII 1 The blessings for obedience 15 The curses for disobedience ANd it shall come to pass * Levit 26.3 if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattel the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ‖ Or dough or kneading-troughs store 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face they shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy ‖ Or barâ—s store-houses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD and they shall be afraid of thee 11 And * Chaâ— 30.9 c. the LORD shall make thee plentâ—â—us ‖ Or for good in goods in the fruit of thy †Heb. belly body and in the fruit of thy cattel and in the fruit of thy ground in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and * Chap. 15.6 thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head and not the tail and thou shalt be above onely and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to observe and to do them 14 And thou shalt not go aâ—ide from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serve them 15 ¶ But it shall come to pass * Levit. 26.14 Lam. 2.17 Mal. 2.2 Bar. 1.20 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD the God to observe to do all his commandements and his statutes which I command thee this day that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city and cursed shalt thou be in the field 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land the increase of thy kine and the floâ—ks of thy sheep 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing vexation and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto †Heb. whith thou wousdest do for to do until thou be destroyed and untâ—â—l thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsâ—kâ—n me 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it 22 * Levit 26.16 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption and with a feaver and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the ‖ Or drought sword and with blasting and with mildew and they shall pursue thee until thou perish 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iroâ— 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust from heaven shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven waâ—s before them and shalt be †Heb. for a removing removed into all the kingdoms of the earth 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth and no man shall fray them away 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt and with the emerods and with the scab and with the itch whereof thou canst not be healed 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-days as the blind gropeth in darkness and thou shalt net prosper in thy ways and thou shalt be onely oppressed and spoiled evermore and no man shall save thee 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife and another man shall lie with her thou shalt build an house and thou shalt not dwell therein * Chap. 20.6 thou shalt plant a vineyard and shalt not †Heb. profane or use it as common meat gather the grapes thereof 31 Thine ox shall be slain â—â—â—ore thine eyes and thou shalt not eat thereof thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and †Heb. shall not return to thee shall not be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies and thou shalt have none to rescue them 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people and thine eyes sâ—all look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand 33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees and in the legs with a sore botch that cannot be healed from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head 36 The LORD shall
thirty and eight 46 ¶ The Nethinims the children of Ziha the children of Hashupha the children of Tabbaoth 47 The children of Keros the children of Sia the children of Padon 48 The children of Lebana the children of Hagaba the children of Shalmai 49 The children of Hanan the children of Giddel the children of Gahar 50 The children of Reaiah the children of Rezin the children of Nekoda 51 The children of Gazzam the children of Uzza the children of Phaseah 52 The children of Besai the children of Meunim the children of Nephishesim 53 The children of Bakbuk the children of Hakupha the children of Harhur 54 The children of Bazlith the children of Mchida the children of Harsha 55 The children of Barkos the children of Sisera the children of Tamah 56 The children of Neziah the children of Hatipha 57 ¶ The children of Solomons servants the children of Sotal the children of Sophereth the children of Perida 58 The children of Jaala the children of Darkon the children of Giddel 59 The children of Shephatiah the children of Hattil the children of Pochereth of Zebaim the children of ‖ Or Ami. Amon. 60 All the Nethinims and the children of Solomons servants were three hundred ninety and two 61 * Ezra 2.59 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah Tel-haresha Cherub Addon and Immer but they could not shew their fathers house nor their ‖ Or â—edegree seed whether they were of Israel 62 The children of Delaiah the children of Tobiah the children of Nekoda six hundred fourty and two 63 ¶ And of the priests the children of Habaiah the children of Koz the children of Barzillai which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife and was called after their name 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie but it was not found therefore were they 〈◊〉 as polluted put from the priesthood 65 And Or the â—â—â—â—â—nour the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim 66 ¶ The whole congregation together was fourty and two thousand three hundred and threescore 67 Beside their man-servants and their maid-servants of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven and they had two hundred fourty and five singing-men and singing-women 68 Their horses seven hundred thirty and six their mules two hundred fourty and five 69 Their camels four hundred thirty and five six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses 70 ¶ And †Heb. part some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work the Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold fifty basons five hundred and thirty priests garments 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand pound of silver and threescore and seven priests garments 73 So the priests and the Levites and the porters and the singers and some of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities and when the seventh moneth came the children of Israel were in their cities CHAP. VIII 1 The religious manner of reading