• All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal

    From Camila Scott@pgzs.hqvghemj_whhctfz@jpesjhy.ee to alt.privacy.anon-server on Wed Sep 16 19:11:29 2026
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    And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep
    fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. The LORD
    is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I
    pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young
    men are gone into captivity. But Peter and John answered and said
    unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto
    you more than unto God, judge ye.

    Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
    certain of the church. And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am
    the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel;
    and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among
    the cattle of the children of Israel. And it came to pass on the
    fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to
    depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort
    thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. And
    they said, The Lord hath need of him. And he said unto them in his
    doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing,
    and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows'
    houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive
    greater damnation. How long, LORD? It is like the precious ointment
    upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard:
    that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon,
    and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there
    the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. He setteth
    an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of
    darkness, and the shadow of death. His troops come together, and
    raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

    And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for
    when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of
    Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of And it
    came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house
    of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the
    brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. They
    are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways
    thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. So David hid himself in the
    field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat
    meat. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather
    them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the
    lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child
    together: a great company shall return thither. There is none to
    guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is
    there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath
    brought up. And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of
    Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they
    shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
    Hast thou heard the secret of God? Now while Peter doubted in
    himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the
    men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's
    house, and stood before the gate, And called, and asked whether
    Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. I am the rose of
    Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. And this shall be an
    everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children
    of Israel for all their sins once a year.

    Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all
    of them slain, fallen by the sword: Whose graves are set in the
    sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of
    them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of
    the living. Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with
    all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to
    take a spoil? They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion
    for foxes. In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two
    of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept
    the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
    And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
    her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs;
    four cities. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared
    what should be done to him. O God, how long shall the adversary
    reproach?

    And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said,
    What do these feeble Jews? To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive
    also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your
    sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an
    advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. To this end
    was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should
    bear witness unto the truth. The words of Amos, who was among the
    herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of
    Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash
    king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Canst thou fill his
    skin with barbed irons? Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye
    holy: for I am the LORD your God. I cry unto thee, and thou dost not
    hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. Surely the serpent
    will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. And David
    said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for
    Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of
    Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
    He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though
    thou givest many gifts.
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