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And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.

And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;

Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.

Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.

Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.

Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.

What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? thou, Juda, wouldest not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes.

As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant,

Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;

Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;

Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.

Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.

For thy help will I send my servants Esau and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,

Wheresoever thou findest the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection.

As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number.

The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.

The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.

My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.

Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.

And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.

And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful things before thee, and despised thy commandments.

Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.

Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.

And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.

So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end: then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:

Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.

When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,

Or is there any other people that knoweth thee beside Israel? or what generation hath so believed thy covenants as Jacob?

Then said I, Yea, my lord. And he answered me, and said, I am sent to shew thee three ways, and to set forth three similitudes before thee:

Then said I, Yea, my lord. And he answered me, and said, I am sent to shew thee three ways, and to set forth three similitudes before thee:

Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I will shew thee also the way that thou desirest to see, and I shall shew thee from whence the wicked heart cometh.

Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I will shew thee also the way that thou desirest to see, and I shall shew thee from whence the wicked heart cometh.

And he said unto me, If I should ask thee how great dwellings are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the beginning of the deep, or how many springs are above the firmament, or which are the outgoings of paradise:

Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.

He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;

Then answered I and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding:

But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.

From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee.

And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.

He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof thou askest me, I may tell thee of them in part: but as touching thy life, I am not sent to shew thee; for I do not know it.

He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof thou askest me, I may tell thee of them in part: but as touching thy life, I am not sent to shew thee; for I do not know it.

But if the most High grant thee to live, thou shalt see after the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon thrice in the day:

One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.

To shew thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray again, and weep as now, and fast even days, thou shalt hear yet greater things.

Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the land of their captivity?

And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:

And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one pit: and of all the flowers thereof one lily:

And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river: and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself:

And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep:

And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep:

And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all.

And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.

And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.

Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know.

And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.

He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.

And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.

Then said I, Lord, I beseech thee, if I have found favour in thy sight, shew thy servant by whom thou visitest thy creature.

I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou shewedst me part the last night.

Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.

And these words said he unto me; I am come to shew thee the time of the night to come.

If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater things by day than I have heard.

And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not

And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not

Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six pats hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.

Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:

All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes

And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.

Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.

O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.

For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.

I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.

I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.

O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?

Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.

Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,

O look not upon the sins of thy people; but on them which serve thee in truth.

Think not upon those that have walked feignedly before thee: but remember them, which according to thy will have known thy fear.

For the just, which have many good works laid up with thee, shall out of their own deeds receive reward.

For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love my creature more than I: but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee, and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.

In that thou hast humbled thyself, as it becometh thee, and hast not judged thyself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous.

But understand thou for thyself, and seek out the glory for such as be like thee.

These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,

These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,

He answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently in itself: and when thou seest part of the signs past, which I have told thee before,

Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.

And pray unto the Highest continually, then will I come and talk with thee.

And I said unto her, What aileth thee? tell me.

For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her.

Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.

Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good courage that which hath befallen thee.

And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour.

And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour.

What aileth thee? and why art thou so disquieted? and why is thine understanding troubled, and the thoughts of thine heart?

And he said unto me, Stand up manfully, and I will advise thee.

Now therefore I beseech thee that thou wilt shew thy servant of this vision.

He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.

He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.

He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.

But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there appeared unto thee a city builded.