and hearing the law 9 They comfort the people 13 The forwardness of them to hear and be insirusted 16 They keep the feast of tabernacles ANd all * Ezra 3.1 the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate and they spake unto Ezra the * Ezra 7.6 scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded to Israel 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women and all †Heb. that understood in hearing that could hear with understanding upon the first day of the seventh moneth 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate †Heb. from the light from the morning until mid-day before the men and the women and those that could understand and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a †Heb. tower of wood pulpit of wood which they had made for the purpose and beside him stood Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Urijah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on his right hand and on his left hand Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchiah and Hashum and Hashbadana Zechariah and Meshullam 5 And Ezra opened the book in the †Heb. eyes sight of all the people for he was above all the people and when he opened it all the people stood up 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD the great God and all the people answered Amen amen with lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground 7 Also Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah Jamin Akkub Shabbethai Hodijah Maaseiah Kelita Azariah Jozabad Hanan Pelaiah and the Levites caused the people to understand the law and the people stood in their place 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly and gave the sense and caused them to understand the reading 9 ¶ And Nehemiah which is ‖ Or the governouâ— the Tirshatha and Ezra the priest the scribe and the Levites that taught the people said unto all the people This day is holy unto the LORD your God mourn not nor weep for all the people wept when they heard the words of the law 10 Then he said unto them Go your way eat the fat and drink the sweet and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared for this day is holy unto our Lord neither be you sorry for the joy of the LORD is your strength 11 So the Levites stilled all the people saying Hold your peace for the day is holy neither be ye grieved 12 And all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great mirth because they had understood the words that were declared unto them 13 ¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people the priests and the Levites unto Ezra the scribe even ‖ Or that they might instruct in the words of the law to understand the words of the law 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded †Heb. by the hand of by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in * Levit. 23.34 Deut. 16.13 booths in the feast of the seventh moneth 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem saying Go forth unto the mount and fetch olive-branches and pine-branches and myrtle branches and palm-branches and branches of thick trees to make booths as it is written 16 ¶ So
neither shall they walk any more after the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of their evil heart 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk ‖ Or to with the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have ‖ Or caused your father to possess given for an inheritance unto your fathers 19 But I said How shall I put thee among the children and give thee a †Heb. land of desire pleasant land †Heb. an heritage of clory or beauty a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations and I said Thou shalt call me My father shalt not turn away †Heb. from after me from me 20 ¶ Surely as a wife treacheroully departeth from her †Heb. friend husband so have you dealt treacherously with me O house of Israel saith the LORD 21 A voice was heard upon the high places weeping and supplications of the children of Israel for they have perverted their way and they have forgotten the LORD their God 22 * Hol. 14.1 Return ye backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings behold we come unto thee for thou art the LORD our God 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth their flocks and their herds their sons and their daughters 25 We lie down in our shame and our confusion covereth us for we have sinned against the LORD our God we and our fathers from our youth even unto this day and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God CHAP. IV. 1 God calleth Israel by his promise 3 He exhorteth Judab to repentance by fearful judgements 19 A grievous lamentation for the in series of Judah IF thou wilt return O Israel saith the LORD * Joel ◠12. return unto me and it thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight then shalt thou not remove 2 And thou shalt swear The LORD liveth in truth in judgement and in righteousness and the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him shall they * 2 Cor. 10.37 glory 3 ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem Break up your tallow-tallow-ground and sowe not among thorns 4 Circumcise your selves to the LORD and take away the foreskins or your heart ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem lest my fury come forth like fire and burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your doings 5 Declare ye in Judah and Publish in Jerusalem and say Blow ye the trumpet in the land cry gather together and say Assemble your selves and let us go into the defenced cities 6 Set up the standard towards Zion ‖ Or strengthen retire stay not for I will bring evil from the * Chap. 1.13 14 15. and 6.22 north and a great †Heb. breaking destruction 7 The lion is come up from his thicket and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant 8 For this * Chap. 6.26 gird you with sackcloth lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us 9 And it shall come to pass at that day saith the LORD that the heart of the king shall perish and the heart of the princes and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder 10 Then said I Ah Lord GOD surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerulalem saying Ye shall have peace whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people not to fan nor to cleanse 12 Even ‖ Or a suller wind then those a full wind from those places shall come unto me now also will I †Heb. utter judgements give sentence against them 13 Behold he shall come up as clouds and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind his