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I will be as the
dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the
lily, and cast forth his roots as
Lebanon.
I will be
like the
dew to Israel; he will
blossom like the
lily and take root
like the cedars of
Lebanon.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as
Lebanon.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the
scent thereof shall be as the wine of
Lebanon.
They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and
blossom like the vine. His
renown will be
like the wine of
Lebanon.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am
like a green
fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am
like a flourishing
cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
A day of darkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the
like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
a day of darkness and
gloom, a day of clouds and blackness.
Like the
dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of
Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate wilderness;
yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is
like the Garden of
Eden, but behind them, it is
like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run.
Their appearance is
like that of horses, and they
gallop like swift steeds.
Like the noise of
chariots on the tops of mountains shall they
leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the
stubble, as a strong people set in battle
array.
They shall run
like mighty men; they shall
climb the wall
like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
They charge
like mighty men; they scale the walls
like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not
swerving from the course.
They shall run to and
fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall
climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows
like a
thief.
They storm the city; they run along the wall; they
climb into houses, entering through windows
like thieves.
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Offer
leavened bread as a
thank offering, and loudly
proclaim your
freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
I have sent among you the
pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the
stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I sent plagues among you
like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the
stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew
Sodom and
Gomorrah, and ye were as a
firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out
like fire in the house of Joseph, and
devour it, and there be none to
quench it in
Bethel.
Seek the LORD and live, or He will
sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will
devour everything, with no one at
Bethel to
extinguish it.
As if a man did
flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and
leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent
bit him.
It will be
like a man who flees from a lion, only to
encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be
bitten by a
snake.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
That
chant to the sound of the
viol, and
invent to themselves instruments of musick,
like David;
Shall not the land
tremble for this, and every one
mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Will not the land
quake for this, and all its dwellers
mourn? All of it will swell
like the Nile; it will
surge and then
subside like the Nile in Egypt.
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall
mourn: and it shall rise up wholly
like a flood; and shall be
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers
mourn— all the land rises
like the Nile, then sinks
like the river of Egypt—
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
For, lo, I will command, and I will
sift the house of Israel among all nations,
like as corn is
sifted in a
sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
“For surely I will give the command, and I will
shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is
sifted in a
sieve; but not a
pebble will reach the ground.
Though thou
exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Though you
soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away
captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou
wast as one of them.
On the day you stood
aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just
like one of them.
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was
like to be broken.
Then the LORD
hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
And the mountains shall be
molten under him, and the valleys shall be
cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
The mountains will
melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart,
like wax before the fire,
like water
rushing down a slope.
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the
robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men
averse from war.
But of late My people have risen up
like an enemy: You strip off the splendid
robe from
unsuspecting passersby
like men returning from battle.
I will surely
assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the
remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of
Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the
remnant of Israel. I will bring them together
like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a
noisy throng.
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and
flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and
chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the
caldron.
You eat the flesh of my people after
stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You
chop them up
like flesh for the
cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”
Therefore shall
Zion for your sake be
plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Now why
dost thou cry out
aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in
travail.
Why do you now cry
aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your
counselor perished so that
anguish grips you
like a woman in labor?
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of
Zion,
like a woman in
travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall
redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Writhe in
agony, O Daughter of
Zion,
like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be
rescued; there the LORD will
redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the
sheaves into the floor.
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them
like sheaves to the
threshing floor.
And the
remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a
dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Then the
remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the LORD,
like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or
linger for mankind.
And the
remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Then the
remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to
rescue them.
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the
vintage: there is no
cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
The best of them is
like a
brier; the most upright is sharper than a
hedge of thorns. The day for your
watchmen has come, the day of your
visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be
trodden down as the
mire of the streets.
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be
trampled like mud in the streets.
They shall
lick the dust
like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes
like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
They will
lick the dust
like a
snake,
like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will
crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will
tremble in fear of You.
Who is a God
like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the
transgression of the
remnant of his
heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Who is a God
like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the
transgression of the
remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger
forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Who can stand before his
indignation? and who can
abide in the fierceness of his anger? his
fury is poured out
like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are
drunken as drunkards, they shall be
devoured as
stubble fully dry.
Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and
likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have
afflicted thee, I will
afflict thee no more.
This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have
afflicted you, O Judah, I will
afflict you no longer.
