Hosea 2 - Listen
1
Say
ye unto your brethren,
Ammi;
and to your sisters,
Ruhamah.
2
Plead
with your mother,
plead:
for she is not my wife,
neither am I her husband:
let her therefore put away
her whoredoms
out of her sight,
and her adulteries
from between her breasts;
3
Lest I strip
her naked,
and set
her as in the day
that she was born,
and make
her as a wilderness,
and set
her like a dry
land,
and slay
her with thirst.
4
And I will not have mercy
upon her children;
for they be the children
of whoredoms.
5
For their mother
hath played the harlot:
she that conceived
them hath done shamefully:
for she said,
I will go
after
my lovers,
that give
me my bread
and my water,
my wool
and my flax,
mine oil
and my drink.
6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge
up thy way
with thorns,
and make
a wall,
that she shall not find
her paths.
7
And she shall follow
after her lovers,
but she shall not overtake
them; and she shall seek
them, but shall not find
them: then shall she say,
I will go
and return
to my first
husband;
for then was it better
with me than now.
8
For she did not know
that I gave
her corn,
and wine,
and oil,
and multiplied
her silver
and gold,
which they prepared
for Baal.
9
Therefore will I return,
and take away
my corn
in the time
thereof, and my wine
in the season
thereof, and will recover
my wool
and my flax
given to cover
her nakedness.
10
And now will I discover
her lewdness
in the sight
of her lovers,
and none
shall deliver
her out of mine hand.
11
I will also cause all her mirth
to cease,
her feast days,
her new moons,
and her sabbaths,
and all her solemn feasts.
12
And I will destroy
her vines
and her fig trees,
whereof she hath said,
These are my rewards
that my lovers
have given
me: and I will make
them a forest,
and the beasts
of the field
shall eat
13
And I will visit
upon her the days
of Baalim,
wherein she burned incense
to them, and she decked
herself with her earrings
and her jewels,
and she went
after
her lovers,
and forgat
me, saith
the LORD.
14
Therefore, behold, I will allure
her, and bring
her into the wilderness,
and speak
comfortably
15
And I will give
her her vineyards
from thence, and the valley
of Achor
for a door
of hope:
and she shall sing
there, as in the days
of her youth,
and as in the day
when she came up
out of the land
of Egypt.
16
And it shall be at that day,
saith
the LORD,
that thou shalt call
me Ishi;
and shalt call
me no more Baali.
17
For I will take away
the names
of Baalim
out of her mouth,
and they shall no more be remembered
by their name.
18
And in that day
will I make
a covenant
for them with the beasts
of the field,
and with the fowls
of heaven,
and with the creeping things
of the ground:
and I will break
the bow
and the sword
and the battle
out of the earth,
and will make them to lie down
safely.
19
And I will betroth
thee unto me for ever;
yea, I will betroth
thee unto me in righteousness,
and in judgment,
and in lovingkindness,
and in mercies.
20
I will even betroth
thee unto me in faithfulness:
and thou shalt know
the LORD.
21
And it shall come to pass in that day,
I will hear,
saith
the LORD,
I will hear
the heavens,
and they shall hear
the earth;
22
And the earth
shall hear
the corn,
and the wine,
and the oil;
and they shall hear
Jezreel.
23
And I will sow
her unto me in the earth;
and I will have mercy
upon her that had not obtained mercy;
*
and I will say
to them which were not my people,
Thou art my people;
and they shall say,
Thou art my God.
21
I will hear
the heavens,
and they shall hear
the earth;
22
And the earth
shall hear
the corn,
and the wine,
and the oil;
and they shall hear
Jezreel.
23
And I will sow
her unto me in the earth;
and I will have mercy
upon her that had not obtained mercy;
*
and I will say
to them which were not my people,
Thou art my people;
and they shall say,
Thou art my God.