horses are swifter then eagles wo unto us for we are spoiled 14 O Jerusalem * Isa 1.16 wash thine heart from wickedness that thou mayest be saved how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee 15 For a voice declareth * Chap. 6.16 from Dan and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim 16 Make ye mention to the nations behold publish against Jerusalem that watchers come from a far countrey and give out their voice against the cities of Judah 17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about because she hath been rebellious against me saith the LORD 18 * Psal 107.17 Isa 50.1 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee this is thy wickedness because it is bitter because it reacheth unto thine heart 19 ¶ My * Isa 22.4 Chap. 9.1 bowels my bowels I am pained at †Heb. the wall◠of my heart my very heart my heart maketh a noise in me I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard O my soul the sound of the trumpet the alarm of war 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried for the whole land is spoiled suddenly are my tents spoiled and my curtains in a moment 21 How long shall I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet 22 For my people is foolish they have not known me they are sottish children and they have none understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge 23 I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens and they had no light 24 I beheld the mountains and lo they trembled and all the hills moved lightly 25 I beheld and lo there was no man and all the birds of the heavens were fled 26 I beheld and lo the fruitful place was a wilderness and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD and by his fierce anger 27 For thus hath the LORD said The whole land shall be desulate * Chap. ◠18 yet will I not make a full end 28 For this shall the earth mourn and the heavens above be black because I have spoken it I have purposed it and will not repent neither will I turn back from it 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the hors-men and bowe-men they shall go into thickets and climb up upon the rocks every city shall be forsaken and not a man dwell therein 30 And when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do Though thou clothest thy self with crimson though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold though thou rentest thy †Heb. eyes face with painting in vain shalt thou make thy self fair thy lovers will
home there is as death 21 They have heard that I sigh there is none to comfort me all mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day that thou hast ‖ Or â—â—â—laimed called and they shall be like unto me 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighs are many and my heart is saint CHAP. II. 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem 20 He complaineth thereof to God HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel and remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob and hath not pitted he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah he hath †Heb. male to south brought them down to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary and slew †Heb. all the desireable of the eye all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire 5 The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation 6 And he hath violently * Ps 80.12 and 89.40 Isa 5.5 taken away his ‖ Or â—edâ—e tabernacle as if it were of a garden he hath destroyed his places of the assembly the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar he hath abhorred his sanctuary he hath †Heb. Sout up given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces they have made a noise in the house of the LORD as in the day of a solemn feast 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out a line he hath not withdrawn his hand from †Heb. swallowing up destroying therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament they languished together 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground he hath destroyed and broken her bars her king and her princes are among the Gentiles the law is no more her * Ps 74.9 prophets also finde no vision from the LORD 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence they have cast up dust upon their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears my bowels are troubled my liver is poured upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings ‖ Or saint swoon in the streets of the city 12 They say to their mothers Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city when their soul was poured out into their mothers bosom 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken to thee O daughter of Jerusalem what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion for thy breach is great like the sea who can heal thee 14 Thy * Jer. 2.8 and 5.31 and 14.14 and 23.16 prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee and they have not discovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment 15 All that pass †Heb. by the way by clap their hands at thee they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying Is this the câ—ty that men call * Ps 48.2 the perfection of beauty the joy of the whole earth 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen it 17 The LORD hath done that which he had * Lev. 26.16 devised he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old he hath thrown down and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord O wall of the daughter of Zion * Jer. 14.17 Ch. â— 16 let tears run down like a river day and night give thy self no rest let not the apple of thine eye cease 19 Arise cry out in the night in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street 20 ¶ Behold O LORD and consider to whom thou hast done this shall the women eat their fruit and children ‖ Or swaddled with their hands of a span long shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LORD 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets my virgins and my young men are fain by the sword thou hast slain them in the day of thy anger thou hast killed and not pitied 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about so that in the day of the LORDS anger none escaped nor remained those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed CHAP. III. 1 The faithful bewall their â—alamities 22 By the mercies of God they nourish their hope 37 They acknowledge Gods justice 55 They pray for deliverance 64 and venâ—eance on their enemies I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath 2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness but not into light 3 Surely against me is he turned he turneth his hand against me all the day 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old he hath broken my bones 5 He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and travel 6 He hath set me in dark places as they that be dead of old 7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out he hath made my chain heavy 8 Also when I cry and shout he shutteth out my prayer 9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone the hath made my paths crooked 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a
