The One Year Bible KJV (340 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
A Song of degrees.
1
 When the L
ORD
turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2
 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The L
ORD
hath done great things for them.
3
 The L
ORD
hath done great things for us;
whereof
we are glad.
4
 Turn again our captivity, O L
ORD
, as the streams in the south.
5
 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6
 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him.
12
 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants
are
wicked.
13
 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the L
ORD
lighteneth both their eyes.
14
 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
1
 Israel
is
an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2
 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
3
 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the L
ORD
; what then should a king do to us?
4
 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5
 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof
that
rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6
 It shall be also carried unto Assyria
for
a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7
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As for
Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
8
 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
9
 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
10
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It is
in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
11
 And Ephraim
is as
an heifer
that is
taught,
and
loveth to tread out
the corn;
but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow,
and
Jacob shall break his clods.
12
 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for
it is
time to seek the L
ORD
, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
13
 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
14
 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon
her
children.
15
 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
11:
1
 When Israel
was
a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
2
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As
they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3
 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4
 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
5
 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6
 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour
them,
because of their own counsels.
7
 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt
him.
8
 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?
how
shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah?
how
shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9
 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I
am
God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
10
 They shall walk after the L
ORD
: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11
 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the L
ORD
.
12
 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
12:
1
 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2
 The L
ORD
hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3
 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4
 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him
in
Bethel, and there he spake with us;
5
 Even the L
ORD
God of hosts; the L
ORD
is
his memorial.
6
 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7
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He is
a merchant, the balances of deceit
are
in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8
 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance:
in
all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that
were
sin.
9
 And I
that am
the L
ORD
thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10
 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11
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Is there
iniquity
in
Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars
are
as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12
 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept
sheep.
13
 And by a prophet the L
ORD
brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14
 Ephraim provoked
him
to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
13:
1
 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
2
 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver,
and
idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3
 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff
that
is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4
 Yet I
am
the L
ORD
thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for
there is
no saviour beside me.
5
 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6
 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7
 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
them:
8
 I will meet them as a bear
that is
bereaved
of her whelps,
and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9
 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me
is
thine help.
10
 I will be thy king: where
is any other
that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11
 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took
him
away in my wrath.
12
 The iniquity of Ephraim
is
bound up; his sin
is
hid.
13
 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he
is
an unwise son; for he should not stay long in
the place of
the breaking forth of children.
14
 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15
 Though he be fruitful among
his
brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the L
ORD
shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16
 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
14:
1
 O Israel, return unto the L
ORD
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2
 Take with you words, and turn to the L
ORD
: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive
us
graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3
 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands,
Ye are
our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4
 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5
 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6
 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7
 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive
as
the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof
shall be
as the wine of Lebanon.
8
 Ephraim
shall say,
What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard
him,
and observed him: I
am
like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9
 Who
is
wise, and he shall understand these
things?
prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the L
ORD
are
right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.