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Joshua 9 - Listen
1
And it came to pass, when all the kings
which were on this side
Jordan,
in the hills,
and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts
of the great
sea
over against
Lebanon,
the Hittite,
and the Amorite,
the Canaanite,
the Perizzite,
the Hivite,
and the Jebusite,
heard
2
That they gathered
themselves together,
to fight
with Joshua
and with Israel,
with one
accord.
3
And when the inhabitants
of Gibeon
heard
what Joshua
had done
unto Jericho
and to Ai,
4
They did work
wilily,
and went
and made as if they had been ambassadors,
and took
old
sacks
upon their asses,
and wine
bottles,
old,
and rent,
and bound up;
5
And old
shoes
and clouted
upon their feet,
and old
garments
upon them; and all the bread
of their provision
was dry
and mouldy.
6
And they went
to Joshua
unto the camp
at Gilgal,
and said
unto him, and to the men
of Israel,
We be come
from a far
country:
now therefore make
ye a league
7
And the men
of Israel
said
unto the Hivites,
Peradventure
ye dwell
among
us; and how shall we make
a league
8
And they said
unto Joshua,
We are thy servants.
And Joshua
said
unto them, Who are ye? and from whence
come
9
And they said
unto him, From a very
far
country
thy servants
are come
because of the name
of the LORD
thy God:
for we have heard
the fame
of him, and all that he did
in Egypt,
10
And all that he did
to the two
kings
of the Amorites,
that were beyond
Jordan,
to Sihon
king
of Heshbon,
and to Og
king
of Bashan,
which was at Ashtaroth.
11
Wherefore our elders
and all the inhabitants
of our country
spake
to us, saying,
Take
victuals
with you
for the journey,
and go
to meet
them, and say
unto them, We are your servants:
therefore now make
ye a league
12
This our bread
we took hot
for our provision
out of our houses
on the day
we came forth
to go
unto you; but now, behold, it is dry,
and it is mouldy:
13
And these bottles
of wine,
which we filled,
were new;
and, behold, they be rent:
and these our garments
and our shoes
are become old
by reason of the very
long
journey.
14
And the men
took
of their victuals,
and asked
not counsel at the mouth
of the LORD.
15
And Joshua
made
peace
with them, and made
a league
with them, to let them live:
and the princes
of the congregation
sware
16
And it came to pass at the end
of three
days
after
they had made
a league
with them, that they heard
that they were their neighbours,
and that they dwelt
among
17
And the children
of Israel
journeyed,
and came
unto their cities
on the third
day.
Now their cities
were Gibeon,
and Chephirah,
and Beeroth,
and Kirjathjearim.
18
And the children
of Israel
smote
them not, because the princes
of the congregation
had sworn
unto them by the LORD
God
of Israel.
And all the congregation
murmured
against the princes.
19
But all the princes
said
unto all the congregation,
We have sworn
unto them by the LORD
God
of Israel:
now therefore we may
not touch
20
This we will do
to them; we will even let them live,
lest wrath
be upon us, because of the oath
which we sware
21
And the princes
said
unto them, Let them live;
but let them be hewers
of wood
and drawers
of water
unto all the congregation;
as the princes
had promised
22
And Joshua
called
for them, and he spake
unto them, saying,
Wherefore have ye beguiled
us, saying,
We are very
far
from you; when ye dwell
among
23
Now therefore ye are cursed,
and there shall none of you be freed
from being bondmen,
and hewers
of wood
and drawers
of water
for the house
of my God.
24
And they answered
Joshua,
and said,
Because it was certainly
told
thy servants,
how that the LORD
thy God
commanded
his servant
Moses
to give
you all the land,
and to destroy
all the inhabitants
of the land
from before
you, therefore we were sore
afraid
of our lives
because
of you, and have done
this thing.
25
And now, behold, we
are in thine hand:
as it seemeth
good
and right
unto thee to do
unto us, do.
26
And so did
he unto them, and delivered
them out of the hand
of the children
of Israel,
that they slew
27
And Joshua
made
them that day
hewers
of wood
and drawers
of water
for the congregation,
and for the altar
of the LORD,
even unto this day,
in the place
which he should choose.
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