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And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

And many peoples shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.' For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness.

thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'

And he said: 'Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead

And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,

A remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto God the Mighty.

For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: O My people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of Asshur, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for GOD the LORD is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation.'

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, above the stars of God will I exalt my throne, and I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north;

Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as at the beating of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the branches of the fruitful tree, saith the LORD, the God of Israel.