Friday, March 26, 2027

^7:1And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasin king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it. ²And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind. ³And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, thou, and thy son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field. ⁴And thou shalt say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let thy soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again. ⁵And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying, ⁶We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it; ⁷thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass. ⁸But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from being a people. ⁹And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if ye believe not, neither will ye at all understand. ¹⁰And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying, ¹¹Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height. ¹²And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. ¹³And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do ye contend against the Lord? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel.

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^5:32And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. ^6:1And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose. ³And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years. ⁴Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown. ⁵And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually, ⁶then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply. ⁷And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them. ⁸But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

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^6:20My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother: ²¹but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck. ²²Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest. ²³For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction: ²⁴to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue. ²⁵Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids. ²⁶For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. ²⁷Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments? ²⁸or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet? ²⁹So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her. ³⁰It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: ³¹but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods. ³²But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul. ³³He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off. ³⁴For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance. ³⁵He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts. ^7:1My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments.

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^2:11For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹²saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.” ¹³Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.” ¹⁴Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. ¹⁶For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. ¹⁸For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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^1:24After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.” ²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!” ²⁹But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. ³⁰The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.” ³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” ³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. ³⁶Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. ³⁷For nothing spoken by God is impossible.” ³⁸Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

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^7:1And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasin king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it. ²And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind. ³And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, thou, and thy son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field. ⁴And thou shalt say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let thy soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again. ⁵And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying, ⁶We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it; ⁷thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass. ⁸But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from being a people. ⁹And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if ye believe not, neither will ye at all understand. ¹⁰And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying, ¹¹Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height. ¹²And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. ¹³And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do ye contend against the Lord? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel.

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^5:32And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. ^6:1And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose. ³And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years. ⁴Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown. ⁵And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually, ⁶then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply. ⁷And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them. ⁸But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

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^6:20My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother: ²¹but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck. ²²Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest. ²³For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction: ²⁴to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue. ²⁵Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids. ²⁶For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. ²⁷Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments? ²⁸or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet? ²⁹So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her. ³⁰It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: ³¹but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods. ³²But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul. ³³He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off. ³⁴For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance. ³⁵He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts. ^7:1My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments.

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