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As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;
The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.
Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
"Lately My people have risen up as an enemy - You pull off the robe with the garment From those who trust you, as they pass by, Like men returned from war.
"Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
'I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed.
I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.