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And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying,
Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
After this I heard a sound
like the
roar of a great multitude in heaven,
shouting: “
Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying,
Alleluia: for the Lord God
omnipotent reigneth.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
He has eyes
like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
And shall go out to
deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth,
Gog and
Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
and will go out to
deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—
Gog and
Magog—to
assemble them for battle. Their number is
like the sand of the
seashore.
Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even
like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal;
And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
The wall was made of
jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbundry, when they have
reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and
compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.
For we
likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us
hither.
To the sum of an hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of wine, and other things in abundance.
And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass,
glittering like gold.
Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
Then
cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice,
Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
The floods of the sea also in
like manner took counsel, and said, Come, let us go up and
subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.
The thought of the floods of the sea came
likewise to
nought, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.
Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are
like the
womb of a woman:
For
like as a woman that travaileth maketh
haste to escape the necessity of the
travail: even so do these places
haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them.
And so I fasted seven days,
mourning and
weeping,
like as Uriel the angel commanded me.
Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.
And he said unto me, I will
liken my judgment unto a ring:
like as there is no
slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.
For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth
like those that were before, but less of
stature?
And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and
hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was
like the sound of many waters.
At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.
And it came to pass after this, that I
wept again, and fasted seven days in
like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.
As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be
like unto
spittle: and hast
likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.
But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;
The entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:
And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
For thou art alone, and we all one
workmanship of thine hands,
like as thou hast said.
Let it not be thy will to destroy them which have lived like beasts; but to look upon them that have clearly taught thy law.
Like as I have spoken now, so shall it come to pass.
Like as the
husbandman’s seed perisheth, if it come not up, and receive not thy rain in due season; or if there come too much rain, and corrupt it:
Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and is called thine own image, because thou art
like unto him, for whose sake thou hast made all things, and
likened him unto the
husbandman’s seed.
But understand thou for
thyself, and seek out the glory for such as be
like thee.
These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,
For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:
Like as a wave is greater than a drop.
And he answered me, saying,
Like as the field is, so is also the seed; as the flowers be, such are the colours also; such as the
workman is, such also is the work; and as the
husbandman ls himself, so is his
husbandry also: for it was the time of the world.
So I went my way into the field which is called Ardath, like as he commanded me; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.
After seven days I sat upon the grass, and my heart was
vexed within me,
like as before:
But if thou sayest unto me, My
lamentation is not
like the earth’s, because I have lost the fruit of my
womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows;
Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there appeared unto thee a city builded.
And, behold, thou sawest her
likeness, and because she
mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
And so shall the Highest
shew thee visions of the high things, which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon the earth in the last days. So I
slept that night and another,
like as he commanded me.
And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared no more.
And after this I
beheld, and, lo, the head that was in the midst suddenly appeared no more,
like as the wings.
But there remained the two heads, which also in like sort ruled upon the earth, and over those that dwelt therein.
So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded them:
And
whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice,
like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.
Therefore are they come into great perils and many
necessities,
like as these dreams declare.
And
Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being prepared and builded,
like as thou sawest the hill
graven without hands.
And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the torments
wherewith they shall begin to be
tormented, which are
like unto a flame: and he shall destroy them without labour by the law which is
like unto me.
And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
For thou shalt be taken away from all, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my Son, and with such as be like thee, until the times be ended.
Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, he reached me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire.
Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, and
recompense in their
bosom. Thus saith the Lord God;
The fire is gone forth from his wrath, and hath consumed the foundations of the earth, and the sinners,
like the straw that is
kindled.
Woe be unto thee, thou
wretch, because thou hast made
thyself like unto her; and hast decked thy daughters in
whoredom, that they might please and glory in thy lovers, which have always desired to commit
whoredom with thee.
Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief
Like as an
arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again.
And therefore be ye not
like thereunto, nor to the works thereof.
He spreadeth out the heavens
like a
vault; upon the waters hath he founded it.
They shall be
like mad men,
sparing none, but still
spoiling and destroying those that fear the Lord.
Woe be unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered with their
iniquities like as a field is covered over with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel through!
Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How
like is this young man to
Tobit my cousin!
And
likewise Edna his wife and Sara his daughter
wept. Moreover they entertained them
cheerfully; and after that they had killed a ram of the flock, they set store of meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which thou
didst talk in the way, and let this business be
dispatched.
Thou madest Adam, and gavest him
Eve his wife for an helper and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid
like unto himself.
For he hath brought me again to thee in safety, and made whole my wife, and brought me the money, and
likewise healed thee.
Now therefore, when thou
didst pray, and Sara thy daughter in law, I did bring the
remembrance of your prayers before the Holy One: and when thou
didst bury the dead, I was with thee
likewise.
And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
A great number also
sundry countries came with them
like locusts, and
like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.
For they have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done the like, to bring them a licence from the senate.
Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.
Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation.
Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them with one consent, and
slew them unto Chobai:
likewise also they that came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill country, (for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies) and they that were in Galaad, and in
Galilee,
chased them with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and the borders thereof.
All Israel in
like manner
cried most earnestly unto the Lord, because their death was before their eyes.
Give me
eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion: turn his heart to
hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an end of him, and of all that are
likeminded to him:
Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
He is
grievous unto us even to behold: for his life is not
like other men’s, his ways are of another fashion.
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by;
Or
like as when an
arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:
Even so we in
like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to
shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
For the hope of the ungodly is
like dust that is
blown away with the wind;
like a thin
froth that is driven away with the storm;
like as the smoke which is
dispersed here and there with a
tempest, and passeth away as the
remembrance of a
guest that tarrieth but a day.
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and
like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
I myself also am a
mortal man,
like to all, and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,
And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
Or made it
like some
vile beast, laying it over with
vermilion, and with
paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;
For the
potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service:
yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and
likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the
potter himself is the judge.
Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short: but striveth to
excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do
like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make
counterfeit things.
For man made them, and he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them: but no man can make a god like unto himself.
Therefore by the
like were they punished
worthily, and by the multitude of beasts
tormented.
For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.
The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.