For the LORD will restore the
splendor of Jacob
like the
splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the
valiant men are in scarlet: the
chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the
fir trees shall be
terribly shaken.
The shields of his mighty men are red; the
valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the
chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of
cypress have been
brandished.
The
chariots shall
rage in the streets, they shall
justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem
like torches, they shall run
like the lightnings.
And Huzzab shall be led away
captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants
moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
But
Nineveh is of old
like a
pool of water: yet they shall
flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Nineveh has been
like a
pool of water throughout her days, but now it is
draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
All thy strong holds shall be
like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be
shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when
shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall
devour thy bars.
Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they
flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Your guards are
like the
swarming locust, and your
scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening
wolves: and their
horsemen shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall
sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and
offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
Then they
sweep by
like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the
creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
You have made men
like the fish of the sea,
like creeping things that have no ruler.
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as
hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an
arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his
appetite like Sheol, and
like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk
like blind men, because they have
sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk
like the blind, because they have
sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out
like dust and their flesh
like dung.
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come upon you.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes
like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as
Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as
Gomorrah, even the breeding of
nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall
spoil them, and the
remnant of my people shall possess them.
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be
like Sodom and the
Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The
remnant of My people will
plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make
Nineveh a
desolation, and dry
like a wilderness.
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make
Nineveh a
desolation, as dry as a desert.
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a
signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant,
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you
like My
signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have
cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor
hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Do not be
like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not
listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They
repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
Ho, ho, come forth, and
flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
“Get up! Get up!
Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you
like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings
like the wings of a
stork: and they lifted up the
ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were
like those of a
stork, and they lifted up the
basket between heaven and earth.
Yea, they made their hearts as an
adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
They made their hearts
like flint and would not
listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and
heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the
mire of the streets.
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has
heaped up silver
like dust, and gold
like the
dirt of the streets.
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and
Ekron as a Jebusite.
I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a
remnant for our God; they will become
like a clan in Judah, and
Ekron will be
like the Jebusites.
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O
Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will
rouse your sons, O
Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you
like the sword of a mighty man.
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his
arrow shall go forth as the
lightning: and the LORD GOD shall blow the
trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His
arrow will go forth
like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall
devour, and
subdue with
sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled
like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and
conquer with slingstones; they will drink and
roar as with wine. And they will be filled
like sprinkling bowls,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an
ensign upon his land.
On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for
like jewels in a crown they will
sparkle over His land.
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
shepherd.
For idols speak
deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people
wander like sheep,
oppressed for lack of a
shepherd.
Mine anger was
kindled against the
shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
“My anger burns against the
shepherds, and I will
punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them
like His royal
steed in battle.
And they shall be as mighty men, which
tread down their enemies in the
mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
They will be
like mighty men in battle,
trampling the enemy in the
mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the
horsemen to shame.
And they of Ephraim shall be
like a mighty man, and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine:
yea, their children shall see it, and be
glad; their heart shall
rejoice in the LORD.
Ephraim will be
like a mighty man, and their hearts will be
glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will
rejoice in the LORD.
In that day will I make the governors of Judah
like an
hearth of fire among the wood, and
like a
torch of fire in a
sheaf; and they shall
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
On that day I will make the clans of Judah
like a
firepot in a woodpile,
like a flaming
torch among the
sheaves; they will
consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
And ye shall
flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal:
yea, ye shall
flee,
like as ye fled from before the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
You will
flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will
flee as you fled from the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses,
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be
like the
bowls before the altar.
On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the
cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be
like the
sprinkling bowls before the altar.
But who may
abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is
like a refiner’s fire, and
like fullers’
sope:
But who can
endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be
like a refiner’s fire,
like a
launderer’s soap.
And he shall sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver: and he shall
purify the sons of Levi, and
purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
And He will sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver; He will
purify the sons of Levi and refine them
like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
“For behold, the day is coming, burning
like a furnace, when all the
arrogant and every
evildoer will be
stubble; the day is coming when I will set them
ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with
healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as
calves of the
stall.
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with
healing in its wings, and you will go out and
leap like calves from the
stall.
And Jesus, when he was
baptized, went up
straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending
like a
dove, and lighting upon him:
As soon as Jesus was
baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending
like a
dove and resting on Him.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
So then,
whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do
likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but
whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
And when you pray, do not
babble on
like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a
sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
When you fast, do not be
somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
