• Israel should have been like a virgin

    From Penelope Peterson@nvcaeely_anpmz_oggudvud@pmvxugpz.analytics to alt.privacy.anon-server on Wed Sep 16 20:13:50 2026
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    Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
    thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. Then they that were in the
    ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of
    God. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God
    bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of
    affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty
    abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

    Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the
    good and gentle, but also to the froward. And also I have withholden
    the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest:
    and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain
    upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece
    whereupon it rained not withered. Lo, thou trustest in the staff of
    this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into
    his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that
    trust in him. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the
    captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces;
    and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
    shall remain after the manner thereof. And the Spirit of God came
    upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa, and said
    unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is
    with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found
    of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. And he shall
    take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of
    the tabernacle of the congregation. Again, think ye that we excuse
    ourselves unto you? Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and
    I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou
    hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Be ye
    afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the
    sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. Whose harvest the
    hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the
    robber swalloweth up their substance.

    And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and
    secure you. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him
    by the power of God toward you. Jesus therefore walked no more
    openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the
    wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his
    disciples. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
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