The One Year Bible KJV (341 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,
and
called:
2
 mercy unto you, and peace and love, be multiplied.
3
 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort
you
that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4
 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5
 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6
 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7
 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8
 Likewise also these
filthy
dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9
 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10
 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11
 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12
 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds
they are
without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13
 raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14
 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15
 to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16
 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling
words,
having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17
 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18
 how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19
 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20
 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21
 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22
 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23
 and others save with fear, pulling
them
out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24
 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25
 to the only wise God our Saviour,
be
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen.
A Song of degrees for Solomon.
1
 Except the L
ORD
build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the L
ORD
keep the city, the watchman waketh
but
in vain.
2
Â
It is
vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows:
for
so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3
 Lo, children
are
an heritage of the L
ORD
:
and
the fruit of the womb
is his
reward.
4
 As arrows
are
in the hand of a mighty man; so
are
children of the youth.
5
 Happy
is
the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
15
 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left
to himself
bringeth his mother to shame.
16
 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17
 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
1
 The word of the L
ORD
that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2
 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3
 Tell ye your children of it, and
let
your children
tell
their children, and their children another generation.
4
 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5
 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6
 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth
are
the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7
 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast
it
away; the branches thereof are made white.
8
 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9
 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the L
ORD
; the priests, the L
ORD
's ministers, mourn.
10
 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11
 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12
 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even
all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13
 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14
 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders
and
all the inhabitants of the land
into
the house of the L
ORD
your God, and cry unto the L
ORD
.
15
 Alas for the day! for the day of the L
ORD
is
at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16
 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes,
yea,
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17
 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18
 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19
 O L
ORD
, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20
 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
2:
1
 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the L
ORD
cometh, for
it is
nigh at hand;
2
 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,
even
to the years of many generations.
3
 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land
is
as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4
 The appearance of them
is
as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5
 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6
 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7
 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8
 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and
when
they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
9
 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10
 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11
 And the L
ORD
shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp
is
very great: for
he is
strong that executeth his word: for the day of the L
ORD
is
great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12
 Therefore also now, saith the L
ORD
, turn ye
even
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13
 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the L
ORD
your God: for he
is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
14
 Who knoweth
if
he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him;
even
a meat offering and a drink offering unto the L
ORD
your God?
15
 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16
 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17
 Let the priests, the ministers of the L
ORD
, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O L
ORD
, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where
is
their God?
18
 Then will the L
ORD
be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
19
 Yea, the L
ORD
will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20
 But I will remove far off from you the northern
army,
and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21
 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the L
ORD
will do great things.
22
 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23
 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the L
ORD
your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first
month.
24
 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25
 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26
 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the L
ORD
your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27
 And ye shall know that I
am
in the midst of Israel, and
that
I
am
the L
ORD
your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28
 And it shall come to pass afterward,
that
I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29
 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30
 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31
 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the L
ORD
come.
32
 And it shall come to pass,
that
whosoever shall call on the name of the L
ORD
shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the L
ORD
hath said, and in the remnant whom the L
ORD
shall call.
3:
1
 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2
 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and
for
my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3
 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4
 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly
and
speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5
 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6
 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7
 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
8
 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the L
ORD
hath spoken
it.
9
 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10
 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I
am
strong.
11
 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O L
ORD
.
12
 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13
 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness
is
great.
14
 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the L
ORD
is
near in the valley of decision.
15
 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16
 The L
ORD
also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the L
ORD
will be
the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17
 So shall ye know that I
am
the L
ORD
your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18
 And it shall come to pass in that day,
that
the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the L
ORD
, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19
 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence
against
the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20
 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21
 For I will cleanse their blood
that
I have not cleansed: for the L
ORD
dwelleth in Zion.