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Magnify his name, and shew forth his praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps, and in praising him ye shall say after this manner:

Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:

And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.

When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.

God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.

Wherefore are ye slow, and what say ye to these things, seeing your souls are very thirsty?

Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.

Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.

Behold with your eyes, how that I have but little labour, and have gotten unto me much rest.

Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and be not ashamed of his praise.

Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.

Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.

Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.

Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.

Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.

For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.

Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.

Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.

Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.

For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.

For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.

But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship thee.

For mine angel is with you, and I myself caring for your souls.

Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.

It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.

Thus have ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear companied with you: but the daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.

Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.

Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.

And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel, give ear unto him alway: he shall be a father unto you.

As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath been mighty and strong, even from his youth up: let him be your captain, and fight the battle of the people.

Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people.

He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.

Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.

So he spake unto them, peaceably, and sware unto them, saying, we will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends.

Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.

Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies.

And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews, from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes,

And we are right glad of your honour.

Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, ye shall do well to write unto us of your prosperity.

We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise.

And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.

The ambassadors that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour: wherefore we were glad of their coming,

Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.

And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace,

And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble.

But doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws’ sake.

If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.

If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.

If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.

As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:

For I am persuaded that he understanding my mind will favourably and graciously yield to your desires.

And if then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will I endeavour to be a means of your good.

Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:

Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:

Therefore send some with speed, that we may know what is your mind.

And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,

And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,

And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,

According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,

Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.

And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;

For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.

Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.

Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.

Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.

Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The quails were as a token to you; I gave you tents for your safeguard: nevertheless ye murmured there,

And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.

Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels’ bread.

When ye were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees.

I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet.

Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.

Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.

Ye have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.

That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?

That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?

When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken.

When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken.

When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken.

I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require of your hands, saith the Lord.

Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate, I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble.

And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an evil before me.

Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them.

The mother that bare them saith unto them, Go your way, ye children; for I am a widow and forsaken.

I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done that thing that is evil before him.

But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken: go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord.

And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.

Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.

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

As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.

And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.

Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.

And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.

Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.

Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.

I will not spare them: go your way, ye children, from the power, defile not my sanctuary.

Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.

Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.

Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.

Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.