* Zattu Zamoth * Elioenai Eliadas * Eliashib Elisimus * Mattaniah Othonias Jarimoth and * Zabad Sabatus and * Aziza Sardeus 29 Of the sons of Bebai Johannes and Ananias and * Zabbai Jolabad and * Athlai Amatheis 30 Of the sons of * Bani Mani * Meshullam Olamus * Malluch Mamuchus * Adaiah Jedeus Jasubus * Sheal. Jasael and Hieremoth 31 †Of the names in verse 31 32 34 35 see Ezra 10.30 31 34 c. And of the sons of Addi Naathus and Moosias Lacunus and Naidus and Mathanias and Sesthel Balnuus and Manasseas 32 And of the sons of Annas Elionas and Aseas and Melchias and Sabbeus and Simon Chosameus 33 And of the sons of Asom * Mattenai Altaneus and * Mattithiah Matthias and * Zabad Bannaia Eliphalat and Manasses and Semei 34 And of the sons of Maani Jeremias Momdis Omaerus Juel Mabdai and Pelias and Anos Carabasion and Enasibus and Mamnitanaimus Eliasis Bannus Eliali Samis Selemias Nathanias and of the sons of Ozora Sesis Esril Azaelus Samatus Zambis Josiphus 35 And of the sons of Ethma Mazitias Zabadaias Edes Juel Banaias 36 All these had taken strange wives and they put them away with their children 37 And the priests and Levites and they that were of Israel dwelt in Jerusalem and in the countrey in the first day of the seventh moneth so the children of Israel were in their ‖ Or villagâ—â— habitations 38 * Neh. 8.1 And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east 39 And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader that he would bring the law of Moses that was given of the Lord God of Israel 40 So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman and to all the priests to hear the law in the first day of the seventh moneth 41 And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto mid-day before both men and women and all the multitude gave heed unto the law 42 And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made for that purpose 43 And there stood up by him Matathias Sammus Ananias Azarias Urias ‖ Or Hilkiah Ezecias ‖ Or Maasiah Balasamus upon the right hand 44 And upon his left hand stood ‖ Or Pedaiah Phaldaius Misael Melchias ‖ Or Hashum Lothasubus and ‖ See Neh. 8.4 Nabarias 45 The took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude for he sat †Heb. above them all honourably in the first place in the sight of them all 46 And when he opened the law they stood all straight up So Esdras blessed the Lord God most high the God of hosts Almighty 47 And all the people answered Amen and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground and worshipped the Lord. 48 Also Jesus Anus Sarabias Adinus Jacubus Sabbateas ‖ Or Hodijah Auteas Maianeas and Calitas Azarias and Joazabdus and Ananias Biatas the Levites taught the law of the Lord making them withal to understand it 49 ‖ Then Nehemiah and Ezra the priest and scribe and the Levites that instructed the people said unto all the people Nehem. 8.9 Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader and to the Levites that taught the multitude even to all saying 50 This day is holy unto the Lord for they all wept when they heard the law 51 Go then and eat the fat and drink the sweet and send part to ‖ Or the poor them that have nothing 52 For this day is holy unto the Lord and be not sorrowful for the Lord will bring you to honour 53 So the Levites published all things to the people saying This day is holy to the Lord be not sorrowful 54 Then went they their way every one to eat and drink and make merry and to give part to them that had nothing and to make great cheer 55 Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed and for the which they had been assembled II. ESDRAS CHAP. I. 1 Esdras is commanded to reprove the people 24 God threatneth to cast them off 35 to give their houses to a people of more grace then they THe second book of the prophet * Ezra 7.1 Esdras the son of Saraias the son of Azarias the son of Helchias the son of ‖ Or Shallum Sadamias the son of Sadoc the son of Achitob 2 The son of Achias the son of Phinees the son of Heli the son of Amarias the son of Aziei the son of Marimoth the son of Arna the son of Ozias the son of Borith the son of Abisei the son of Phinees the son of Eleazar 3 The son of Aaron of the tribe of Levi which was captive in the land of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians 4 And the word of the Lord came unto me saying 5 Go thy way and * Isa â— â— shew my people their sinful deeds and their children their wickedness which they have done against me that they may tell their childrens children 6 Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them for they have forgotten me and have offered unto strange gods 7 Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage but they have provoked me unto wrath and despised my counsels 8 Pull thou off then the hair of thy head and cast all evil upon them for they have not been obedient unto my law but it is a rebellious people 9 How long shall I forbear them unto whom I have done so much good 10 Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes * Ex. 14.28 Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down 11 * Num. 21.24 Josh 8 and 10 and 12. And all the nations have I destroyed before them and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces even of Tyrus and Sidon and have slain all their enemies 12 Speak thou therefore unto them saying Thus saith the Lord 13 * Ex. 14.29 I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe ‖ Or sheet passage * Ex. 3.10 â—â—d 4.14 I gave you Moses for a leader Aaron for a priest 14 * Ex. 13.21 I gave you light in a pillar of fire and great wonders have I done among you yet have you forgotten me saith the Lord. 15 Thus saith the Almighty Lord The * Ex. 16.13 Ps 105.40 quails were as a token for you I gave you tents for your safeguard nevertheless you murmured there 16 And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies but ever to this day do ye yet murmure 17 Where are